This bill would create the Spouses and Dependents of Law Enforcement Officers Tuition Scholarship Fund, to be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), to provide tuition scholarships to spouses and certain dependents of law enforcement officers. This bill would provide application criteria. This bill would authorize scholarships to successful applicants enrolled in public and private institutions of higher education and would provide for the calculation of scholarships from the fund. This bill would require ACHE to adopt rules to implement and administer the fund and scholarships. This bill would also require ACHE to submit an annual report to certain individuals about the expenditures of the fund.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 16-5-1, 41-4-80