SB83 Alabama 2021 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Higher education, public institutions, provides resident student status to minor children of military service members stationed in Ala., provides that resident student status is valid even if the parent is reassigned out of state, so long as the student maintains continuous enrollment at the institution, Sec. 16-64-2 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides requirements for establishing residency for purposes of admission and tuition at public institutions of higher education.

This bill would provide that a student who is the minor child of a military service member stationed in Alabama may register for enrollment at an Alabama public institution of higher education as a resident student, and shall continue to be considered as an in-state resident for purposes of matriculation at the institution even if that military service member receives orders for transfer to an out-of-state duty station, provided the student maintains continuous enrollment at that institution.

This bill would also require public institutions of higher education to consider a military service member stationed in Alabama, as well as his or her spouse and minor children, to be resident students regardless of whether the military service member is under orders to attend schooling.

Relating to public institutions of higher education; to amend Section 16-64-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that a student who is the minor child of a military service member stationed in Alabama may register for enrollment at an Alabama public institution of higher education as a resident student and be considered an in-state resident for tuition purposes under certain conditions; and to require public institutions of higher education to consider a military service member stationed in Alabama, as well as his or her spouse and minor children, to be resident students regardless of whether the military service member is under orders to attend schooling.

Subjects

Higher Education