The Legislature on Tuesday awarded final passage to the Alabama Law Enforcement Officers’ Family Scholarship Act.
Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R–Rainsville, who have both championed this legislation over the past two sessions, shared their satisfaction with the legislation passing.
“Our law enforcement put it all on the line every day they go to work, and so do their families. I am proud we will support long-serving law enforcement families through dependent scholarships. I look forward to signing HB98 into law, and I thank Speaker Ledbetter for making this a priority,” said Gov. Ivey.
“The passage of HB98 is a long overdue show of thanks for Alabama’s law enforcement officers and the families supporting them as they work to protect and serve this great state. Over the course of the last two sessions, the men and women of the House have led the charge in delivering additional resources and support to law enforcement in an effort to bolster public safety. It is one thing to say your state is pro-law enforcement, but it is another to put action behind those words. Today, Alabama did exactly that,” Speaker Ledbetter stated.
Originally a key component of Gov. Kay Ivey and House Speaker Ledbetter’s Safe Alabama Package in 2025, the Alabama Law Enforcement Officers’ Family Scholarship Act provides up to $2,500 in tuition assistance per academic period to the spouses and children of long-serving law enforcement officers. This measure is intended to serve as an incentive to keep Alabama’s most experienced law enforcement officers in the profession at a time when agencies across the nation are struggling to remain fully staffed.
