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Waivers reduce a student’s tuition
assessment rate from non-resident status to
Texas resident status. Exemptions
remove tuition and/or fees assessment. Waivers and exemptions are granted
for the following reasons:
Economic
Diversification Waiver
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Eligibility:
Nonresident and domiciled foreign students whose family has been
transferred to Texas as a part of the state’s plan for economic
development. Required
documentation: Company
transferring student's family to Texas must meet Texas Dept of Commerce
requirements (contact Angie Mendez 512-936-0222). Coordinating Board
notifies University of eligibility
for the waiver.
Military
Personnel Stationed in Texas Waiver
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Eligibility:
Military personnel stationed in Texas, their spouses and
children. Required
documentation: Must
provide documentation from the military of eligibility at least once per
year.
Higher Education Teaching
Waiver
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Eligibility:
Must be employed at least half time as a teacher or professor at
any Texas institution of higher education (employee’s spouse
and children are also eligible).
Required documentation:
Documentation from institution verifying at least half-time
employment as a teacher or professor on a regular monthly salary.
Reciprocal Agreement with Bordering Counties Waiver
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Eligibility:
Students from neighboring states living in counties adjacent to
the Texas border with which we have a reciprocal agreement.
Required documentation:
University must have file at the Coordinating Board that
reciprocity exists between a neighboring state institution and a
comparable Texas institution.
Mexican Citizen w/Financial Need Waiver
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Eligibility:
Students from Mexico who have financial need.
Required documentation:
Proof of financial need.
Teaching/Research Assistant Waiver
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Eligibility:
Student must be employed as a teaching or research assistant at a
public institution of higher education.
Eligibility is limited to semester of assistantship appointment.
(employee’s spouse and children are also eligible).
Required documentation:
Student must provide proof of at least half-time employment as a research or teaching assistant.
Competitive Scholarship Waiver
Contact Scholarship Office
Eligibility:
Student receives competitive scholarships for at least $1,000.
Eligibility for waiver is tied to semester's covered by
scholarship. Required documentation:
Student must have competed with other students, including Texas
residents for the award. A&M University-Commerce recognized scholarship committee must
administer the scholarship. Funds
and selection must be under University control.
Academic Common Market Waiver
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Eligibility:
Nonresident students enrolled in graduate programs not offered in
their home states. Required
documentation: Contact
Coordinating Board (Linda McDonough 512-427-6525).
NATO
Forces Waiver
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Eligibility: Nonresident aliens, their spouses and dependent
children stationed in Texas with NATO forces. Required
documentation: Proof that family is stationed in Texas in
keeping with the North Atlantic Treaty.
Bordering States Waiver
(resident rate plus $30 per credit hour)
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Eligibility:
Undergraduate students from New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana or other states within 135 miles of the Texas border
may pay a lowered nonresident tuition rate when they attend a public
university located with 100 miles of the Texas border if the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the institution to
participate in the program.
Valedictorian Exemption
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exempts tuition only
Eligibility:
Valedictorians of each accredited Texas high school.
Applies during first two regular semesters following high school
graduation. Must be used within two years of high school graduation.
Required Documentation:
Documentation that student was highest ranking graduate of an
accredited high school in Texas. Certificate
is issued by Texas Education Agency (TEA).
If the certificate is lost, a new one may be acquired through the
high school or TEA, or a letter from the high school principal or
superintendent may serve as proof of eligibility.
Hazlewood Exemption
Contact Veterans Affairs Office
exempts tuition/fees, except student service fee and property deposit
Eligibility:
U.S. military veterans and children of deceased veterans who were Texans when they entered the
service; served at least 180 days of active military duty (excluding
training), have insufficient federal education benefits (including Pell
and SEOG) to cover relevant tuition and fees. No student may use Hazlewood for more than 150 credit hours,
with the count beginning in fall 1995.
Required documentation:
Official documentation indicating eligibility (usually the
DD214), plus documentation from the financial aid office regarding
eligibility for Pell of SEOG.
Children
of Deceased Texas Vets Exemption
Contact Veteran Affairs Office
exempts tuition/fees, except student service fee and property deposit
Eligibility: Dependents of Texas
veterans killed in action or died while in service, or whose death
is directly caused by illness or injury connected with service in
the armed forces. Required documentation:
Official documentation from the military, indicating eligibility.
