<p>I am relocating to an ajoining state with my H after my kids go to college. My D is going to a private out of state school. She is very nervous about going so far from home and is thinking that she might like to transfer to a school in the state that she graduated HS from.</p>
<p>I downloaded the state residency requirements and I can't figure out if she could be a resident of the state that she graduated HS from or if she will only be a resident of the new state that her parents are relocating to.</p>
<p>Could someone read this and make some sense of it for me. I think that it says that as soon as we move out of state, she will not be considered a resident and we will have to pay out of state surcharges.</p>
<p>I believe that by the time she transfers, she will no longer be considered a resident for tuition purposes in her HS grad state, but I'd call them up and ask them (anonymously.)</p>
<p>I work at a private college in another state. This comes up not in tuition, since we're private, but in the state grants program. I have several times met students who lost their state grants because their parents moved away. The students live here on their own, but are still considered FAFSA dependent, and since the parents don't live in the state, the students don't get the state grant. </p>
<p>I just today met with a student who is a permanent resident, living with her US citizen grandparent, but whose parents remain in the country she came from, and our FA aid office is probably yanking her state grant, even though she lives here full time, and gets no support from parents.</p>
<p>It's very frustrating for them, and I can see why you feel torn in knots.</p>
<p>But, call the college FA, and /or state ed dept for clarification.</p>
<p>It looks like it's all about the timing of your move vs. your daughter's transfer. If you are a resident on the day that your daughter enrolls at an OH school, she will be considered a resident until she finishes her degree (or withdraws from the school.)</p>
<p>As a practical matter, I don't think the school will ask you about your residency EXACTLY on the day of enrollment, so as long as you can fill out the college transfer application paperwork stating honestly that you and/or your husband are OH residents, your daughter will be classified as a resident.</p>
<p>Perhaps you can move to another state on a trial basis? Don't sell your home, don't get new driver's licenses, don't register to vote elsewhere, pay OH taxes, etc. Check with a lawyer on the particulars. After your daughter is admitted to her state school you can move on a permanent basis. I bet you can slide the timetable by at least 6 months by playing your cards right.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers. I don't think that I can slide the relocation by too much. My H has already been there since July 1 and with corporate relocation we have to move within a certain amount of time. Ohio State used to say that you could still be considered a state resident if you moved out of the state within 1 year of enrolling. But I can't find that anymore and all I can find is the same document that I posted here.</p>
<p>Oh boy, this is becoming quite a quandry. I just hope that the nerves will calm down and she will be very happy at the school she picked in April.</p>
<p>I also found this at the Cleveland State website:</p>
<p>If my parents move out of Ohio, how is my residency affected?</p>
<p>The Ohio Board of Regents guidelines have two "grandfather clauses" to address this.</p>
<p>1) If your parents are Ohio residents and move out of the state while you are an enrolled resident, dependent student at CSU, you will continue to be classified as a resident through the completion of one degree program, provided that you maintain continuous enrollment (does not include summer term) and make normal progress toward your degree. If you apply for a second degree program (i.e. graduate), your residency will be reviewed and you will have to meet the residency criteria on your own.</p>
<p>2) If you are a dependent student applying for admission to CSU and your Ohio resident parents move out of the state, you will be considered a resident as long as you enroll within 12 months of the date your parents moved out of Ohio. The student would then have to maintain continuous enrollment (at least spring and fall semesters).</p>
<p>Deb- definitely call and find out exactly what you can and cannot do; the rules on the websites work for most situations, but do require a full understanding for complicated situations.</p>
<p>For example, my D attends a state school, as a resident. I have since left that state, but she remains a resident as long as she goes straight through. I am not sure how state grants are affected in all that.</p>
<p>However, my D could choose to become a resident of our new state and apply for grad school and NOT get residency as she has not spent 12 months here (because she is away at school) unless she is a dependent on our return; however if she does an independent return in the new state, the old state would not count her as a resident any more. So, if she is not careful she will end up a resident of no where! This is not the intent of the schools, obviously a kid should get residency in one state, but you have to ask and be careful to obey all the rules.</p>