Senate Bill 98 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Keith Kelley Senator

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Military; graduate medical field courses added to educational benefits provided to eligible dependents of certain veterans, tuition cost limited

Description

Under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act, educational benefits for up to the undergraduate course level are available to eligible children, spouses, and widows of deceased or disabled veterans, veterans who are listed as missing in action, and veterans who were prisoners of war while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

This bill would expand these educational benefits to include graduate courses in a medical field.

This bill would limit the tuition that may be charged.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Military