§ 31-10-3 — Tuition Reimbursement Authorized for Eligible Members of National Guard

Alabama § 31-10-3

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 31: Military Affairs and Civil Defense
• Ch. 10: National Guard Educational Assistance
• Art. 1: National Guard Educational Assistance Act

Text

(a) Subject to the annual appropriation to the Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance Program in the annual Education Trust Fund Appropriation Act, provided the annual appropriations shall not exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000), the Alabama Commission on Higher Education may pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for any active member of the Alabama National Guard who is one of the following:
(1) A student dually or concurrently enrolled in high school and an institution of higher education.
(2) A postsecondary student who is enrolled in an institution of higher education.
(3) A postsecondary student who is dually or concurrently enrolled in more than one institution of higher education and is
enrolled in a program leading to
a qualifying academic pathway, including a short certificate or long certificate, or
associate, baccalaureate, masters, or doctorate degree in an accredited institution of higher learning,
including a
community or technical college within
this state
.
(b)
The
payments or reimbursements shall be made timely at the end of each academic quarter or semester for all tuition reimbursements, and shall be made on the basis of certified invoices submitted by
the
institution
to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, and shall be supported by names of the students receiving
the
benefits, together with the amounts claimed for each student.
The tuition reimbursement authorized under this article may be used for undergraduate or graduate studies.
In no event shall payments of the tuition reimbursement under the Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance Program amount to more than 100 percent of qualified tuition and fees. An undergraduate student that qualifies for the Academic Excellence Benefit shall receive an amount equivalent to 100 percent of qualified tuition and fees. Undergraduate students with this benefit may use these funds for tuition and fee reimbursement or ancillary costs.
No
guard member
shall be eligible for tuition reimbursement
or academic excellence benefits
for more than 12 years after the date of the first tuition payment to him or her under this article.
In the event that requests for tuition reimbursements provided for in this
article
from the institutions for educational benefits in any fiscal year exceed the appropriated amount, then the reimbursements
shall
be prorated equally among the institutions on a percentage basis of the total invoices received by
the Alabama Commission on Higher Education
and paid accordingly.
The
reimbursement shall be made promptly at the end of each academic quarter or semester for all certified invoices.

Legislative History

(Acts 1984, No. 84-288, p. 498, §3; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-925, p. 211, §1; Act 2015-431, p. 1375, §1; Act 2017-349, §1; Act 2023-528, §1.)