mamakelly Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I"m still on my "maybe we are moving" thought process. I will have a senior in high school this year. He is actually excited about the thought of moving. We are really struggiling financially, so if a job comes through, we most likely will go. I don't homeschool him, he's in public school. Does anyone know what the ramifications of moving during your senior year are, as it relates to college? Would he be considered "in state" for tuition, where we move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I think that a one-year residency requirement may even be universal across the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I know that in TN, if you can prove you moved for a parent's job, you are fine for in-state tuition, even if it's less than a year. A friend went through the paperwork process, as they'd moved here 10 months prior to her child starting at a state university here. It wasn't a difficult process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Before you move, check with the counselors about the states graduation requirements vs what you already have accumulated. Some states have higher credit requirements. some states have different requirements. Some will take a semester of Any state history, some require the history for the state you are in. My high school credits and my sister's were seriously messed up by changing states in high school. Some states require state testing (sometimes done in 10th grade), elaborate graduation projects and community service. I was missing 2 full graduation credits due to moving around in high school and had to take college classes the summer before my senior year to make up for it. It was silly things like one state calling a similar class one thing and then another calling it something else. LIke 'global studies' vs. ' world studies' or 'world history'. The high school I ended up graduating from didn't have 'global studies' so I couldn't have credit for taking it, not even elective credit. ;0/ If you do move, before you go to high school. Get a counselor to sign off in writing what credits he needs to graduate in that state and get it signed by the principal also. I have seen many, many kids get in trouble with credits at graduation time due to school changes. (we are the border of 3 school districts in one state and 2 district in another state 15 minutes away). My son had an issue with changing districts because one district had a 'graduation project class' you could take, but the other required an entirely different online project. Same state, same legal requirement, but different districts wording on the graduation requirements. We fought and won but only because they decided to give in to us, they could have easily pushed back and made him completely redo a project in a different format, just to meet the requirement. I am not saying 'dont do it' just 'know before you go'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think that a one-year residency requirement may even be universal across the country. I don't think this applies in this type of situation - ie, the entire family moving. It is meant to address sending kids to live with grandparents, etc, in order to establish residency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 The standard (and much-hated by me) response is to check with the school(s). When we were looking at moving out of state, I checked the schools for their residency requirements. Some schools had very detailed 'tests' to determine residency. One school had theirs so detailed as to say that if the parents move *solely* for the purpose of becoming residents to receive in-state tuition, they could still be forced to pay out-of-state tuition. I'm not sure how the school determines that fact, but I thought it was interesting. And I agree with the others who said to check the high school's graduation requrements. The one that affected me personally was having to take "State X History" and when we moved to a different state, having to retake the new school's "State History". The other state's course was 'wasted credit'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Check exit test requirements for high school. In Georgia, other states' exit tests are not recognized and the student will have to take the Georgia ones to graduate. Other states might have the same problem. (I use Georgia as the example because it is the one I know.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Even when the whole family has moved to follow a job, most schools will not consider you a resident until you have been there for at least 12 months and you can't go to college during those 12 months or they won't count for establishing residency. http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/stateresidency.phtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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