| (a) In order to be eligible to receive the Hazlewood
Act Exemption, a veteran's spouse shall demonstrate that he or she:
(1) is the spouse of:
(A) a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who entered the
service in the State of Texas; declared Texas as his or her home of
record in the manner provided by the military or other service; or
was a resident of Texas when he or she entered the service and who:
(i) was killed in action; or
(ii) died while in service; or
(iii) is missing in action; or
(iv) whose death is documented to be directly caused
by illness or injury related to service in the armed forces of the
United States; or
(v) is totally and permanently disabled or meets the
eligibility requirements for individual unemployability according
to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(B) a member of the Texas National Guard or Texas Air
National Guard who:
(i) was killed since January 1, 1946 while on active
duty either in the service of Texas or the United States; or
(ii) is totally and permanently disabled or meets the
eligibility requirements for individual unemployability according
to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) is classified by the institution as a resident
of Texas for the term or semester for which the spouse claims the
Hazlewood Act Exemption.
(b) A spouse of a service-related totally disabled
or individually unemployable veteran, 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 spouse is not
required to enroll in a minimum course load. The spouse also must
meet all other requirements of Texas Education Code §54.2001.
These requirements do not apply to the spouse 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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