Title 16

There is granted to each eligible student attending an approved institution the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per academic year, which sum shall be distributed to the institution on behalf of and to the credit of the student in accordance with rules adopted by the Alabam…

The Alabama Student Grant Program created under this chapter shall be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. The Executive Director of the ACHE shall have primary responsibility for the administration of the program, including appropriate staffing, in accorda…

(a) Basic powers. ACHE may adopt rules, policies, and procedures as may be reasonable and proper in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ACHE may do all of the following: (1) Adopt reasonable rules and determinations c…

(a) Availability of grants. Grants shall be available to eligible students and shall be paid to approved institutions on behalf of and to the credit of such students, without regard to place of residence within the State of Alabama, age, race, color, creed, sex or national origin…

(a) In the case of a student enrolled in an institution which has a religious or denominational affiliation, the ACHE shall devise and implement rules, regulations and procedures to insure that the maximum amount of assistance available to a student at a given institution under t…

The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and empowered to audit the records of any said institution of postsecondary education which receives any such grants as a result of this chapter to the same extent, degree and scope as its audits of other public …

Should funds appropriated to the Alabama Student Grant Program be insufficient to provide each eligible student with a full grant for the term or terms requested, each eligible student shall receive a pro rata grant share of the available funds. (Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 90,…