Vote delayed on Ala. tuition plan bailout bill
(AP) — An Alabama Senate committee has postponed consideration of a bill to bail out the state's financially troubled prepaid college tuition plan.
On Wednesday, the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability Committee was scheduled to consider a tuition bill offered by the committee's chairman, Democratic Sen. Ted Little of Auburn. Little's bill would provide $236 million over several years to shore up the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan.
Little delayed consideration for one week because the Alabama Education Association requested a public hearing. AEA is concerned about using education tax revenue for the tuition program.
Little said the public hearing will be Jan. 20 and a vote will follow at the committee's next meeting, which hasn't been set.
(This version CORRECTS the date of the public hearing to Jan. 20.)
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