HB123 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code sections 16-64-2 and 16-64-4 to modify resident student classification requirements at public institutions of higher education.

• Adds new categories of students eligible for resident tuition rates, including Alabama National Guard members who have served for at least two years and students in interstate consortiums offering reciprocal resident tuition.

• Permits four-year institutions' governing boards to set tuition rates for distance learning programs delivered to students located outside Alabama state boundaries.

• Authorizes the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education to set tuition rates for distance learning programs at two-year institutions for out-of-state students.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.