A veteran who qualifies for the Hazlewood Act can hand unused exemption hours to their child, who then uses them for tuition and fees at a Texas public college or university. The child gets an exemption for the number of degree-certified hours their program needs, within the normal time to finish it. If your child does not use all the hours, the veteran can reassign what is left to another child, but only one child can use the Hazlewood Act at a time.
The veteran assigns the hours, then the child applies and is accepted to a Texas public institution and files the Hazlewood exemption application with that school’s admissions office. For help, call 512-463-3168 or 877-898-3833, or email hazlewood@tvc.texas.gov.
The veteran’s DD214 and Hazlewood eligibility, proof of the child’s relationship to the veteran or a tax return claiming the child as a dependent, and the completed Hazlewood exemption application.
