Administrative Procedure 4.5 Procedure Title In-State Residency Related Board Policy   Related Admin Procedures   Adopted Date 02/28/2017 Effective Date 07/01/2017 Last Reviewed Date 02/28/2017 Implementation Process By Chief Student Officer   Residency Classification Wyoming Community College Commission policy governs the classification of students as resident or non-resident for the purpose of tuition/fee assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the Student Records Office of any change in residency status.  Complete residency classification information is available from the Student Records office.           Residency petitions must be submitted before the 12 percent day (published last refund date) of the semester for which residency is being petitioned. Those submitted after that date, if approved, will not take effect until the following semester. A properly registered student who is classified as a resident by one Wyoming community college will be considered a resident at all Wyoming community colleges.  Classification Procedures Residence classification shall be initiated for each student at the time the application for admission is accepted and whenever a student has not been in attendance for more than one (1) semester. Individuals or their legal dependents, who are U.S. citizens or are in an immigrant status and certain non-immigrants, may qualify for residency. Non-immigrants and their dependents, who possess a valid visa from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with a classification of Temporary Workers or Intracompany Transferee and eligible for education, may qualify for residency.  Eligibility for consideration will be based on the privileges and limitations of the visa held by the applicant. Community college districts may require applicants to supply information to document residency status. Residency Criteria Individuals who qualify as Wyoming Residents shall pay the in-state tuition rate, as established by the Wyoming Community College Commission. All other individuals shall pay the out-of-state tuition rates, as established by the Wyoming Community College Commission. For the purposes of determining whether a student qualifies for in-state or out of state tuition, the following guidelines apply: A. Residing in Wyoming primarily as a student will not support a claim for resident status. The following students are considered Wyoming residents: Individuals who are financial dependents or under the age of 24 with a parent, guardian or spouse who lives in the State of Wyoming. Graduates of a Wyoming high school. Recipients of a high school equivalency in Wyoming who also qualify for a Hathaway Scholarship. Active Wyoming National Guard members and U.S. Armed Forces members stationed in Wyoming, and their dependents. Wyoming residents temporarily absent from the State due to military service, attendance at an educational institution, or other type of documented temporary absence. Individuals who have been awarded resident tuition status at another Wyoming Community College or the University of Wyoming. The spouse or financial dependent of an individual who is determined to be a Wyoming resident pursuant to these Guidelines. Individuals with a permanent home in Wyoming. To determine if a permanent Wyoming home has been established, a variety of factors are considered including evidence of full-time employment in Wyoming for one continuous year, ownership of home or property in Wyoming, one year of continual presence in Wyoming, reliance on Wyoming resources for full financial support, Wyoming vehicle registration, Wyoming address on most recent federal income tax return, a valid Wyoming driver’s license, utility bills in the individual’s name, lease or rental agreement, certificate of marriage, and Wyoming voter registration. No one factor determines residence status. Effective for the 2015 summer school session and each semester thereafter, an applicant for resident tuition who is a veteran or eligible individual, as described in 38 U.S. C. 3679(c)(2), shall qualify as a resident for purposes of tuition at a Wyoming Community College if the applicant provides: A certificate or other evidence of the veteran’s qualifying service in the uniformed services of the United States; Documented evidence at the time of enrollment that: The applicant for resident tuition intends to live in Wyoming during the term of enrollment; The veteran was discharged or released from a qualifying period of service in the active military, naval or air service before the date of enrollment; If the applicant is a spouse or a child of the veteran, the applicant is a transferee pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 3311(b) (9) or 3319 of the veteran’s eligibility for educational benefits. A person who has qualified for resident tuition pursuant to the above requirements of this section, shall remain qualified in subsequent years if the person pursues one or more courses of education while remaining continuously enrolled, other than during regularly scheduled breaks, lives in the state during the term of enrollment, and, if the person is eligible through a transfer of eligibility pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 3319, the transfer has not been validly revoked. B. The following students are considered non-residents: Individuals who do not qualify under Section A above; and Individuals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents except as provided by Section A.2 or A.3 above. Appealing Tuition Determinations  Students may appeal their classification as a resident or a non-resident through the following process: A student assigned a non-resident classification may submit a request for reclassification to the Registrar or designee. The student must submit the request and accompanying documentation on or before the first day of classes. A decision will be rendered within 20 days of the first day of classes. Individuals may be reclassified for the following term when facts indicate that a change in residency has occurred since the time of original residence classification or since their most recent appeal. Reclassification as an in- state student will not be applied retroactively to previous terms. ----------------------------- Revision History:  Adopted 11/14/1990 Reviewed 1/22/1992 Revised 2/16/2011 Reviewed 10/26/2016 New Issue this document