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Alabama Tuition Differential

The Florida Legislature allows state colleges to assess Alabama residents a tuition differential that results in an assessment of tuition that is less than the out-of-state tuition. Pensacola State College provides Alabama residents, meeting the criteria of physical residence and establishment of two legal ties to the State of Alabama, a fee that is equivalent to the in-state tuition plus an additional $10.00 (at the time of this catalog printing) per credit hour or credit hour equivalent.

To be eligible for the Alabama Tuition Differential, the Alabama resident must have maintained legal residence in the State of Alabama for the twelve months immediately preceding the first day of classes in the term for which the differential tuition assessment is requested.

The residence status of a dependent student is considered to be that of the parent or legal guardian of the student. A dependent student is any person who is eligible to be claimed by another person for Internal Revenue purposes. If the student requesting the Alabama Tuition Differential is under the age of twenty-four, Pensacola State College will assume that the student is a dependent, and the parent/legal guardian must request the Alabama Tuition Differential for the dependent.

Prospective students interested in the assessment of the Alabama Tuition Differential may submit the request for classification as an Alabama Resident in a registration office on any campus.

Listed below are the documents required for the Alabama Tuition Differential. An Alabama student, or the dependent student’s parent or legal guardian, must be able to present two of these documents, and one of the documents must be a Tier One document. All documents must be dated, issued, or filed at least twelve months prior to the first day of classes for the term of enrollment.

Tier One Documents (at least one of the two documents submitted must be from this list)

  1. An Alabama driver’s license;
  2. A State of Alabama ID card;
  3. An Alabama voter’s registration card with proof of voter registration date;
  4. An Alabama vehicle registration;
  5. Proof of a permanent home in Alabama which is occupied as a primary residence by the applicant or by the applicant’s parent if the applicant is a dependent;
  6. Proof of homestead exemption in Alabama;
  7. Transcripts from an Alabama high school for three or more years provided the Alabama high school diploma or GED diploma was earned within the last twelvemonths; or
  8. Proof of permanent full-time employment in Alabama for at least thirty hours per week for a consecutive twelve month period.

Tier Two Documents (may be used in conjunction with one document from Tier One; if the student or the dependent student’s parent provides two Tier One documents, no Tier Two document is required)

  1. A Declaration of Domicile filed in Alabama (at least twelvemonths prior to the first day of classes for the term);
  2. An Alabama professional or occupational license;
  3. Alabama incorporation;
  4. A document evidencing family ties in Alabama;
  5. Proof of membership in an Alabama-based charitable or professional organization; or
  6. Any other document that supports the student’s request for resident status, including, but not limited to, utility bills (in the student’s name or the dependent student’s parent’s name) along with proof of twelve consecutive months of payments; a lease agreement (in the student’s name or the dependent student’s parents name) along with proof of 12 consecutive months of payments; or an official state, federal or court document evidencing legal ties to Alabama.

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