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Administrative Procedures

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1. RESIDENCE CLASSIFICATION

   1. Residency classification shall be determined for each student at the time the application for admission is accepted of each registeration and whenever a student has not been in attendance for more than one academic year. If a student misses at leasttwo one semesters, he/she/they must go through the residence classification process once again. Summer or other intersessions are not included in this consideration. A student’s residency is a union of act and intent. Residence classifications are to be made in accordance with the following provisions:

1) The A residence determination date is that day immediately preceding the opening day of instruction for any term session during which the student proposes to attend. Enrollments in late starting classes within a term are subject to this uniform residence determination date. Both a student’s residency classification and eligibility for an exception to residency determination are based on information as of the relevant residence determination date.

2) Residence classification is the responsibility of the Admissions Office.

3) Students shall be notified of residence determination within 14 calendar days of submission of their application for admission and all required documents. The initial residency classification will be made at the time the student applies for admission. Students may file residency questionnaire forms through the third week of the semester to request a review of their residency status. The Admissions Office makes the final residency determination. Students may appeal the decision.

A student seeking to enroll exclusively in career development and college preparation courses, and other courses for which no credit is given, shall not be subject to this residency classification requirement. 

b. Students Enrolled Only in Noncredit Classes

Effective January 1, 2019, under the provisions of Education Code Section 68086, students enrolling only in noncredit courses shall not be subject to residence classification requirements.

c. Students Enrolled Only in Contract Education Courses

Community college districts must charge and report nonresident tuition for students enrolled in for-credit contract education courses who are residents of another state or a foreign country.

The District shall publish the residence determination date and summary of the rules and regulations governing residence determination and classification in the District catalog or addenda thereto.

2.RULES DETERMINING RESIDENCY Residence

In order to establish California residency for tuition reasons, it is necessary that there be a union of act and intent. To establish residency, a person capable of establishing residence in California must couple their physical presence in California with objective evidence that the physical presence is with the intent to make California their home for other than a temporary purpose.

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Education Code Sections 68000 et seq., 68040, 68060, 68061, 68062, 68071, 68073, 68086, 68130.5, 68075.7, and 76140; Title 5 Section 54000 et seq., 54022, 54045, 54047; and 38 U.S. Code Section 3679

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