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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This is true, it is done in Canada, there are only two tiers of fees - domestic and foreign. In fact all Canadian citizens are eligible for domestic tuition even if they have never set foot in the country. That might be slightly unfair but it's not a bad system.

+1 Good idea

Canada has lots of good ideas. They can do that because they don't have federalism, and generally follow a European socialist (gasp!) democratic system.
If we go "full Canada" I'll happily support eliminating in state tuition.

Canada follows a federalism.
OP said eliminate OS tuition not free college.

Yes, OP wants taxpayers in OTHER states to subsidize her kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Disagree. State universities are funded by state taxpauyres, and the in-state tuition discount reflects that state taxpayers subsidize it.

VA kid go out of state to California.
California kid goes to VA.
It will balance out.

No, it will not balance out. You want instate tuition, go to your state school. Simple.

That is not possible for schools like Michigan, UMD, UVA, where too high of a percentage is denied instate while kids with the same stats or less are accepted OOS. It is insane. Michigan's instate is below 50% this year. That is completely unacceptable.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why they don’t, but since we’ve lived in four states since my son was born, I (selfishly) think he should qualify for in state for all four states.

- military family

It is my understanding that service member can choose to keep their residency from past posts. Is that correct?

DP here:
This is true. That's why you see so many military families with FL and TX drivers licenses and license plates, even if they have not lived in that state for over a decade. On the west coast, it's common to see them with WA tags. It's a state income tax dodge.