Granting in-state student status to a child who moves to ºÚÁÏÉçÇø during the child’s senior year of high school as the result of the child’s parent or legal guardian taking a job in the state that requires relocating to ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

• Child’s parent or legal guardian moved their family to CO for the purpose of accepting a job in the state during the child’s senior year of high school.
• Child moved with their parent or legal guardian to CO during the child’s senior yr of high school and they graduated from a CO public high school.
• Must be a legal resident of the US.

§23-7-111 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Residency Statutes

If your parents (or court-appointed legal guardians) maintain ºÚÁÏÉçÇø domicile for four years and subsequently establish domicile elsewhere, you will remain eligible for resident tuition if:

• Your parents leave ºÚÁÏÉçÇø after your junior year of high school and you enroll at a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø public college or university within three years and six months after your parents leave ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

OR

• You maintain continuous ºÚÁÏÉçÇø domicile. This provision will generally be met if you continue to reside in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø after your parents leave or if you reside outside the state only temporarily (for example, to attend college or for military service) while maintaining ºÚÁÏÉçÇø domiciliary connections such as voter registration and income tax filing.

A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, must be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes if:

• Attended a public or private high school in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø for at least one year immediately preceding the date graduated from a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø high School or was physically present in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø for at least one year immediately preceding the date the student successfully complete a high school equivalency examination, AND
• The student has been physically present in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø for at least twelve consecutive months prior to enrolling in an institution.

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Under the (effective Fall 2023), a student who would not otherwise qualify for in-state tuition and who was certified by the director of the Peace Corps as having served satisfactorily as a Peace Corps Volunteer, is eligible to be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes.

You’ll be required to provide the following:

• A copy of your ‘Certification of Service for Employment Purposes’.

You must first obtain this certification through the .

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A military member who is on active duty with a permanent change of station (PCS) or is on temporary duty (TDY) in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø on the first day of class for the applicable term is eligible for in-state tuition.

Once qualified as a resident student, the member does not lose eligibility if the member retires or separates from the military, nor does the member lose resident status by reason of presence in any state or country while a member of the armed forces.

Complete the Military Tuition Waiver Request form.

Active Duty personnel is:

• if PCS, eligible for the College Opportunity Fund (separate application required),
• if TDY, not eligible for the

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A dependent of an active-duty military member currently stationed in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø must:

be a dependent of an active-duty military member currently stationed (PCS) in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø,
be a dependent at the time the member is stationed in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, and
if a child dependent, be biological or legally adopted.
A dependent of a current or former military member not stationed in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø must:

• enroll in a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø institution of higher education within 12 years after the member was active duty and stationed (PCS) any length of time in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø,
• if a child dependent, be biological or legally adopted, and
• if a spouse, have been married to the military member at the time the member was stationed in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and at the time the spouse is requesting resident tuition classification.
• Complete the Military Tuition Waiver Request form.

The military dependent is:

• eligible for the (separate application required).

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Members of the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø National Guard (and their dependents) qualify for resident tuition if the Guard member maintains his or her sole residence in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

The Guard member must have been a member of the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø National Guard by the first day of class for the applicable academic term.

ºÚÁÏÉçÇø National Guard status must be verified each term by the military installation using the National Guard Waiver.

The Guard member and/or dependent is:

eligible for the (separate application required).

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Canadian Active Duty member must:

• be stationed in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø with permanent change of station (PCS) orders, and
  have physical residence in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

Child dependents and spouses must:

• have physical residence in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, and
  provide evidence that they are the military member’s spouse or their biological or legally adopted child.
• Complete the Military Tuition Waiver Request form.

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All honorably discharged veterans and their dependents who show established domicile in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø immediately preceding the start of the semester, regardless of length of time, shall be granted in-state tuition.

The veteran can also petition for this benefit for their spouse and dependent if the veteran established domicile in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø. A dependent is an unmarried undergraduate student and under the age of 23 on or before the first day of class. Honorable discharge status must be verified using the .

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In August 2014 Congress passed the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014. Section 702 of the “Choice Act” requests that UNC provide in-state residency for tuition purposes to veterans and their family members using the Post 9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33), Survivors’ and Dependents’ Education Assistance (Chapter 35) or the Active Duty Montgomery GI Bill® (Chapter 30) for terms that begin after July 1, 2015 (re-authorized July 1, 2017) with the following qualifying circumstances:.

