| (a) In order to be eligible to receive the Hazlewood
Act Exemption, children shall demonstrate that they:
(1) are children of:
(A) members of the U.S. Armed Forces who entered the
service in the State of Texas; declared Texas as their home of record
in the manner provided by the military or other service; or were residents
of Texas when they entered the service and who:
(i) were killed in action; or
(ii) died while in service; or
(iii) are missing in action; or
(iv) whose deaths are documented to be directly caused
by illness or injury related to service in the armed forces of the
United States; or
(v) are totally and permanently disabled or meet the
eligibility requirements for individual unemployability according
to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(B) members of the Texas National Guard or Texas Air
National Guard who:
(i) were killed since January 1, 1946 while on active
duty either in the service of Texas or the United States; or
(ii) are totally and permanently disabled or meet the
eligibility requirements for individual unemployability according
to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) are classified by their institutions as residents
of Texas for the term or semester for which they claim the Hazlewood
Act Exemption.
(b) Children of service-related totally disabled or
individually unemployable veterans, if a continuing or transfer student,
must meet the GPA requirement of the institution's satisfactory academic
progress policy in a degree or certificate program as determined by
the institution's financial aid policy; except the child is not required
to enroll in a minimum course load. The child also must meet the other
requirements of Texas Education Code §54.2001. These requirements
do not apply to a child of a veteran who has died from a service-related
injury or illness or who was classified as missing in action (MIA),
or killed in action (KIA).
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