SB94 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Education, National Guard, a person does not have to be a resident for Alabama Commission on Higher Education to reimburse if in National Guard, include high school students simultaneously enrolled, Federal funds paid to the student may not be considered to determine benefits under Education Trust Fund Appropriation Act, Secs. 16-64-2, 31-10-3 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a nonresident member of the Alabama National Guard that is enrolled at an institution of higher education within the state must be a member of the Alabama National Guard for a period of at least two years immediately preceding qualifying for resident tuition and must continue to be a member of the Alabama National Guard in order to qualify for educational benefits for his or her service.

Under existing law, an active member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in a program leading to a degree at an accredited institution of higher education in the state must be a resident of Alabama in order for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for that person.

Under existing law, the authorization for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for an active member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in a program leading to a degree at an accredited institution of higher education in the state does not include high school students simultaneously enrolled at institutions of higher education while attending high school.

Also under existing law, federal funds that are paid directly to the student enrolled in a program leading to a degree at an accredited institution of higher education may be considered in the determination of tuition benefits provided under the Educational Trust Fund Appropriation Act.

This bill would provide that a member of the Alabama National Guard is not required to reside in the state for at least two years before he or she can qualify as a resident student.

This bill would provide that a person is not required to be a resident of Alabama in order for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for that person as an active member of the Alabama National Guard.

This bill would provide that the Alabama Commission on Higher Education may pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for an active member of the Alabama National Guard enrolled in a program leading to the associate, baccalaureate, masters, or doctorate degree, including high school students simultaneously enrolled at institutions of higher education while attending high school.

This bill would also provide that federal funds that are paid directly to the student may not be considered in the determination of tuition benefits provided under the Educational Trust Fund Appropriation Act.

Relating to higher education and the Alabama National Guard; to amend Section 16-64-2 and Section 31-10-3, as last amended by Act 2017-349 of the 2017 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a member of the Alabama National Guard does is not required to reside in the state for at least two years before he or she can qualify as a resident student to receive state educational benefits associated with his or her service; to provide that an active member of the Alabama National Guard does is not required to be a resident of Alabama in order for the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for that person; to provide that the Alabama Commission on Higher Education may pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for an active member of the Alabama National Guard, including high school students simultaneously enrolled at institutions of higher education while simultaneously attending high school in the state; and to provide that federal funds that are paid directly to the student may not be considered in the determination of tuition benefits provided under the Educational Trust Fund Appropriation Act.

Subjects

Education