4002 Student Residency Policy

It shall be the policy of the Bay de Noc Community College Board of Trustees that each student’s tuition rate shall be set according to that student’s residency, as determined by the definitions below. A student’s residency for tuition purposes is determined from information collected on the application for admission or at the initial semester of enrollment. Residency status may be reconsidered upon presentation of documentation showing a change in the student’s place of residence. The College has the right to verify a student’s place of residence.

1. Delta County or Dickinson County resident:
   1. A student whose intended true, fixed, and permanent residence is located within either Delta or Dickinson County, and to which the individual intends to return whenever he/she is absent from the College.
   2. A student who has moved to Delta or Dickinson County for the primary purpose of employment.
   3. A student who has married a resident of Delta or Dickinson County and takes up residence in that county.
2. Michigan or Reciprocity County resident
   1. A student who resides within Michigan but not within Delta or Dickinson County.
   2. A student residing in one of the followingWisconsin reciprocity counties: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnette, Door, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Iron, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, Shawano, Vilas, Washburn.
3. Out of State
   1. A student whose residency is outside of Michigan and not within a reciprocity county listed above.
   2. A student who is a foreign national requiring international student services, will be considered an out of state student.
4. Military
   A student currently serving in the military or who has been discharged within one year of the start of the semester will be classified by their residence at time of enrollment.

The following individuals will be charged the in-state tuition unless he/she qualifies as a Delta or Dickinson County resident as described in Section A above:

Any individual using educational assistance under either Chapter 30 (Montgomery GI Bill®–Active Duty Program), Chapter 31 (Vocational Rehabilitation, Chapter 35 (Survivors’ and Dependents Educational Assistance Program), Chapter 1606 of Title 10 U.S.C. (Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve), Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill®), of title 38 United States Code, and/or the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (38 U.S.C. § 311(b)(9)) who lives in the State of Michigan while attending Bay de Noc Community College (regardless of his/her formal state of residence).