| (a) Subject to the following provisions, an institution
shall exempt an eligible veteran, spouse, or child from the payment
of tuition, fees, dues, and other required charges, including fees
for correspondence courses, but excluding general deposit and student
service fees and any fees or charges for lodging, board, or clothing.
(b) If the eligible veteran, spouse or child is entitled
to federal veterans' education benefits that may be used solely for
the payment of tuition and fees, he or she may claim the Hazlewood
Act Exemption only if the value of such federal veterans' education
benefits are less than the value of the exemption (tuition and fees
other than deposit and student services fees). The total of such federal
benefits and the exemption may not exceed the person's tuition and
fees. A person's eligibility for the Hazlewood Act Exemption is not
impacted by federal veterans' education benefits that may be used
for purposes other than paying tuition and fees.
(c) An eligible veteran, spouse, or child is not entitled
to the Hazlewood Act Exemption for more than 150 attempted credit
hours.
(d) An eligible veteran, spouse, or child is entitled
to the Hazlewood Act Exemption for an unlimited number of contact
hours.
(e) If the Hazlewood Act Exemption is used to pay for
only a portion of the hours taken during a given term or semester,
an institution shall deduct the number of hours taken in the semester
or term from the 150 hours of eligibility in a manner that is proportionate
to the share of the applicable tuition and fees that were subject
to the exemption. For hours dropped prior to the census date, the
hours attributed to the Hazlewood Act shall be proportionate to the
share of tuition and fee charges paid for through the Hazlewood exemption
during that term.
(f) Except for correspondence courses, an institution
is not permitted to provide the Hazlewood Act Exemption for tuition
and fees related to continuing education courses for which the institution
does not receive state formula funding, unless the governing board
of the institution specifically chooses to provide the exemption for
such courses.
(g) The governing board of a public junior college,
public technical institute, or public state college as those terms
are defined by Texas Education Code, §61.003, may establish a
fee for extraordinary costs associated with a specific course or program
and may determine that the exemption does not apply to this fee.
(h) In determining whether to admit a person to any
certificate program or to any baccalaureate, graduate, postgraduate,
or professional degree program, an institution may not consider the
fact that the person is eligible for an exemption through this chapter.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §21.2101 adopted to be effective August 11, 2005, 30 TexReg 4478; amended to be effective February 21, 2006, 31 TexReg 1031; amended to be effective August 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4979; amended to be effective November 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 8497; amended to be effective August 25, 2008, 33 TexReg 6815; amended to be effective March 2, 2009, 34 TexReg 1430; amended to be effective August 26, 2009, 34 TexReg 5684; amended to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8528; amended to be effective September 6, 2011, 36 TexReg 5684; amended to be effective August 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 6592 |
