• Appendix A: Residence for Tuition Purposes
• Appendix B: Disclosure of Student Records
• Appendix C: University of California Police Department
• Appendix D: Campus Crime Statistics
• Appendix E: Salary and Employment Information
• Appendix F: Campus Policies and Regulations Applying to Students
• Appendix G: Sexual Harassment
• Appendix H: Nondiscrimination Statement
• Appendix I: Graduation Rates

Residence for Tuition Purposes

Law Governing Residence

Who is a Resident?

If you are an adult student (at least 18 years of age), you may establish residence for tuition purposes in California if you are a U.S. citizen, or a permanent resident or other immigrant, or if you are a nonimmigrant who is not precluded from establishing a domicile in the U.S. Check with the residence affairs officer in the Office of the Registrar for the latest information on qualifying nonimmigrant visas.

To establish residence you must be physically present in California for more than one year prior to the residence determination date and you must have come here with the intent to make California your home as opposed to coming to California to go to school.

Physical presence in the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence, regardless of the length of your stay.

You must demonstrate your intention to make California your home by severing your residential ties with your former state of residence and by establishing those ties with California. If these steps are delayed, the one-year physical presence requirement will be extended until you have demonstrated both presence and intent for one full year.

If your parents are not residents of California, you will be required to be financially independent to qualify as a resident for tuition purposes.

Requirements for Financial Independence

You are considered "financially independent" if one or more of the following apply: (1) you are at least 24 years of age by December 31 of the calendar year for which you are requesting residence classification; (2) you are a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces; (3) you are a ward of the court or both parents are deceased; (4) you have legal dependents other than a spouse; (5) you are married, or are a graduate or professional student, and you were not claimed as an income tax deduction by your parents or any other individual for the tax year immediately preceding the term for which you are requesting resident classification; or (6) you are a single undergraduate student and were not claimed as an income tax deduction by your parents or any other individual for the two tax years immediately preceding the term for which you are requesting resident classification and you can demonstrate self-sufficiency for those two years. (Note that financial dependence is not a factor in residence status for graduate student instructors, graduate student teaching assistants, research assistants, junior specialists, postgraduate researchers, graduate student researchers, and teaching associates who are employed 49 percent or more of full-time in the term for which classification is sought.)

Establishing Intent to Become a California Resident

Indications of your intent to make California your permanent residence can include the following: registering to vote and voting in California elections; designating California as your permanent address on all school and employment records, including military records if you are in the military service; obtaining a California driver's license or, if you do not drive, a California identification card; obtaining California vehicle registration; paying California income taxes as a resident, including taxes on income earned outside California from the date you establish residence; establishing a California residence in which you keep your personal belongings; and licensing for professional practice in California. The absence of these indicia in other states during any period for which you claim residence can also serve as an indication of your intent. Documentary evidence is required, and all relevant indications will be considered in determining your classification. Your intent will be questioned if you return to your prior state of residence when the University is not in session.

General Rules Applying to Minors

If you are an unmarried minor (under age 18), your residence is considered to be the residence of the parent with whom you live. If you have a parent living, you cannot change your residence by your own act, by the appointment of a legal guardian, or by the relinquishment of your parent's right of control. If you live with neither parent, your residence is that of the parent with whom you last lived. Unless you are a minor alien present in the U.S. under the terms of a nonimmigrant visa that precludes you from establishing domicile in the U.S., you may establish your own residence when both your parents are deceased and a legal guardian has not been appointed. If you derive California residence from a parent, that parent must satisfy the one-year durational residence requirement.

Specific Rules Applying to Minors

1. Divorced or Separated Parents You may be able to derive California resident status from a California resident parent if you move to California to live with that parent on or before your 18th birthday.
2. Parent of Minor Moves from California You may be entitled to resident status if you are a minor U.S. citizen or eligible alien whose parent(s) was a resident of California who left the state within one year of the residence determination date if (a) you remained in California after your parent(s) departure, (b) you enroll in a California public postsecondary institution within one year of your parent(s) departure, and (c) once enrolled, you maintain continuous attendance in that institution. Financial independence is not required in this case.
3. Two-Year Care and Control You may be entitled to resident status if you are a U.S. citizen or eligible alien and you have lived continuously with an adult who is not your parent for at least two years prior to the residence determination date. The adult with whom you are living must have been responsible for your care and control for the entire two-year period and must have been living in California during the one year immediately preceding the residence determination date.

