Exemptions & Waivers
An exemption or a waiver is a payment of all or part of a student's tuition and fee bill. Effective Fall 2014, Senate Bill 1210 (83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session) adds a 2.0 Grade Point Average requirement for persons to receive continuation award through the program. The Bill also establishes a Limit to the Total Number of Hours, cumulative, that a student may take and continue to receive award through the program. Texas Education Code: TEC 54.014
Some Exemptions and Waivers may require the Statement of Eligibility for State Funded Programs form. Please check with Student Financial Services if this is a required form for your exemption or waiver.
Exemptions
- Adopted Students Formerly in Foster or Other Residential Care
- Blind/Deaf Student Exemption Program
- Children of Disabled or Deceased Firemen, Peace Officers, Game Wardens, and Employees of Correctional Institutions
- Children of US Military who are Missing in Action or Prisoners of War (MIA/POWs)
- Clinical Preceptors and their Children
- Concurrent Enrollment Waiver (Enrollment in Two Texas Community Colleges)
- Educational Aide Exemption
- Firefighters Taking Fire Science Courses
Note: Deadline to submit documentation is Census of every semester/minimester. - Peace Officers Disabled in the Line of Duty
- Peace Officers Enrolled in Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice Courses
Note: Deadline to submit documentation is 1 week before classes begin every semester/minimester. - Students under Conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
- TAPS for Tuition Program
- Tuition Reduction for Students Taking More than 15 Hours
Waivers
- College Faculty and their Dependents
- Economic Development and Diversification Waiver
- Foreign Services Officers Stationed in Mexico Attending Public Institutions of Higher Education in Texas
- Spouse and Dependents Who Previously Lived in Texas
- NATO Forces
- Research Assistants and Teaching Assistants Waiver
