Alabama tuition program to no longer pay full cost

 

Published: December 29, 2009

MONTGOMERY , Ala. (AP) — The board of Alabama's financially troubled prepaid college tuition program approved a survival plan Tuesday that would end the tradition of paying all tuition costs at public universities in the state.

The decision drew immediate criticism from the participants' group Save Alabama PACT.

Co-founder Patti Lambert of Decatur said the decision seemed designed to undercut effor...


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