§ 68040 Student Residency Classification

• •Every student in California's public colleges must be labeled as either a resident or nonresident.
• •This rule applies to big schools like University of California, California State University, and small schools like community colleges.
• •The school decides if you're a resident or not based on rules.

A student moves from Texas to California to go to college.

The school will check if this student is a California resident or not. If not, they might have to pay more money to go to school.