Pursuant to Texas Education Code, Section 54.241 (k), Military Personnel and Dependent, a person is entitled to pay tuition and fees at an institution of higher education at the rates provided for Texas residents without regard to the length of the time the person has resided in this state if the person files with the institution at which the person intends to register a letter of intent to establish residence in this state and resides in this state while enrolled in the institution and the person :
(1) is eligible for benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (38 U.S.C. Section 3301 et seq.) or any other federal law authorizing educational benefits for veterans; or
(2) is the spouse of a person described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) is a child (biological child, step-child, adopted child or claimed as a dependent by the veteran for federal income tax purposes in the previous or current year) of a person described by Subdivision(1) who is 25 years of age or younger on the first day of the semester or other academic term for which the person is registering, except that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall prescribe procedures by which a person who suffered from a severe illness or other debilitating condition that affected the person's ability to use the benefit provided by this subsection before reaching that age may be granted additional time to use the benefit corresponding to the time the person was unable to use the benefit because of the illness or condition.
Eligible students meet the following requirements:
1. You are a veteran of the Armed forces of the United States OR
2. You are a spouse or child of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States AND
3. You are eligible for benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (38 U.S.C. Section 3301 et seq) or any other federal law authorizing educational benefits for veterans.
4. You currently reside in Texas; AND
5. You plan to register as a student at Texas Tech University; AND
6. You filed a letter with Texas Tech University, demonstrates my intent to establish residence in Texas. (Completed in your VA Certification Request in MVP Forms if necessary)
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