Distance Learners Outside Texas
A bona fide Texas resident located out-of-state or out-of-country and who is enrolled in an online course offered from the Central Campus may be classified as a resident for tuition purposes. The student must provide substantiating documentation that he or she has a right to resident classification. For example, a spouse or dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who was a Texas resident at the time he or she joined the service and has maintained Texas as his or her domicile may be eligible to be classified as a resident for tuition purposes. The spouse or dependent children of military Texas residents should submit their sponsor’s DD214 showing Texas as the military member’s Home of Record. If the military member’s home of record is not Texas but who provides Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) that show the member has claimed Texas as his or her place of residence for 12 consecutive months prior to enrollment is presumed to be a Texas resident, as are his or her spouse and dependent children. Other documents such as the student’s military I.D card that confirm the relationship to the service member may be required.