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YAVAPAI COLLEGE CATALOG • 2015/16
ACADEMIC SUPPORT & STUDENT SERVICES
Office of the Registrar
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Residency Determination
Classification of state residency for tuition purposes at Yavapai College is governed by state law. The information below establishes the criteria for Arizona residency. Students who are classified as non-residents will be assessed out-of-state fees when registering for classes.
Definition of Terms
1. “Armed Forces of the United States” means the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the United States Public Health Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association.
2. “Continuous attendance” means enrollment at an educational institution in this state as a full-time student, as such term is defined by the governing body of the educational institution, for a normal academic year since the beginning of the period for which continuous attendance is claimed. Such person need not attend summer sessions in order to maintain continuous attendance.
3. “Domicile” means a person’s true, fixed and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where he/she intends to remain and to which he/she expects to return when he/she leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.
4. “Emancipated person” means a person who is neither under a legal duty of service to his parent nor entitled to the support of such parent under the laws of this state.
5. “Parent” means a person’s father or mother, or custodial parent, or if there is no surviving parent or the whereabouts of the parents are unknown, then a guardian of an unemancipated person if there are not circumstances indicating that such guardianship was created primarily for the purpose of conferring the status of an in-state student on such unemancipated person.
In-State Student Status
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article no person having a domicile elsewhere than in this state is eligible for classification as an in-state student for tuition purposes.
B. A person is not entitled to classification as an in-state student until the person is domiciled in this state for one year, except that a person whose domicile is in this state is entitled to classification as an in-state student if the person meets one of the following requirements:
1. The person’s parent’s domicile is in this state, and the parent is entitled to claim the person as an exemption for state and federal tax purposes.
2. The person is an employee of an employer which transferred the person to this state for employment purposes or the person is the spouse of such employee.
3. The person is an employee of a school district in this state and is under contract to teach on a full-time basis, or is employed as a full-time noncertified classroom aide, at a school within that school district. For purposes of this paragraph, the person is eligible for classification as an in-state student only for courses necessary to complete the requirements for certification by the state board of education to teach in a school district in this state. No member of the person’s family is eligible for classification as an in-state student if the person is eligible for classification as an in-state student pursuant to this paragraph.
C. The domicile of an unemancipated person is that of such person’s parent.
D. Any unemancipated person who remains in this state when such person’s parent, who had been domiciled in this state, removes from this state is entitled to classification as an in-state student until attainment of the degree for which currently enrolled, so long as such person maintains continuous attendance.
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