1. A. Application must be made through the Parish Veterans Service Office. In order to be eligible to receive educational benefits under R.S. 29:288 et seq., the following criteria must be met.

   1. 1. Any child applicant applying for these educational benefits must be not less than 16 nor more than 25 years of age, and marriage is not a bar to the program. Child applicants must meet the dependence requirements of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 38 CFR §3.57 and §3.204 through §3.211.
   2. 2. The spouse has no age limit but must use the benefit within 10 years of the date eligibility is established. Remarriage is a bar to this benefit. Dissolution of the remarriage does not re-establish eligibility. Program termination for a remarried surviving spouse will be the end of the semester in which the marriage takes place.
   3. 3. The eligible student must attend school on a full-time basis and maintain all academic and other enrollment standards established by the school.
   4. 4. The eligible student may attend any state college or university, including institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges; all entrance requirements for such institution must be met.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 29:288, R.S. 29:254.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Department of Veterans' Affairs, LR 7:485 (October 1981), amended LR 13:743 (December 1987), LR 19:1565 (December 1993), LR 23:1685 (December 1997), LR 26:2211 (November 1999), amended by the Office of the Governor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Commission, LR 38:1017 (April 2012), amended by the Office of the Governor, Department of Veterans Affairs, LR 45:1588 (November 2019), amended LR 50:498 (April 2024).