Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Present law authorizes the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee to establish rules and policies to determine residency of students and further authorizes those entities to classify a student as a Tennessee resident and charge the student in-state tuition, if the student is a citizen of the United States, has resided in Tennessee for at least one year immediately prior to admission, and has:<br /> <br /> (1) Graduated from a Tennessee public secondary school;<br /> (2) Graduated from a private secondary school that is located in this state; or<br /> (3) Earned a Tennessee high school equivalency diploma.<br /> <br /> This bill adds a requirement for public postsecondary institutions to classify a student who is the spouse or dependent child of a service member who has been transferred out of the state of Tennessee on military orders as an in-state student for tuition purposes, if the spouse or dependent child:<br /> <br /> (1) Was accepted for admission to a public postsecondary institution; <br /> (2) Was initially classified by the institution that accepted the spouse or dependent child for admission as a Tennessee resident for tuition purposes;<br /> (3) Enrolls as a student in that institution for the academic term for which the spouse or dependent child was accepted for admission; and<br /> (4) Maintains continuous enrollment in that institution.<br /> <br /> This bill will apply to tuition classifications for the 2019-202 academic year and each academic year thereafter.<br /> <br />