BY EVA RUTH MORAVEC
TexasĀ House and Senate negotiators canāt agree and therefore wonāt change a program offering free college tuition to veterans and their children, even amid concerns itās too expensive to be sustainable.
Sen. Brian Birdwell said Saturday there are āirreconcilableā differences on how to change the Hazlewoood Act.
Rep. John Zerwas said the chambers were ānot going to get anywhere near agreement, so itās going to die.ā
The benefit offers veterans free tuition at Texasā public universities. In 2009, it was changed to allow veteransā children to use unused college credit hours, and costs have since ballooned.
The Senate proposed sweeping changes to eligibility and usage. But the House watered those down, so as not to harm veterans.
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