31-12-3
Section 31-12-3 Military leave of absence from educational institution. Whenever any active member of the Alabama National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States is called or ordered to active duty by the Governor to state active duty for an emergency for 30 consecutive days or more or to federally funded duty, other than training, for homeland security, an educational institution in this state in which the member is enrolled shall grant the member a military leave of absence from their education. Individuals on military leave of absence from their educational institution, upon release from military duty, shall be restored to the educational status they had attained prior to their being ordered to military duty without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement of the military duty. It shall be the duty of the educational institution to refund tuition or fees paid or to...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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31-10-21
Section 31-10-21 Entitlement; requirements; educational institutions to insure members aware of benefits. (a) Any active member of the Alabama National Guard shall be entitled to the tuition benefits provided by this article upon his or her enrollment in a degree or certificate program in any community or technical college that is under the authority of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, or enrollment in pursuit of his or her first undergraduate degree in any public baccalaureate-awarding college or university within the state. Certification and eligibility for the tuition benefits provided by this article shall be determined by the State Education Services Office of the Alabama National Guard which shall promulgate and implement administrative rules and procedures that it deems necessary to carry out and monitor the tuition benefits provided by this article. (b) Any active member of the Alabama National Guard who enrolls utilizing the tuition benefits provided by...
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16-64-2
Section 16-64-2 Requirements for qualification as resident student; rules and guidelines. (a) For purposes of admission and tuition, a public institution of higher education may consider that the term resident student includes any of the following: (1) One who, at the time of registration, is not a minor and satisfies one of the following: a. Is a full-time permanent employee of the institution at which the student is registering or is the spouse of such an employee. b. Can verify full-time permanent employment within the State of Alabama or is the spouse of such an employee and will commence the employment within 90 days of registration with the institution. c. Is employed as a graduate assistant or fellow by the institution at which the student is registering. d. Is an accredited member of or the spouse of an accredited member of a consular staff assigned to duties in Alabama. e. Is in a program or takes courses within an interstate consortium of colleges or universities that either...
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12-13-23
Section 12-13-23 Declaration of residence. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DECLARATION OF RESIDENCE. Any written document which conveys a person's intention to designate any place within this state as his or her place of residence. (2) PERSON. Whether used in the singular or plural form, a natural person who is a citizen of the United States. When used in reference to the designation of a place of residence, the word "person" shall include any dependent minor child of a person. (3) PLACE or PLACE OF RESIDENCE. A physical location which is capable of habitation and may be described in any way reasonably calculated to locate the same. (4) RESIDENT. A lawful citizen of this state for all legal purposes other than registration to vote or qualification for elected office. (b) Any person who is absent from this state on military duty, eleemosynary journey, mission assignment, or other similar venture may designate any place...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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31-2-13
Section 31-2-13 Service benefits for government employees, etc. (a) Military leave of absence. All officers and employees of the State of Alabama, or of any county, municipality, or other agency or political subdivision thereof, or officers or employees of any public or private business or industry who are active members of the Alabama National Guard, Naval Militia, the Alabama State Guard organized in lieu of the National Guard, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force known as the Civil Air Patrol, the National Disaster Medical System, or of any other reserve component of the uniformed services of the United States, shall be entitled to military leave of absence from their respective civil duties and occupations on all days that they are engaged in field or coast defense or other training or on other service ordered under the National Defense Act, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, or of the federal laws governing the...
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16-1-43
Section 16-1-43 Waiver of undergraduate tuition and fees for Purple Heart recipients. (a) For purposes of this section, a public institution of higher education includes public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education and postsecondary technical colleges, community colleges, and junior colleges located in the state. (b) A public institution of higher education may waive undergraduate tuition and fees for each veteran who is the recipient of the Purple Heart and who satisfies all of the following: (1) Is enrolled as a full-time, part-time, or summer school student in an undergraduate program that culminates in a degree or certificate. (2) Is currently, and was at the time of the military action that resulted in the awarding of the Purple Heart, a resident of this state. (3) Submits to the public institution of higher education the DD-214 form issued at the time of separation from service as documentation that he or she has received the Purple Heart. (c) The waiver...
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31-10-3
Section 31-10-3 Tuition reimbursement authorized for eligible members of National Guard. Subject to the annual appropriation in the annual Education Trust Fund Appropriation Act, provided such annual appropriations shall not exceed $10,000,000, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education is hereby authorized to pay or reimburse the qualifying tuition for any active member of the Alabama National Guard who is enrolled in a program leading to the associate, baccalaureate, masters, or doctorate degree in an accredited institution of higher learning, community or technical college within the State of Alabama. Such 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 such institution or school to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, and shall be supported by names of the students receiving such benefits, together with the amounts claimed for each...
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16-60-194
Section 16-60-194 Management and control; powers and duties of State Board of Education; schools to be suitable for veteran training programs; leaves of absence for teachers. (a) The authority to manage and control the trade schools is vested in the State Board of Education. (b) The State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education, shall: Make rules and regulations for the government of the trade schools; prescribe the courses of study to be offered and the conditions for granting certificates and diplomas; appoint the president of each trade school and, upon the president's recommendations, appoint the members of the faculty and fix the tenure and salary of each; direct and supervise the use of legislative appropriations for the use of the trade schools; accept gifts, donations, devises and bequests of money and real and personal property for the purposes of this chapter; disseminate information concerning and promote interest in the trade...
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