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RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

For fee purposed, the legal residence of a student is determined at the time of initial application and will be reconsidered, thereafter, upon appeal by the student. Change in Resident Status forms can be acquired in the Registrar’s Office. This form must be returned to the Registrar’s Office prior to the first day of classes for the semester for which it is to take effect. Decision on the granting of residency status will not be retroactive.

Section 33-3717, Idaho Statute specifies that a resident shall be:

1. For purposes of this section, a resident student is:

(A) Any student who has one (1) or more parent or parents or court-appointed guardians who are domiciled in the state of Idaho. Domicile, in the case of a parent or guardian, means that individual's true, fixed and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where that individual intends to remain, and to which that individual expects to return when that individual leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere. To qualify under this section, the parent, parents or guardian must have maintained a bona fide domicile in the state of Idaho for at least one (1) year prior to the opening day of the term for which the student matriculates.

(B) Any student, who receives less than fifty percent (50%) of the student's support from a parent, parents or legal guardians who are not residents of this state for voting purposes, but which student has continuously resided in the state of Idaho for twelve (12) months next preceding the opening day of the term during which the student proposes to attend the college or university and who has in fact established a bona fide domicile in this state primarily for purposes other than educational.

(C) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, any student who is a graduate of an accredited secondary school in the state of Idaho, and who matriculates at a college or university in the state of Idaho during the term immediately following such graduation regardless of the residence of the student's parent or guardian.

(D) The spouse of a person who is classified, or is eligible for classification, as a resident of the state of Idaho for the purposes of attending a college or university.

(E) A member of the armed forces of the United States, stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders.

(F) A student whose parent or guardian is a member of the armed forces and stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders and who receives fifty percent (50%) or more of support from parents or legal guardians. The student, while in continuous attendance, shall not lose that residence when the student's parent or guardian is transferred on military orders.

(G) A person separated, under honorable conditions, from the United States armed forces after at least

two (2) years of service, who at the time of separation designates the state of Idaho as his intended domicile or who has Idaho as the home of record in service and enters a college or university in the state of Idaho within one (1) year of the date of separation.

(H) Any individual who has been domiciled in the state of Idaho, has qualified and would otherwise be qualified under the provisions of this statute and who is away from the state for a period of less than one (1) calendar

year and has not established legal residence elsewhere provided a twelve (12) month period of continuous residence has been established immediately prior to departure.

(I) A student who is a member of any of the following Idaho Native American Indian tribes, regardless of current domicile, shall be considered an Idaho state resident for purposes of tuition at institutions of higher education: Members of the following Idaho Native American Indian tribes, whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries included portions of the state of Idaho, or whose Indian tribe was granted reserved lands within the state of Idaho: (i) Coeur d'Alene tribe; (ii) Shoshone-Paiute tribes; (iii) Nez Perce tribe; (iv) Shoshone-Bannock tribes; (v) Kootenai tribe.

2. A "nonresident student" shall mean any student who does not qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and shall include:

(A) A student attending an institution in this state with the aid of financial assistance provided by another state or governmental unit or agency thereof, such nonresidency continuing for one (1) year after the completion of the semester for which such assistance is last provided.

(B) A person who is not a citizen of the United States of America, who does not have permanent or temporary resident status or does not hold "refugee-parolee" or "conditional entrant" status with the United States immigration and naturalization service or is not otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of the law and who does not also meet and comply with all applicable requirements of this section.

3. The establishment of a new domicile in Idaho by a person formerly domiciled in another state has occurred if such person is physically present in Idaho primarily for purposes other than educational and can show satisfactory proof that such person is without a present intention to return to such other state or to acquire a domicile at some other place outside of Idaho. Institutions determining whether a student is domiciled in the state of Idaho primarily for purposes other than educational shall consider, but shall not be limited to the following factors:

(a) Registration and payment of Idaho taxes or fees on a motor vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer, or other item of personal property for which state registration and the payment of a state tax or fee is required.

(b) Filing of Idaho state income tax returns.

(c) Permanent full-time employment or the hourly equivalent thereof in the state of Idaho.

(d) Registration to vote for state elected officials in Idaho at a general election.

Appeal from a final determination denying resident status may be initiated by the filing of an action in the district court of the county in which the affected college is located; an appeal from the district court shall lie as in all civil actions.

 

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