2018 Code of Alabama
Title 31 - MILITARY AFFAIRS AND CIVIL DEFENSE.
Chapter 6 - VETERANS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS.
Section 31-6-5 - Educational benefits for spouses of deceased or totally disabled veterans or prisoners of war.
(a) Any wife or husband or unmarried widow or widower whose spouse, during their marriage:
- (1) Was killed or died in the line of duty or is listed as missing in action or is/was a prisoner of war while serving as a member of the armed forces;
- (2) Died from a disability incurred from military service; or
- (3) Is 100 percent permanently and totally disabled, whose permanent and total disabilities were service-connected;
(b) Except as provided in Section 31-6-11(e), the educational benefits provided by this section to wives, husbands, and unmarried widows or widowers making application for benefits for the first time beginning with the fall term of the 2014-2015 academic year, and thereafter, shall be limited to undergraduate courses of study only, and the value of tuition paid shall be limited to the in-state tuition rate of the Alabama state-supported college or university attended.
(c) For those first filing for benefits under this chapter on or after July 31, 2017, the educational benefit shall be for tuition reimbursement and books and fees reimbursement. The value of tuition paid per semester hour (or equivalent) shall be limited to the rate of the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Cap. The value of the books and fees paid per semester shall be limited to $1,000 per student.
(Acts 1951, No. 47, p. 259, §2; Acts 1951, No. 975, p. 1648; Acts 1957, No. 617, p. 883, §2; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 206, p. 250, §2; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 195, p. 4455, §2; Acts 1973, No. 1275, p. 2177, §1; Acts 1978, No. 585, p. 678; Acts 1985, No. 85-758, p. 1262, §1; Act 2009-559, p. 1606, §1; Act 2014-177, p. 509, §1; Act 2017-349, §1.)