<p>Ok, I am a son of a military family and I've moved about 3 times in my high school career. I moved to WA during my senior year and residency only counts when you've been living in a state for an year, right? Well, I won't be living here for an year by the time college apps are due.</p>
<p>So by this reasoning I'm in-state in no state? Or how does it work for military children?</p>
<p>I had been living in NC for 2 years before I moved here and my mother is a California native and I was born in California. </p>
<p>You need to contact the admissions offices of the universities that you are interested in. Each state's rules will be a little bit different. Often military personnel and dependents are granted leniency in the "you have to have been here for a whole year" bit.</p>
<p>The University of Maryland University College has an extensive distance education program. Some classes are on (or near) military bases, and some are online. Military personnel and certain dependents are automatically granted in-state tuition to these programs. This might not be the sort of program you are looking for right now, but at least it is one university that you could start at while you are waiting for your residence to catch up with you! For more information, visit [url=<a href="http://www.umuc.edu/index.shtml%5DUMUC%5B/url">http://www.umuc.edu/index.shtml]UMUC[/url</a>]</p>
<p>We moved from WA last year. You qualify for in-state tuition as long as a parent is on active duty in the state. When the parent is transferred, you no longer qualify; however, DD's school never asked for anything after the initial form. I had changed my residency so she was still covered when DH was sent overseas if they had asked. I'm not sure if most of the schools "look the other way," but hers definitely did.</p>
<p>Active-duty military stationed in Washington or the spouse or dependent on active-duty military stationed in Washington State can be classified as a resident (for tuition purposes only) by submitting each quarter proof of military assignment in the state.</p>
<p>What is your military parent's home of record? They will be able to tell you that. It is usually the state that they joined the service in, or if they moved to a income tax free state, they could have changed it to that state. Anyway, whatever state that is the home of record could also be considered "in-state". That is true, even if you don't live there or have never lived there. </p>
<p>Usually, where you were born has no bearing on your instate tuition, unless you are currently living there, or it is the parent's home of record. We had 3 children while my husband was in the service. One born in Hawaii, one in Missouri and one in Newport, RI. Our home of record was Florida. Even though we did not live in Florida during the college process for the older two, they were considered instate.</p>
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Yep check your parent's "home of record". You are in-state there AND most likely in-state where your parents are stationed.
Military kids often get to pick from two states for "in-state" tuition.</p>
<p>I knew that amendment was up - not sure if it is effective but I think it is. You should email your local Congressman or US Senator.</p>
<p>Your parent's state of residency, not home of record, determines usually determines in-state status for the "second" state. The state of residency is the one on the LES, which is what the schools look at when determining eligibility. </p>
<p>Residency can be changed, but the home of record cannot - it is where you entered the service from and that is all.</p>