Alabama’s Prepaid-Tuition Plan Could Face Doom in Fall 2011

Alabama’s prepaid-tuition plan, which has been squeezed by stock-market losses and growing participation, might not be able to cover students’ tuition past the fall of 2011, the Associated Press reports. The state’s House and Senate have each passed a bill to put $236-million into the plan, but the House version would cap tuition increases at participating colleges, a move that the colleges oppose. The two legislative chambers have not yet found a compromise, the AP said.