The following words used in this article have the following meanings :

(1) ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BENEFITS. Additional funds for guard members who are enrolled undergraduate students who graduated from high school with a cumulative GPA greater than 3.5 and, while enrolled in an institution of higher education in this state, have maintained a 3.0 collegiate cumulative GPA. These funds can be used for tuition, fees, or ancillary costs.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-10-2

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(3) ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD. Federally recognized units of the Alabama National Guard.
(2) ACTIVE MEMBER. A member of a federally recognized unit of the Alabama National Guard meeting the minimum requirements for satisfactory membership as defined in the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force regulations.
(4) ANCILLARY COSTS. Expenses incurred outside of tuition related to educational costs, including textbooks, additional course fees, or other course related costs.
(5) QUALIFYING ACADEMIC PATHWAY. A postsecondary program at an institution of higher education in the state that is one of the following:

a. A program that has been identified as a Pell Grant eligible program for which the student earns credits required for a postsecondary degree at the undergraduate level.
b. A graduate program that is the individual’s first degree sought at that level.
(6) TUITION. The per term cost of instruction and mandatory instructional fees to the public or private postsecondary student not to exceed the median cost of tuition per term, such as quarter or semester, of all public four-year institutions of higher education in this state , as reported to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education by state-supported institutions of higher education and appearing on the tuition plus required fees report of the commission, for classes or courses that count towards the individual’s degree or certificate plan as designed and approved by the college or institution attended for the individual’s declared program of study. Differential tuition is not included.
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