WHAT GOV. PERRY HAS DONE FOR THE VETERANS IN TEXAS! ACTIONS SPEAK LOADER THAN WORDS!!! Barbie Ann Burrow: Here are some of the what Rick Perry has done for veterans as Governor of Texas: 1.Supported and signed “College Credit for Heroes,” SB 1736 (2011), which establishes a pilot project at the Texas Workforce Commission in coordination with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a model for college transfer methods that maximizes academic and workforce education credit awarded to universities to veterans for military experience. 2.Signed legislation making it easier for active-duty military to vote while overseas. 3.Extended property tax exemptions for fully disabled veterans to their surviving spouses and signed legislation ensuring that property tax exemptions follow disabled veterans to new property if they move. 4.In June 2010, Gov. Perry announced a $3 million workforce development initiative through the Texas Workforce Commission to ensure veterans and family members have the resources necessary to receive an education, procure jobs and return to civilian life after their deployments end. The initiative connects the dots between the high-quality training our military offers and college coursework and professional certification standards. 5.In November 2009, the governor worked with the Legislature and the Health and Human Services Commission to secure an additional $5 million to supplement the $1.2 million from the state budget to expand mental health treatment ans support programs for veterans and their families. 6.The governor also directed the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) and DSHS to establish veteran-to-veteran (V2V) support groups across the state. These V2V groups help veterans by allowing them to share their experiences with fellow veterans. Now he has signed into law that veterans with 100% service related disabilities will not have to pay property taxes.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:53:06 +0000
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