Sec. 54.343. CHILDREN OF PRISONERS OF WAR OR PERSONS MISSING IN ACTION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Dependent child" means a person under 21 years of age, or a person under 25 years of age who receives the majority of his support from his parent or parents.
(2) "Tuition and fees" includes tuition, service fees, lab fees, building use fees, and all other fees except room, board, or clothing fees, or deposits in the nature of security for the return or proper care of property.
(b) The governing body of each institution of higher education, on presentation of satisfactory evidence, shall exempt from the payment of tuition and fees the dependent child of any person who is a domiciliary of Texas on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, and who at the time of the registration is classified by the Department of Defense as a prisoner of war or as missing in action.
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3356, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.
Redesignated from Education Code, Section 54.209 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2012.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Higher Education in General
Subchapter D. Waivers, Exemptions, and Other Tuition and Fee Benefits
Section 54.2001. Continued Receipt of Exemptions or Waivers Conditional
Section 54.2002. Exemptions and Waivers for State-Funded Courses Only
Section 54.206. Foreign Service Officers
Section 54.211. Faculty and Dependents
Section 54.212. Teaching or Research Assistant
Section 54.213. Scholarship Student
Section 54.214. Biomedical Research Program; Scholarship Student
Section 54.217. Students Enrolled in Fully Funded Courses; Optional Waiver
Section 54.218. Distance Learning or Off-Campus Courses; Optional Waiver
Section 54.222. Economic Development and Diversification
Section 54.223. Tuition Rates for Olympic Athletes
Section 54.225. Students Enrolled in Non-Semester-Length Developmental Education Interventions
Section 54.232. NATO Agreement
Section 54.233. Academic Common Market
Section 54.241. Military Personnel and Dependents
Section 54.251. Registered Nurses in Postgraduate Nursing Degree Programs; Optional Waiver
Section 54.261. Designated Tuition; Hardship; Optional Waiver
Section 54.262. Student Services Fees; Optional Waiver
Section 54.263. Students 55 Years of Age or Older; Optional Waiver
Section 54.301. Highest Ranking High School Graduates; Optional Exemption
Section 54.331. Students From Other Nations of the American Hemisphere
Section 54.341. Veterans and Other Military Personnel; Dependents
Section 54.3411. Permanent Fund Supporting Military and Veterans Exemptions
Section 54.342. Prisoners of War
Section 54.343. Children of Prisoners of War or Persons Missing in Action
Section 54.344. Participants in Military Funerals
Section 54.345. Assistance for Tuition and Fees for Members of State Military Forces
Section 54.351. Children of Disabled Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
Section 54.352. Disabled Peace Officers and Fire Fighters
Section 54.353. Firefighters Enrolled in Fire Science Courses
Section 54.3531. Peace Officers Enrolled in Certain Courses
Section 54.354. Education Benefits for Certain Survivors
Section 54.355. Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty
Section 54.356. Preceptors for Professional Nursing Education Programs
Section 54.361. One-Year Exemption for Certain Tanf Students
Section 54.362. Funding of Exemptions
Section 54.363. Educational Aides
Section 54.364. Blind, Deaf Students
Section 54.365. Senior Citizens; Optional Benefit
Section 54.367. Exemptions for Adopted Students Formerly in Foster or Other Residential Care
Section 54.368. Interinstitutional Academic Programs; Optional Exemption