Alabama GI Dependent Scholarship Program

ACT 349 students are those with scholarship application dates of July 31, 2017 or later.  ACT 349 students may receive benefits for a remaining balance of in-state undergraduate tuition for authorized courses up to the Department of Defense tuition assistance cap per credit

hour (currently $250), and a remaining balance up to $1000 per semester for required instructional fees and required textbooks, after all other scholarships and grants have been applied to required educational expenses*.

ACT 349 students must:

• submit a current certificate of entitlement to the Office of Military Services
• submit a Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) Release
  Authorization form to the Office of Military Services
• complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every academic year
• maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined by the university.

*Under the provisions of the Alabama G.I. Dependents’ Education Benefit Act (Code of Alabama 1975, section 31-6-9), the university must first apply other federal, state, institutional, and third party scholarships and grants awarded to the dependent to required educational expenses, before applying any Alabama G.I. Dependents’ Scholarship funds. Under these guidelines, the university must apply all other grants and scholarships, regardless of whether they are authorized to be used for housing, to required tuition, instructional fees, and textbooks first in all other cases.  Any remaining charges are the responsibility of the student.