(a) Commission staff shall produce and distribute a
state-wide Hazlewood Act Exemption Application, requiring institutions
to obtain the following information from applicants for the exemption:
(1) general information about the veteran, spouse,
and/or child;
(2) point of entry, home of record, or residency information
for the time that the veteran entered the service;
(3) residency information for the time that the veteran,
spouse or child wishes to use the exemption;
(4) a certification of the validity of the information
provided by the veteran, spouse, or child; and
(5) a statement granting permission to the institution
to release current term or semester and historic credit hour information
to the Commission and granting permission for the Commission to share
such data with any institution that the veteran, spouse, or child
might attend.
(b) For an otherwise eligible veteran, spouse, or child
to be entitled to the Hazlewood Act Exemption in a given term or semester,
the applicant must have a completed Hazlewood Act Exemption Application
and the supporting documentation on file with the institution no later
than the last class date of the semester or term to which the exemption
applies.
(c) All institutions shall require the completed Hazlewood
Act Exemption Application with supporting documentation once each
academic year in which an exemption is granted.
(d) Institutions may, at their discretion, develop
an online Hazlewood Act Exemption Application. At a minimum, the secure
online application must contain:
(1) all the information contained on the current application
issued by the Commission;
(2) a verification of the veteran and/or student certification
of information and consent for use.
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