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Exemption applies to tuition, mandatory fees and textbooks. If the you're eligible to live in on-campus housing, SFA also will provide you with room and board. If no housing is available, a room and board stipend equal to the amount you could have received if living on campus.

Eligibility

Eligible students are those who:

  • are a surviving spouse or dependent minor of a public employee who died in the performance of their duty on or after Sept. 1, 2000
  • and are enrolled full-time.

View Texas Education Code § 54.354 for full details.

Continuation requirements

If on the completion of any semester or term you fail to meet the GPA requirements described in SFA's policy regarding eligibility for financial aid or have reached the excessive hour rule limits, you may not receive the exemption for the next semester or term in which you enroll.

Read additional requirements to maintain eligibility.

How to apply

Upload the certificate using the directions below:

  1. Login to mySFA.
  2. Select "Billing" from the navigation.
  3. Locate the "Billing Information" box.
  4. Click the "Upload Contract / Exemption Paperwork" link.
  5. Select "Other Exemption" from the drop-down menu.
  6. Upload the certificate.

 

Contact

Student Business Services
936.468.6960
Fax: 936.468.7213
sbs@sfasu.edu
Staff directory

Physical Address:
Austin Building
Suite 204

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 13053, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962