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Exemptions from the Nonresident Tuition Fee Last Updated:  Sep 13, 2006, 1:21 PM PDT

You may be entitled to an exemption from nonresident tuition if one of the following applies to you:
  1. Member of the Military, Spouse, Registered Domestic Partner, or Child.
    A student, on active duty as a member of the United States military stationed in California, and their spouses, or registered domestic partner, and dependent children.

  2. Child, Spouse, or registered domestic partner of a Faculty Member.
    To the extent that university funds are available, a student who is the unmarried, dependent child under the age of 21 or the spouse, registered domestic partner, of a University Of California faculty members who is a member of the Academic Senate.

  3. Child, Spouse, or Registered Domestic Partner of a University employee.
    A student who is the unmarried, dependent child under the age of 21 or the spouse, or registered domestic partner, of a full-time employee of the University of California who is permanently assigned to work outside the state of California (i.e., Los Alamos National Laboratory).

  4. Child of a deceased Public Law Enforcement or Fire Suppression Employee.
    A student who is the child or step-child of a deceased public law enforcement or fire suppression employee, who was a California resident and was killed in the course of law enforcement or fire suppression duties.

  5. Dependent Child of a California Resident.
    A student who has not been an adult resident for more than one year and is the natural or adopted, dependent child of a California resident who has been a resident for more than one year immediately prior to residence determination date. The student must also maintain full-time attendance in a California public post-secondary institution.

  6. Graduate of a California school operated by the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.).
    A student who is a graduate of a California school operated by the B.I.A. (i.e., Sherman Indian High School) and who enrolls at the University of California.

  7. Employee of California public school district.
    A student holding a valid credential authorizing service in California public schools and employed by a school district in a full-time certificate position may be exempt from nonresident tuition.

  8. Student athlete in training at U.S. Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista.
    An amateur student athlete in training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista may be exempt from nonresident tuition until s/he has resided in California the minimum time necessary to become a resident.

  9. Graduate of California high school.
    A student who attended high school in California for three or more years (9th grade included) and graduated from California high school (or attained the equivalent) may be exempt from nonresident tuition.

  10. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient.
    An undergraduate student under age 27 who is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor or a child of a recipient who at the time of his or her death was a California Resident.

  11. Surviving Dependents of 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
    Undergraduate students who are the surviving dependents of a California Resident who was killed in the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon Building, or the Crash of United Airlines Flight 93.

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