Tuition & Fee Waiver
We encourage foster youth currently or formerly under the conservatorship of the Texas
Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and those adopted from DFPS, to
pursue a higher education at Texas Tech. Eligible students may receive a tuition exemption.
To find out whether you are eligible for this tuition exemption, contact the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and request Form 1810: DFPS Verification of the State College Tuition and Fee Waiver. Once DFPS confirms eligibility for the exemption, students are able to receive the
exemption indefinitely.
- Are not required to be Texas residents when awarded, as long as they meet the DFPS program requirements.
- Are not required to demonstrate financial need.
- Must be registered with Selective Service, or be exempt.
- Must meet the enrollment eligibility requirements before the age of 25*. However, students are not required to receive the exemption before the age of 25.
- Can continue receiving the exemption even if they are not meeting the institution’s grade point average (GPA) requirement, as long as they are meeting institutional registration requirements.
- Can continue receiving the exemption even if they are enrolled in excessive hours (TEC, Section 54.014).
- Who meet the enrollment eligibility requirements can receive the exemption while attempting any program of study offered at an eligible institution (i.e., undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree).
- Enroll and be admitted at an eligible institution in Texas.
- Request a tuition exemption approval letter (Form 1810) from DFPS staff.
- DFPS staff issues Form 1810 to the student by mail or email, confirming the student’s program eligibility at the relevant institution.
- Eligible student submits Form 1810 to the institution.
- Institution verifies enrollment eligibility in the tuition exemption program.
- Institution verifies each year that the student remains eligible. (Student does not have to reapply each year.)
- Students Under Conservatorship of DFPS— TEC, Section 54.366
- Adopted Students Formerly in Foster Care— TEC, Section 54.367
- Tuition and Fee Waiver for Youth Returning to a Parent— 40 TAC, Section 700.1630
- DFPS: State College Tuition Waiver
Raider Relief - Advocacy and Resource Center
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Address
Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.2011 -
Email
raiderrelief@ttu.edu