Economic Advantage OOS tuition waiver

Georgia Tech seems to give out a fair amount of OOS tuition waiver, as indicated here http://catalog.gatech.edu/financial/assistance/ugrad/out-of-state-waiver/

The most interesting one is “Economic Advantage”, description excerpt:

“As of the first day of classes for the term, an economic advantage waiver may be granted to a U.S. citizen or U.S. legal permanent resident who is a dependent or independent student and can provide clear evidence that the student or the student’s parent, spouse, or U.S. court-appointed legal guardian has relocated to the State of Georgia to accept full-time, self-sustaining employment and has established domicile in the State of Georgia. Relocation to the state must be for reasons other than enrolling in an institution of higher education. For U.S. citizens or U.S. legal permanent residents, this waiver will expire 12 months from the date the waiver was granted.”

It seems to indicate that if the parent relocates to Georgia before the student enroll, the student will be able to pay in-state tuition. No waiting period needed. Is that a correct interpretation?

I think you are reading into it what you want to believe.

The key part of that is “Relocation to the state must be for reasons other than enrolling in an institution of higher education”. That could be open to interpretation.

For example, someone whose job doesn’t require them to specifically live in GA (e.g. an online blogger or consultant) would probably not be able to get an OOS waiver by relocating to the state. GT could even interpret this to mean that the move to GA must be due to a required move by an employer or a situation where the parent lost their job in one state and was able to find a job in GA. In other words, GT could take the position that quitting a job in one state in order to move to GA and find a job may not qualify for the OOS waiver.

Children of armed servicemen and women can get in state tuition at GaTech with some conditions.

Here is the list of rules that apply to children of servicemen:
http://catalog.gatech.edu/financial/tuition/out-of-state-tuition-waivers/

If parents move to Georgia from anywhere, including abroad and have a legal job in Georgia,and pay taxes, it may work to get in state tuition, but check with the Office of the Registrar, see email in the website above.

You could also emancipate your child and have him/her get residency in Georgia and then he could apply for Zell Miller scholarships, maybe, but may need to have completed at least senior year of high school in GA for that, not certain. But if they are emancipated, you cannot transfer any money at all to your child, and there are strict rules about emancipation. Even if he won a Zell Miller scholarship, the room and board would have to be earned by the child then. Its pretty clear rules above that getting your student a drivers license and working summers in Georgia is NOT enough to get in state tuition.

Consult the Office of the Registrar , Residency as given above link. You have to apply at least a month before
tuition is due to GaTech to give them time to evaluate your situation.