SB175 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur Orr Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

To establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program; to provide grant award payments to eligible adult learners; to provide eligibility standards, and to provide for administration by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; relating to grants for short-term credentials; to establish the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program to provide grants to Alabama residents to help them earn short-term credentials; to determine eligible recipients; to establish procedures for administering the program; to set forth the process by which the program will be funded; and to repeal the Alabama Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act commencing with Section 40-18-422, Code of Alabama 1975.

Description

Existing law does not provide a financial incentive for an adult learner who has earned some college credits to return to college to complete their degree.

This bill would establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, administered through the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, to provide grant award payments to assist eligible adult learners returning to college to complete a degree that is linked to Alabama's high demand workforce needs.

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