40 Tex. Admin. Code § 461.20 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(2) Commission--The Texas Veterans
Commission.
(3) Census date--The
date in an academic term or semester for which an institution is required to
certify a person's enrollment in the institution to the Board for the purposes
of determining formula funding for the institution.
(4) Contact Hour--A time unit of instruction
as defined in 19 Texas Administrative Code §
13.1.
(5) Continuing education unit or CEU--A unit
of measure of instruction as defined in 19 Texas Administrative Code §
9.1.
(6) Degree certified hours--Hours for which
the student is registered as of the census date of a term or
semester.
(7) Dependent--An
individual who was claimed as a dependent for federal income tax purposes by
the individual's parent or court-appointed legal guardian, or as defined in
Texas Education Code §
54.341(k) and
(m) in a particular year and in the previous
tax year. A child was a dependent if he or she was claimed as such by a parent
or legal guardian during the veteran's year of entry into the service and in
the previous tax year.
(8) Deposit
fees--Fees that an institution may collect under Texas Education Code §
54.502.
(9) Eligible
Person--
(A) Veteran as defined in Texas
Education Code §
54.341(a);
(B) Spouse as defined in Texas Education Code
§
54.341(a-2);
or
(C) Child or Children as defined
by Texas Education Code §
54.341(m).
(10) Extraordinary costs--Only
applicable for public junior colleges, public technical institutes, or public
state colleges as defined in Texas Education Code §
61.003. The cost of
tuition and fees that exceed the average tuition and fee charges at the
institution.
(11) Federal income
tax return--An IRS Transcript of Tax Return for that particular year.
(12) Guidelines for Instructional Programs in
Workforce Education (GIPWE)--A Board approved publication as defined in 19
Texas Administrative Code §
9.1.
(13) Hazlewood Act Exemption--The tuition and
partial fee exemption authorized under Texas Education Code §
54.341.
(14) Hazlewood Legacy Act--The tuition and
partial fee exemption authorized under Texas Education Code §
54.341(k).
(15) Initial entry training--Includes Basic
Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training, One Station Unit Training,
Officer Candidate School, service as a cadet at the United States Military
Academy, and service as a cadet candidate at the United States Military Academy
Preparatory School (Army); Recruit Training and Skill Training (or 'A' School),
Officer Candidate School, service as a midshipman at the United States Naval
Academy, and service as a midshipman candidate at the Naval Academy Preparatory
School (Navy); Basic Military Training and Technical Training, Officer Training
School, service as a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy; and service
as a cadet candidate at the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School
(Air Force and Space Force); Recruit Training and Marine Corps Training (or
School of Infantry Training), Officer Candidates School (Marine Corps); and
Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, and service as a cadet at the United
States Coast Guard Academy (Coast Guard), or the equivalent training for that
branch of service.
(16)
Institution--A Texas public institution of higher education as defined in Texas
Education Code §
61.003(8).
(17) Qualifying service--Discharged under
honorable conditions after serving on active military duty, excluding initial
entry training, for more than 180 days as documented by the Certificate of
Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD FORM 214) issued by the Department of
Defense or other qualifying discharge document. Other qualifying discharge
documents are:
(A) WD AGO 53, Enlisted Record
and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;
(B) WD AGO 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report
of Separation Honorable Discharge;
(C) WD AGO 53-58, Enlisted Record and Report
of Separation General Discharge;
(D) NAVCG-553, Notice of Separation from U.S.
Coast Guard;
(E) NAVMC 78-PD, U.S.
Marine Corps Report of Separation;
(F) NAVPERS-553, Notice of Separation from
U.S. Naval Service; or
(G) NA Form
13038, Certification of Military Service. This form may only be used upon
written verification from the National Archives that a DD Form 214 or
equivalent discharge document has been lost or destroyed and may only be used
to verify days of qualifying service and character of service.
(18) Resident of Texas--A resident
of the State of Texas as determined in accordance with 19 Texas Administrative
Code Chapter 21, Subchapter B (relating to Determination of Resident
Status).
(19) Satisfactory academic
progress--A grade point average that satisfies the institution's requirement
for making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate in
accordance with the institution's policy regarding eligibility for financial
aid. This requirement does not apply to spouses or children of veterans who
died from a service-related injury or illness, or who were classified as
missing in action (MIA) or killed in action (KIA).
(20) Semester Credit Hour--A unit of measure
of instruction as defined in 19 Texas Administrative Code §
13.1.
(21) Stacking--Concurrent use of state and
federal veteran education benefits by an eligible person.
(22) Student services fees--Fees that an
institution may, under Texas Education Code, §§
54.503,
54.5061, and
54.513, elect to
charge to students to cover the cost of student services.
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