Montgomery, AL – The Alabama Supreme Court has tossed out the settlement over Alabama's financially troubled Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan.
The court's 6-1 decision Friday voids the settlement approved last year by a Montgomery judge at the request of the PACT board and many participants in the program.
An attorney representing parents who opposed the settlement, Wally Walker, called it a victory that will provide for full tuition rather than the partial tuition in the settlement.
But an attorney for parents who supported the settlement, Doyle Fuller, said he will ask the court to reconsider because PACT lacks the money to pay full tuition. He said that if the ruling stands, PACT will likely collapse unless it gets more money from the Legislature.
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