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Under Section 54.205 of the Education Code, this exemption covers students who are either legally blind or deaf. This waives all tuition and fees (general property fee included), for the student鈥檚 academic career, undergraduate and graduate school. The student is to provide the Cashiers鈥檚 Office with a letter from the Texas Commission for the Blind or the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The student needs to bring the letter to the Cashiers鈥檚 Office after they register for their first semester at 91暗网. Once we receive this letter from the student, the letter is good for the student鈥檚 entire academic career and we will apply the waiver to the student鈥檚 account. Still, after the student registers each semester, it is the student鈥檚 responsibility to let the Cashiers鈥檚 Office know that he or she is registered and the waiver needs to be applied to his or her student account.

Requirements:

Legally Blind or Deaf

Provide a letter from the Texas Commission for the Blind or Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Covers:

Tuition and Fees for the student鈥檚 academic career (undergrad and graduate school)

Resources:

Section 54.205 of the Education Code

Texas Health and Human Services

Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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Under Section 54.204 of the Education Code, this exemption covers students who are children of firefighters, police officers, correctional officers, or game wardens killed or disabled in the line of duty. The student must also be in good academic standing with 91暗网 and have a minimum GPA of 2.0. This waiver covers tuition and fees (excluding general property fee) for 120 undergraduate hours. If the student attended another college or colleges before attending 91暗网, they will need to provide our office with proof of how many hours were used at those previous institutions. The student will need to contact the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in order to qualify for this waiver. Once we receive confirmation from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the student has registered for their first semester as 91暗网, we can apply the waiver to the student鈥檚 account. Yet, after the student registers each semester, it is the student鈥檚 responsibility to let the Cashiers鈥檚 Office know that he or she is registered and the waiver needs to be applied to his or her student account. The waiver WILL NOT be automatically applied to the student鈥檚 account.

Requirements:

1. Child of deceased or disabled fireman, police officer, correctional officer, game warden
2. Minimum GPA of 2.0
3. In good academic standing with 91暗网
4. If a transfer student: proof of hours used at other institutions

Covers:

Tuition and fees for 120 undergraduate hours

Resources:

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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This exemption provides tuition assistance to eligible peace officers and firefighters permanently disabled due to injury suffered during the performance of duty.

Requirements:

1. Be a resident of the state of Texas who has resided in Texas for at least the 12 months immediately preceding the semester for which the exemption is sought;
2. Be permanently disabled due to an injury suffered during the performance of a duty as either:
   1. A peace officer of Texas or of a political subdivision of Texas; OR
   2. A firefighter employed by Texas or by a political subdivision of Texas;
3. Be unable to continue employment as a peace officer or firefighter because of the disability;
4. Have filed a selective service statement of registration status and proof of status with their institution (not applicable if attending a public community college).

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The award exempts an eligible person from the payment of tuition and fees for a course for which space is available.

House Bill 1356 exempts Protective and Regulatory Services foster care youths from tuition and fees (excluding general property fee) at State supported institutions of higher education. This exemption also covers graduate work. The student must start college within 3 years of being discharged from foster care. The student should obtain a letter from the Protective and Regulatory Services. The student needs to bring the letter to the Cashiers鈥檚 Office after they register for their first semester at 91暗网. Once we receive this letter from the student, the letter is good for the student鈥檚 entire academic career and we will apply the waiver to the student鈥檚 account. Still, after the student registers each semester, it is the student鈥檚 responsibility to let the Cashiers鈥檚 Office know that he or she is registered and the waiver needs to be applied to his or her student account.

Requirements:

Student must have been a foster care child under the Protective and Regulatory Services program in the State of Texas

Student must begin college within 3 years of being discharged from foster care

Student must maintain a grade point average that satisfies the college/university's policy regarding eligibility for financial aid. (This applies to both undergraduate and graduate students.)

Not complete credit hours considered to be excessive under Section 54.014, unless the college/university allows the student to do so on a showing of good cause. (This applies ONLY to undergraduate students.)

