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The Hazelwood Act provides wartime resident veterans a tuition waiver and also a waiver of some fees at state-funded schools. This benefit is also available to children of servicemen and women who died or were killed in military service, to children of military personnel who are shown to be missing in action or prisoners of war, and to children of veterans receiving 100 percent payment for service-connected disabilities. Plus, the Texas State Tuition Reimbursement Program pays tuition and fees to public colleges and universities for up to 12 hours per semester for 10 continuous semesters or 5 years.

 

The Oklahoma National Guard Tuition Waiver Program waives tuition at state supported two-and four-year colleges for in-state resident Guardsmen. Out-of-state residents can receive a waiver of the non-resident fees at state-supported schools.

 

The Arkansas Department of Higher Education has the authority to provide free tuition and fees at any state-supported college, university, technical school, or vocational school to the spouses and children of any resident veteran declared to be Prisoner of War or placed in a missing-in-action status since Jan. 1, 1960, or any service member resident killed in action. 

 

Louisiana National Guard members are eligible for 100 percent tuition exemption at any Louisiana public institutions of higher learning for up to five academic years. The State Tuition Exemption Program (STEP) allows these service members to pursue a degree at the next higher level, up to the masters and professional level in a period of a six year reenlistment. Plus, children and surviving spouses of certain state veterans who died in service in the Armed Forces or died of a service connected disability incurred during a wartime period are exempt from paying tuition and school imposed fees at any state-supported college, university, trade or vocational technical school.