Military; graduate medical field courses added to educational benefits provided to eligible dependents of certain veterans, tuition cost limited

SB 98 expands Alabama's existing educational benefits for dependents of veterans to include graduate-level medical programs (such as health care administration, physical health, and mental health fields). It limits tuition for these new graduate courses to the in-state rate at qualifying schools, maintaining the current cap for undergraduate studies. The bill directly affects eligible dependents - children, spouses, and widows - of veterans who were killed, missing in action, prisoners of war, or disabled due to service. The changes update the Alabama G.I. and Dependents' Educational Benefit Act without altering eligibility criteria for other benefits.