• A Veteran who lives in the state in which the institution of higher learning is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school of discharge from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more;
• A spouse or child using transferred benefits who lives in the state in which the institution of higher learning is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school from a period of active duty service of 90 days or more;
• A spouse or child using benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship who lives in the state in which the institution of higher learning is located (regardless of his/her formal state of residence) and enrolls in the school following a period of active duty service of 90 days or more.
• Anyone using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits who live in the state in which the institution of higher learning is located and the transferor is a member of the uniformed service who is serving on active duty.

Required documents for application for Section 702 classification are:

• Most recent DD-214, Member Copy 4 for the veteran who earned the GI Bill® entitlement to be used or copy of active duty member’s military ID (front and back) and;
• Certificate of Eligibility (COE) showing eligibility for either Chapter 33 (Post 9/11), Chapter 35 (DEA) or
• Chapter 30 (GI Bill®)
• and;
• Proof of an ºÚÁÏÉçÇø address, such as a housing contract, lease agreement, or mortgage.

A residence determination cannot be made until all supporting documents have been received. Once a covered individual is determined to have met the qualifications for in-state residence, this person will retain his or her status as long as he or she remains continuously enrolled in the institution.

Visit the link for more information regarding the .

To qualify for in-state tuition under the ASSET bill, students will need to submit the ASSET In-State Tuition Application and provide all required documentation to the Registrar’s Office.

Required documentation to qualify for ASSET includes:

• An official final high school transcript showing three years of attendance at a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø high school immediately before obtaining your ºÚÁÏÉçÇø high school diploma or ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GED;
• Submit official ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GED transcript (if applicable);
• Submit official proof of acceptance at a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø college or university (for institutions other than UNC) within
• 12 months of graduation from a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø high school/completion of a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø GED;
• Complete ASSET In-State Tuition Application and
• COF Application and Affidavit (if the student is without lawful immigration status)

• Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
• Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
• Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
• Comanche Nation, Oklahoma
• Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
• Crow Tribe
• Eastern Shoshone Tribe (Wind River Reservation)
• Fort Sill Apache Tribe
• Jicarilla Apache Nation
• Kewa Pueblo (formerly the Pueblo of Santo Domingo)
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
• Mescalero Apache Tribe
• Navajo Nation
• Northern Arapaho Tribe
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe
• Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Ohkay Owingeh
  (Pueblo of San Juan)
• Osage Nation
• Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
• Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
• Pueblo de Cochiti
• Pueblo of Acoma
• Pueblo of Isleta
• Pueblo of Jemez
• Pueblo of Laguna
• Pueblo of Nambe
• Pueblo of Picuris
• Pueblo of Pojoaque
• Pueblo of San Felipe
• Pueblo of San Ildefonso
• Pueblo of Sandia
• Pueblo of Santa Ana
• Pueblo of Santa Clara
• Pueblo of Taos
• Pueblo of Tesuque
• Pueblo of Zia
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe
• San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
• Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
• Southern Ute Indian Tribe
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
• The Hopi Tribe
• Three Affiliated Tribes
• Ute Indian Tribe (Uintah & Ouray Reservation)
• Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
• Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
• Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation

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In order for UNC to revise tuition classification for out-of-state residents, you must provide proof of tribal enrollment in one of the 48 federally recognized indigenous tribes to ºÚÁÏÉçÇø. These documents may include a copy of your tribal enrollment/identification card, or enrollment certificate.

For more information on how to become an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe, please visit the .

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To apply, please click on the link below. Please have appropriate documentation ready to upload.

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Students who qualify for the Native American tuition classification legislation (23-7-112), are also eligible to apply for the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Opportunity Fund (COF) stipend, and other state-funded financial aid and private financial aid programs.

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Opportunity Fund stipend was established by the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø legislature to reduce the cost of tuition for ºÚÁÏÉçÇø undergraduate students attending certain colleges in ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

You can register for the stipend online at . If you do not apply for the stipend, you will pay a higher in-state tuition rate.

Once you’ve applied, you must authorize COF on your under the “Financial” tab. Selecting “lifetime authorization” allows the authorization to be done once for the entire time you are at UNC. “Term authorization” requires you to authorize COF every semester.

Once you’ve applied for COF, check your student bill to view your stipend. It will be applied to your bill.

For more information about the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Opportunity Fund, please contact the Bursar’s Office at 970-351-4862 (Option 3).