HB308 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, a child of a veteran who is suffering from a 20 to 90 percent service-connected disability is eligible for benefits under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act for training at a state-supported institution of higher learning or trade school if the training is completed before the child's twenty-sixth birthday

This bill would provide that a child of a veteran who is suffering from a 20 to 90 percent service-connected disability is eligible for benefits under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act for training at a state-supported institution of higher learning or trade school if the training is completed before the child's thirty-eighth birthday

This bill would provide for a retroactive effect

To amend Section 31-6-6 as amended by Act 2009-559, 2009 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act; to provide that a child of a veteran who is suffering from a 20 to 90 percent service-connected disability is eligible for benefits under the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act for training at a state-supported institution of higher learning or trade school if the training is completed before the child's thirty-eighth birthday; and to provide for a retroactive effect.