CALIFORNIA NONRESIDENT TUITION EXEMPTION REQUEST

  • INSTRUCTIONS
    Complete and sign this form to request exemption from nonresident tuition charged to nonresident students. Once determined to be eligible, you will continue to receive the exemption as long as you fulfill eligibility requirements or until the College or University no longer offers this exemption. Applying for this exemption does not alter your responsibility to pay, by the campus deadline, any nonresident tuition and associated fees that may be due before your eligibility is determined.

  • APPLICATION

  • I, the undersigned, am applying for the California Nonresident Tuition Exemption at the following college,
    COLLEGE OF THE DESERT and declare that the following apply to me.

  • 1.) Check one box only:
  • 2.) Select all items that apply to you from each column (must satisfy at least one from each column to be eligible):

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    • A year’s equivalence at a California Community College is either a minimum of 24 semester units of credit or 36 quarter units. For noncredit courses, a year’s attendance is a minimum of 420 class hours per year (a semester is equivalent to a minimum of 210 hours and a quarter is equivalent to a minimum of 140 hours). Full-time attendance at a California adult school is a minimum of 420 hours of attendance for each school year.

  • Please provide information on the schools you attended and referenced above, including the dates you attended and the number of credits or hours obtained:

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  • Applicants must submit, as part of this form, official transcripts/attendance records that validate any of the information above as requested by the College, District, or University residence official.

    AFFIDAVIT:
    By signing this document below, I hereby state that if I am a non-citizen without a current or valid immigration status, I have filed an application to legalize my immigration status or will file an application as soon as I am eligible to do so.

    DECLARATION OF TRUE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION:
    I, the undersigned, declare under penalty of perjury that the information I have provided on this form is true and accurate. I understand that this information will be used to determine my eligibility for the California Nonresident Tuition Exemption. I further understand that if any of the above information is found to be false, I will be liable for payment of all nonresident tuition charges from which I was exempted and may be subject to disciplinary action by the College or University.