HB153 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 29, 2021

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2021

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Joe Lovvorn Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Education, providing for an education assistance program for the children of service persons, Sec. 16-64-6, 36-21-102 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) or the Examiners of Public Accounts is required to perform certain functions related to resident and non-resident tuition practices.
This bill would require ACHE to annually collect tuition and fee information and post the results on its website.
Under existing law, the Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivor Educational Assistance Program provides scholarships for spouses and dependants of police officers, firefighters, and rescue squad members who were either killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
Under existing law, any dependent child, natural or adopted, under 21 years of age at the time of death or total disability of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member is eligible for a scholarship.
This bill would allow a dependant natural child under the age of 21 born after death or any dependant natural child under the age of 21 who is adopted after total disability was declared, to be eligible for a scholarship.
Subjects: Education