Ala. Code § 16-3-32
The State Board of Education, under such rules and regulations as it shall determine, may provide for residents of Alabama graduate and professional instruction not available to them at state-supported educational institutions. The State Board of Education shall, by its rules and regulations, determine the qualifications of persons who may be aided under this section, and the decisions as to qualifications of persons by the State Board of Education shall be final. The State Board of Education may provide such graduate and professional instruction at any educational institution as it deems necessary, within or without state boundaries. The State Board of Education shall provide such graduate and professional instruction, within the limits of the appropriations available for this purpose, at a cost to students not exceeding the probable cost of such instruction to them if it were offered at a state-supported institution. The State Board of Education, in providing such instruction, may take into account travel, tuition and living expenses.
Ala. Code § 16-3-32 (1975)