Hazlewood Tuition Exemption for a Veteran's Dependent Child
A full 150 credit hours for the child of a veteran who died in service, died of a service-connected cause, is missing in action, or is 100% disabled or holds IU. This is not the Legacy transfer — it is the child's own entitlement.
Verified August 17, 2026
What this benefit is
§54.341(b) gives the CHILD of a qualifying veteran their own exemption of up to 150 credit hours at any Texas public institution.
This is not the Legacy transfer. Legacy (§54.341(k)) moves a veteran's unused hours to a child aged 25 or under. This is the child's own entitlement, on different grounds, with no age cap.
What it's worth: Up to 150 credit hours of tuition and most fees at a Texas public institution
- This is the child's own 150-hour entitlement under §54.341(b), separate from the Legacy transfer under §54.341(k).
- Unlike Legacy, this route carries no age-26 cut-off — the age limit belongs to Legacy, not here.
Who is entitled to it
- A child of a veteran — biological, adopted, step, or a dependant for IRS purposes — where the veteran died in service, was killed in action or in the line of duty, is missing in action, died of a service-connected cause, or is totally and permanently disabled or holds IU from a service-connected injury.
- And who is classified as a Texas resident by their institution.
Exceptions
The cap is a cumulative 150 credit hours counted from Fall 1995. Tex. Educ. Code §54.341(g)
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
The thing most people get wrong
Two routes reach a veteran's child, and only one of them expires
This is the most consequential confusion in the Texas education records. Legacy under §54.341(k) is a transfer of the veteran's UNUSED hours, it goes to one child at a time, and it stops dead at 26. Subsection (b) is the child's OWN 150 hours, it is available to every qualifying child at once, and it has no age limit at all. If your parent died in service or is 100%/IU, check subsection (b) before you look at Legacy — you may not need the transfer, and you may not be racing a birthday.
How to claim it
Deadline: Set by your institution, per term- 1Establish which of the five qualifying situations applies to your parent.
- 2Apply at your institution with proof of the relationship and of that situation.
- Form
- TVC-ED-1
- File with
- The veteran services office at your Texas public institution
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · proof of relationship · va disability award letter · death certificate
- Apply each term
- Your institution re-checks this every term.
Common mistakes that cost people this benefit
- Being told about Legacy and never hearing about subsection (b). They are different provisions with different conditions.
- Believing you have aged out at 26. That cap belongs to Legacy, not to this route.
- Assuming siblings have to share. Under subsection (b) each qualifying child has their own 150 hours.
Questions people ask
- I am 30. Have I missed it?
- Not under §54.341(b). The age-26 cut-off applies to the Legacy transfer under subsection (k), not to a child's own entitlement under subsection (b). Ask your institution to consider you under (b).
- My brother is already using Hazlewood. Can I too?
- Under subsection (b), yes — it is not a shared pool. Under Legacy, no: those hours go to one child at a time.
Sources
- authority · statuteTex. Educ. Code §54.341(b)
- operating · published policyTexas Veterans Commission — Hazlewood Act
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