Children of Disabled Firemen and Peace Officers
Exemption
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exempts all tuition/fees, except property deposit
Eligibility:
Children of disabled firemen.
Student must apply prior to 21st birthday. Required
documentation:
Contact Coordinating Board (Angela Crowder, 1-800-242-3062, ext
6344). to acquire letter certifying students eligibility.
(Coordinating Board letter is issued after it
receives confirmation from the parent’s prior employer of the student’s
eligibility.)
MIA/POW
Children
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exempts all tuition/fees
Eligibility:
Children
Disabled Peace Officers Exemption
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exempts all tuition/fees, except property deposit
Eligibility:
Peace officers disabled in the line of duty. Applies
up to 12 semesters of undergraduate degree, and work on first masters
and first doctoral degree. Required documentation:
Contact Coordinating Board (Angela Crowder, 1-800-242-3062, ext
6344). to acquire letter
certifying students eligibility.
(Coordinating Board letter is issued after it
receives confirmation from prior employer of the student’s
eligibility.)
Blind or Deaf Exemption
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exempts all tuition/fees
Eligibility: Blind
or deaf students. Required
Documentation:
Certification of blind or deaf condition by Texas
Rehabilitation Commission, Texas Commission for the Blind, or Texas
Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired.
Good Neighbor Scholarship Exemption
Contact International Student Office
exempts tuition only
Eligibility:
Students from other nations of the western hemisphere (other than
Cuba). Required
Documentation: Coordinating
Board must approve eligible students.
Students are selected by the CB according to school and
geographic priorities. Deadline
is March March 15.
Senior Citizens Exemption
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exempts tuition/fees for auditing courses
exempts tuition only up to six credit hours per term
both exemptions are based on space availability
Eligibility:
Senior Citizens 65 or older.
Required Documentation:
Proof of age
Foster Care Exemption
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exempts tuition/fees
Eligibility:
Students in foster or other residential care.
Student must enroll within 3 years of earliest dates: date
student was discharged from foster or other residential care, date
student graduated from high school or received equivalency degree, or
student’s 21st birthday.
Required Documentation:
Student must provide proof of having been in foster care
or other residential care under the conservator ship of the Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services on or after the day
preceding the student’s 18th birthday, the day of the
student’s 14th birthday, if the student was also eligible
for adoption on or after that day; or the day the student graduated from
high school or received the equivalent of a high school degree.
AFDC/TANF Students Exemption
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exempts tuit
Eligibility:
Students receive AFDC/TANF during senior year of high school.
Student must start using exemption within 12 months of high
school graduation. Can be used for only one year.
Required Documentation:
Student must provide University proof of having received or been
on AFDC for at least six months of high school graduation.
Student must be younger than 22.
Texas National Guard Exemption
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exempts tuition not to exceed 12 semester hours per term per
individual
Eligibility:
Members in good standing of the Texas National Guard.
This includes TXARNG, TXANG, and the State Guard.
Required Documentation:
Adjutant General’s Office approval to the Coordinating Board.
Fall deadline is June 15, spring deadline is November 15.
All applications are to be mailed directly to the Adjutant
General’s Office.
Certified Educational Aide Exemption
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exempts tuition/fees, except lab fees
Eligibility:
Employed as a certified educational aide, resident of Texas, at
least 2 years of experience working in a Texas public school classroom,
and currently enrolled in classes leading to teacher certification .
Required Documentation:
Students apply through
Financial Aid Office of the University or Coordinating Board
(1-800-242-3062, ext 6387).
If approved, Coordinating Board notifies University.
Early High School Graduates Exemption
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exempts tuition only, not to exceed $1000
Eligibility:
Student graduates early from Texas public high school.
May not be used for remedial courses.
Required Documentation:
High school counselor sends letter to Coordinating Board (Sheryl
McGlory) Coordinating Board notifies University of eligibility.
Employee
Scholarship Program
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exempts tuition
Eligibility: A&M-Commerce
employee for at least six months in a full-time budgeted position.
Required Documentation:
Employee Scholarship Application indicating approval of Department Head
and signed promissory note for cost of tuition in case course is dropped
or employee receives grade lower than C.