No. There are separate tuitions for in state and out of state. The non resident academic scholarship is merit based without any ties to tuition. It did not bring out of state tuition equal or near equal to in state. The crux of this issue is that it is being offered to incoming freshman for 2016-2017 with the lower out of state tuition rate and but has been taken away from those who received it last year.
I would certainly question this, at least from what has been reported here (I don’t have all the facts to make a determination, as I have not seen all the written info on the award). Before getting legal assistance, I think there is a chain of command that can be followed at the school. Start with the Director of Financial Aid. If you don’t get resolution, see if there is a university Ombudsman (most large public schools have one) - this person’s job is to help with issues that students cannot resolve on their own.
If you get nowhere…does the school have a Law School?