Covers:

Tuition and fees (excluding general property fee) for undergraduate and graduate program

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Students who believe they qualify for the Hazlewood waiver must first contact the Veteran鈥檚 Resource Center to verify their veteran鈥檚 benefits. Once that is verified, the Veteran's Resource Center issues a verification that is sent to the Financial Aid Office and Cashiers鈥檚 Office. Once this process is complete this is our approval to post the waiver. The Hazlewood waiver covers tuition and all fees except student service fee, athletic fee, and general property fee for a maximum of 150 credit hours including correspondence courses.

Requirements:

Please apply in the Veterans Resource Center at 91暗网.

Covers:

Tuition and all fees except student service and athletic fee for a maximum of 150 credit hours including correspondence courses.

Resources:

Veterans Resource Center

936.294.1046

veterans@shsu.edu

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This is a new exemption that covers up to $500 of tuition only for approved clinical preceptors and their children. The student must fill ou the application and then send it to the Cashiers鈥檚 Office. Also, the student has to provide proof that they or their parent is a clinical preceptor along with the application. Once approved, an amount up to $500 will be waived for the student鈥檚 approved semester tuition.

Requirements:

1. Only clinical preceptors and their children qualify
2. Complete the Preceptor application
3. Provide proof that the student or their parent is a clinical preceptor

Covers:

Up to $500 of tuition only (per semester)

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To provide an exemption of tuition to eligible students to encourage their parents to continue employment as professional nurse faculty or staff members in the State of Texas.

Requirements:

To receive an award through the Exemption Program for Children of Professional Nursing Faculty and Staff, a student shall:

1. be a resident of Texas, not have been granted a baccalaureate degree,
2. be enrolled at an institution that offers an undergraduate or graduate program of professional nursing
3. be the child of an individual who:
   1. at the beginning of the semester or other academic term for which an exemption is sought: holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, and is employed full-time by a undergraduate or graduate professional nursing program offered by the institution that the child is attending and is employed as a member of the faculty or staff with duties that include teaching, performing research, serving as an administrator, or performing other professional services other than serving as a teaching assistant, or holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing and is employed by a professional nursing program offered by the institution as a full-time teaching assistant, or
   2. during all or part of the semester or other academic term for which an exemption is sought: holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, and has contracted with an undergraduate or graduate professional nursing program in this state to serve as a full-time member of its faculty or staff with duties that include teaching, performing research, serving as an administrator, or performing other professional services other than serving as a teaching assistant, or holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing and has contracted with a professional nursing program offered by the institution to serve as a full-time teaching assistant.
4. be enrolled at the same institution of higher education at which the student's parent is currently employed or with which the parent has contracted, either as a professional nursing faculty or staff member,
5. Register for the Selective Service or be exempt from this requirement.

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The governing board of each institution of higher education may issue scholarships each year to the highest ranking graduate of each accredited Texas high school, exempting the graduates from the payment of tuition during both semesters of the first regular session immediately following their graduation. This exemption may be granted for any one of the first four regular sessions following the individual鈥檚 graduation from high school when in the opinion of the institution鈥檚 president the circumstance of the individual case, including military service, merit the action.

The student is to bring the original certificate, received from their high school counselor, naming him/her valedictorian of their specific accredited Texas high school to the Cashiers鈥檚 Office. It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to deliver the certificate to the Cashiers鈥檚 Office once they have registered for classes. At that point, the student may request the scholarship be applied to their student account. This same rule applies when the student registers for the second semester immediately following their high school graduation. A request must be made by the student in order to have the scholarship applied. The scholarship will not be automatically applied to the student鈥檚 account at anytime.

Requirements:

Be named the valedictorian of the student鈥檚 accredited Texas high school

Have a certificate from the State of Texas naming this student the valedictorian of their specific high school

Use the scholarship during the first two semesters of the first regular session following the individual鈥檚 graduation from high school

Covers:

Tuition and designated tuition only

Resources:

Reference Education Code 54.201

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