Section 0240-10-05-.04 - ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY OUT-OF-STATE TUITION(1) An unemancipated/dependent, currently enrolled student whose parent(s) or legal guardian/custodian relinquish residence or domicile in the state of Tennessee shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition at the University so long as he or she maintains continuous enrollment at a state of Tennessee public higher educational institution or institutions.(2) Students participating in an approved University performance-based program may not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. Such programs may include, but are not limited to: the Helen Hardin Honors Program, ROTC, and the National Student Exchange program.(3) A person who otherwise meets admission requirements shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition if they reside in a county of another state lying immediately adjacent to a county where the University is located or if they reside within thirty (30) miles of the University.(4) Unemancipated/dependent students of divorced parents shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition when one (1) parent, regardless of custodial status, is domiciled in Tennessee.(5) A student who is a United States citizen or permanent resident and is the spouse of a current student classified as in-state for tuition purposes shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.(6) Academic Common Market: Students enrolled at the University of Memphis in an approved and designated Academic Common Market degree program or concentration shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.(7) An unemancipated/dependent person whose parent is not domiciled in Tennessee but is a member of the armed forces and stationed in Tennessee pursuant to military orders shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. Further, such a person who maintains continuous enrollment shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition if his or her parent thereafter is transferred on military orders.(8) Part-time students who are not domiciled in Tennessee but who are employed by one (1) or more employers in the State and such employment is equivalent to full-time employment shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.(9) U.S. Armed Forces personnel, their spouses, and dependents, stationed in the State of Tennessee, shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. This provision shall not apply to military personnel and their spouses who are stationed in Tennessee primarily for educational purposes.(10) Active-duty military personnel who begin working on a college degree at the University while stationed in Tennessee and who are transferred or deployed prior to completing their degrees, can continue completion of the degree(s) at the University without being required to pay out-of-state tuition, as long as he/she completes at least one (1) course for credit each twelve (12) month period after the transfer or deployment. Exceptions may be made in cases where the service member is deployed to an area of armed conflict for periods exceeding twelve (12) months.(11) Qualified, dependent children entitled to scholarship or exemption from out-of-state tuition by statute, including but not limited to, T.C.A. § 49-4-704 and T.C.A. § 49-7-164, shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition.(12) Veterans or other individuals eligible to receive educational benefits administered by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition or any out-of-state fee, if the veteran or individual is: (a) Enrolled in any public institution of higher education in Tennessee;(b) Utilizing such benefits at the enrolling institution; and(c) Living in the state of Tennessee, regardless of the individual's formal state of residency.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0240-10-05-.04
Original rules filed February 20, 2020; effective 5/20/2020.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-7-164, 49-7-301, 49-7-1304, 49-8-101(b), 49-8-102(b)(1), and 49-8-104(a).