California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 5 - Board of Trustees of the California State Universities › Chapter 1 - California State University › Subchapter 5 - Administration › Article 4 - Nonresident Tuition › Section 41905.5 - Residence Reclassification - Financial Independence Requirement

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A nonresident student requesting reclassification to resident
						for tuition purposes must demonstrate financial independence. A student shall be
						considered financially independent if the student has not and will not be claimed as
						an exemption for state and federal tax purposes by a parent or legal guardian in the
						calendar year the reclassification application is made and in any of the three
						calendar years prior to the reclassification application; has not and will not
						receive more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per year in financial
						assistance from a parent or legal guardian in the calendar year the reclassification
						application is made and in any of the three calendar years prior to the
						reclassification application, and; has not lived and will not live for more than six
						weeks in the home of a parent or legal guardian during the calendar year the
						reclassification application is made and in any of the three calendar years prior to
						the reclassification application.
Financial independence shall not be considered in a
						reclassification analysis if the student meets at least one of the following
						criteria:
(a) Dependent on a parent who has
					 California residence (pursuant to Education Code Section
					 68060 et seq.)
					 for more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date for
					 the academic term for which reclassification is requested,
(b) Enrolled in a graduate or post-baccalaureate
					 program, regardless of age,
(c) At least
					 24 years of age by the residence determination date for the academic term for which
					 reclassification is requested,
(d)
					 Married or registered domestic partner as of the residence determination date,
					 regardless of age,
(e) All active duty
					 (including National Guard members and reservists) members serving in the U.S. Armed
					 Forces,
(f) Veteran of the U.S. Armed
					 Forces,
(g) Has a legal dependent other
					 than a spouse or registered domestic partner,
(h) Any time since turning the age of 13, is or
					 was a ward of the court, foster youth or both parents are deceased,
(i) Declared by a court to be an emancipated
					 minor,
(j) Has been determined to be an
					 unaccompanied youth who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless pursuant to
					 federal financial aid rules.
1. New section
						filed 12-18-2009; operative 12-18-2009. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant
						to Education Code section
						89030.1
						(Register 2009, No. 51).
2. Editorial correction (Register 2010, No.
						1).
3. Editorial correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2010, No.
						11).
4. Amendment filed 9-22-2020; operative 9-22-2020 pursuant to
						Education Code section
						89030.1.
						Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Education Code section
						89030(b)
						(Register 2020, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  68044 and
						  89030, Education
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  68044, Education
						  Code.