Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0240-07-02-.01 - RULES FOR DETERMINATION OF STUDENT STATUS
(1)
Students and applicants with a domicile in the state of Tennessee are to be
classified in-state for tuition and fee purposes and for admission purposes.
Domicile is defined for these rules as 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 Middle Tennessee State
University (MTSU) without intending to establish a new domicile
elsewhere.
(2) MTSU will comply
with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations pertaining to
residency classification of students.
(3) Absence from Tennessee for short periods
of time will not affect the establishment of a residence, provided domicile was
not established in another state during that time.
(4) Students and applicants not having
domicile in Tennessee shall be classified out-of-state.
(5) The domicile of an unemancipated person
is that of his/her parent, except as provided in Paragraph (6) below. Students
who are unemancipated must submit parent, legal guardian, or foster parent
documentation in lieu of their own. An emancipated person is someone who has
attained the age of eighteen (18) years, and whose parents have entirely
legally surrendered the right to the care, custody, and earnings of such person
and who no longer are under any legal obligation to support or maintain such
deemed emancipated person.
(6)
Unemancipated students of divorced parents shall be classified in-state when
one (1) parent, regardless of custodial status, is domiciled in
Tennessee.
(7) A student is
classified in-state for tuition and fee purposes if the student is a citizen of
the U.S. and has resided in Tennessee for at least one (1) year immediately
prior to admission and meets one (1) of the following:
(a) Graduated from a Tennessee public
secondary school;
(b) Graduated
from a private secondary school that is located in Tennessee; or
(c) Earned a Tennessee high school
equivalency diploma.
(8)
The spouse of a student classified as in-state will also be classified as
in-state.
(9) Regular full-time
employees at institutions governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) or a
Locally Governed Institution (LGI), along with their spouses and children shall
be classified as in-state students for purposes of fees and tuition when
enrolled in courses at any TBR institution or LGI.
(10) Graduate assistants at MTSU shall be
classified as in-state for purposes of fees and tuition.
(11) Continuous enrollment at MTSU is defined
as enrollment in at least one (1) course in successive Fall or Spring terms
during the student's enrollment.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยง 49-8-104.
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