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Can I Transfer Hazelwood Act Unused Hours to My Son?

October 15th, 2010
by Ron Kness
I joined the Army in Texas when I was single, got married on my third year of active duty and left the Army under honorable discharge after serving for 4 years. We lived in California, however, we relocated in Texas back in 2003.

My question is, I did not use my GI Bill and it expired. Presently, I am using my Hazelwood Act benefit and we are Texas residents. Can I transfer my unused credit to my son, who is going to college this Fall 2011. – Ceferino

Just to be sure we are both on the same sheet of music, Ceferino, the unused credits you are talking about is your Hazelwood Act hours right? If your GI Bill is expired, you have nothing there you can transfer, even if it had a transfer option, (which it doesn’t).

Yes according to the Hazelwood Act rules, you can transfer any unused Hazelwood Act hours to a dependent under their Legacy Program. This is how they word it for dependent eligibility:

1.  Be a Texas resident;

2.  Be the biological child, stepchild, adopted child, or claimed as a dependent in the current or previous tax year;

3.  Be 25 years or younger on the first day of the semester or term for which the exemption is claimed (unless granted an extension due to a qualifying illness or debilitating condition), and

4.  Make satisfactory academic progress in a degree, certificate, or continuing education program as determined by the institution;

5.  If a child to whom hours have been delegated fails to use all of the assigned hours, a veteran may re-assign the unused hours that are available to another dependent child.

I can’t ascertain for sure how old your son is, but it sounds like he will just graduate from high school in the Spring, so he should be under the 25 age limit. If he meets the rest of the eligibility requirements, you should be able to make a transfer to him.

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6 Responses to “Can I Transfer Hazelwood Act Unused Hours to My Son?”

  1. Does the Hazelwood Act Cover Private Schools in Texas? | Hazelwood Act (Education Benefits) | GI Bill Expert | GIBill.com « GI Bill Expert Blog says:
    October 29, 2010 at 3:02 pm

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  2. Christine says:
    January 2, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    Just to clarify…do you have to be a biological child and claimed as a dependent – or – either/or???

  3. Ron Kness says:
    January 4, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    The child can be biological, step or adopted. As long as the military sponsor went through the legal courts to legally claim the child and have the child listed as a dependent in DEERS.

    Ron

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  5. Sofia Paredes says:
    March 18, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    I have not used too many of the hazlewood hours yet , maybe 30 hrs or so , mY husband is also a veteran and has used some of his hours also I have a child that just turned 25 in February, can we tranfer the hours to her , and if she does not use them all , is the veteran eligiable to reuse the hours left to continue to attend school at a later time. thanks

  6. Ron Kness says:
    March 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    The only way to transfer unused Hazelwood Act hours to a dependent child is if the veteran is killed in the line of duty, missing in action or totally and permanently disabled as a result of a service-connect injury or illness. If you were able to transfer Hazelwood Act hours to her, yes you could revoke them is she was not going to use them or if they were going to expire.

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