Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3337 - Ohio University › Chapter 3337-25 - Requirements for Housing Residency › Section 3337-25-30 - Housing residency requirement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The version of this rule that includes live links to associated
				resources is online at
https://www.ohio.edu/policy/25-030.html
(A) Overview
The Ohio university department of housing and residence life
									 provides Athens campus students
				with a safe and comfortable place to live and thrive in a vibrant educational
				community. Ohio university requires all first- and second-year students who
				have fewer than six quarters or four semesters comprised of fall and spring attending any institution
				of higher education after high school graduation (or an equivalent combination,
				such as three quarters and two semesters) to reside in university-sanctioned
				housing. The purpose of this policy is to define the cohort of students who are
				required to reside on campus and those students who are eligible to reside off
				campus.
(B) On-campus
			 residency requirement
For the purposes of this policy, a first-year student is
				defined as a new incoming student who has not attended an institution of higher
				education after high school graduation. A second-year student is defined as a
				student who can demonstrate three quarters or two semesters
				comprised of fall and spring (or an equivalent
				combination, such as two quarters and one semester) attending an institution
				after high school graduation. Second-year students include returning current
				students, transfer students, and students relocating from a regional campus to
				the Athens campus; all are required to reside on campus unless they meet one or
				more of the criteria specified in paragraph (C) of this policy.
In the event that the defined student's permanent address is
				outside of the approved commuting distance, the student is required to reside
				on campus and complete a housing application.
(C) Off-campus eligibility
(1) Commuter students
For purpose of this policy, a commuter student is defined as a
				first- or second-year student who is requesting an exemption from the residency
				requirement to reside with a parent or legal guardian at a permanent residence
				within the approved maximum commuting distance.
Students who are eligible to obtain commuter status by residing
				with a parent or legal guardian at a permanent residence must submit an online
				commuter application, as appropriate, for review and approval.
The changes in requirements and specific details for commuter
				eligibility, including the approved maximum distance, will be decided and
				published by April fifteenth, to take effect the following academic
				year.
(2) Approved exempted
			 students
Any student wishing to be exempted from university housing or
				meal plan and who is not considered a commuter student must meet at least one
				of the criteria listed in this policy and submit a "housing exemption / termination request form" for review and approval. Information regarding the
				exemption process can be found by visiting the housing
				and residence life
										 website.
Those seeking an exemption must meet one or more of the
				following criteria, subject to validation:
(a) Student is enrolled part-time (according
			 to the undergraduate catalog for the academic year in question).
(b) Student participates in a fraternity or
			 sorority (greek housing). Subject to verification and approval from the campus
			 involvement center, typically at the end of spring semester. The exemption is
			 for approval for second-year students to reside
			 in a recognized fraternity or sorority house and is revocable (e.g., not
			 meeting fire code, community standards violation, GPA
			 requirement, etc). Revocation may be immediate or delayed, as determined
			 by the university.
(c) Student is a
			 veteran of eighteen months or more of active duty. Submit a copy of DD-214
			 discharge papers.
(d) Student is
			 married, a parent, or in a domestic partnership that meets the criteria
			 specified in policy 40.013. Submit a copy of marriage license, child's birth
			 certificate, or "affidavit of domestic
			 partnership."
(e) Student is
			 enrolled for summer session to substitute for a previous fall or semester term
			 not attended. The student must submit an exemption request for the subsequent
			 fall and provide proof of completion for summer.
(f) Student is
			 twenty-three years of age or older prior to first term enrolled.
(g)
			 Student or university can demonstrate other acceptable extenuating
			 circumstances as approved by the exemption review
			 committee.
The version of this rule that includes live links to associated
				resoures is online at
https://www.ohio.edu/policy/25-030.html