Exemptions from Nonresident Tuition

1. Member of the Military If you are a member of the U.S. Military stationed in California on active duty, unless you were assigned for educational purposes to a state-supported institution of higher education, you may be exempt from nonresident tuition until you have lived in California long enough to become a resident. You must provide the residence affairs officer with a statement from your commanding officer or personnel officer stating that your assignment to active duty in California is not for educational purposes. The letter must include the dates of your assignment to the state.
2. Spouse or Other Dependents of Military Personnel You are exempt from payment of nonresident tuition if you are a spouse or a natural or adopted child or stepchild who is a dependent of a member of the U.S. military stationed in California on active duty. The exemption is available until you have lived in California long enough to become a resident. You must petition for a waiver of nonresident tuition each term you are eligible. If you are enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution and the member of the military is transferred on military orders to a place outside California where he or she continues to serve in the Armed Forces, or the member of the military retires from active duty immediately after having served in California on active duty, you may retain this exemption under conditions listed above.
3. Child or Spouse of a Faculty Member To the extent of funds available, if you are an unmarried dependent child under age 21 or the spouse of a member of the University faculty who is a member of the Academic Senate, you may be eligible for a waiver of nonresident tuition. Confirmation of the faculty member's membership on the Academic Senate must be secured each term.
4. Child or Spouse of University Employee You may be entitled to a waiver of nonresident tuition if you are an unmarried dependent child or the spouse of a full-time University employee whose assignment is outside California (e.g., Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory). Your parents' or spouse's employment status with the University must be ascertained each term.
5. Child of Deceased Public Law Enforcement or Fire Suppression Employee You may be entitled to a waiver of the nonresident tuition if you are the child of a deceased public law enforcement or fire suppression employee who was a California resident at the time of his or her death and who was killed in the course of fire suppression or law enforcement duties.
6. Dependent Child of a California Resident If you have not been an adult resident of California for more than one year and are the natural or adopted dependent of a California resident who has been a resident for more than one year immediately before the residence determination date, you may be entitled to a waiver of nonresident tuition until you have lived in California the minimum time necessary to become a resident, so long as continuous attendance is maintained at an institution.

Temporary Absences

If you are a nonresident student who is in the process of establishing a residence for tuition purposes and you return to your former state during noninstructional periods, your presence in California will be presumed to be solely for educational purposes, and only convincing evidence to the contrary will rebut this presumption. Students who are in the state solely for educational purposes will not be classified as residents for tuition purposes regardless of the length of their stay.

If you are a student who has been classified as a resident for tuition purposes and you leave the state temporarily, your absence could result in the loss of your California residence. The burden will be on you (or your parents if you are a minor) to verify that you did nothing inconsistent with your claim of a continuing California residence during your absence. Steps that you (or your parents) should take to retain a California residence include

1. Continuing to use a California permanent address in all records.
2. Continuing to satisfy California tax obligations. If you are claiming California residence, you are liable for payment of income taxes on your total income from the date you establish your residence in California, including income earned in another state or country.
3. Retaining your California voter's registration and vote by absentee ballot.
4. Maintaining a California driver's license and vehicle registration. If it is necessary to change your driver's license or vehicle registration, you must change them back within the time prescribed by law.

Petition for Resident Classification

You must petition in person at the Office of the Registrar, Hinderaker Hall, for a change of classification from nonresident to resident status. All changes of status MUST be initiated before the first day of classes for the term for which you intend to be classified as a resident.

Time Limit on Providing Documentation

If additional documentation is required for residence classification but is not readily accessible, you will be given until the end of the applicable term to provide it. Nonresident tuition must be paid pending the outcome of the decision.

Incorrect Classification

If you were classified as a resident incorrectly, you are subject to a nonresident classification and to the payment of all nonresident tuition not paid. If you concealed information or furnished false information and were classified incorrectly as a result, you may be subject to University discipline. Resident students who become nonresidents must immediately notify the campus residence affairs officer.

Inquiries and Appeals

Inquiries regarding residence requirements, residence determination, and/or recognized exceptions should be directed to the Residence Affairs Officer, Office of the Registrar, Hinderaker Hall, University of California, Riverside 92521-0118. Students denied residence status by the campus residence affairs officer have the right to appeal, in writing, to the Office of the General Counsel/Legal Analyst-Residency Matters, 1111 Franklin Street, 8th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607. Such appeals must be filed within 45 days of notification of the campus residence affairs officer's final decision. No other University personnel are authorized to supply information relative to residence requirements for tuition purposes.

You are advised that the foregoing is a summary of the law regarding residence. Regulations adopted by the Regents are available for inspection in the Office of the Registrar. Note that changes may be made in the residence requirements between the publication of this statement and the relevant residence determination date.

Privacy Notice

All information requested on the Statement of Legal Residence form is required by the authority of Standing Order 110.2 (a)-(d) of the Regents of the University of California for determining whether you are a legal resident for tuition purposes. Registration cannot be processed without this information. The residence affairs officer in the Office of the Registrar maintains the requested information. You have the right to inspect University records containing the residence information requested on the form.

APPENDIX B

Disclosure of Student Records

Students' academic records are maintained in their academic department and appropriate college or school, or the Graduate Division; the maintenance of these records is the responsibility of the department chair or dean. Students who believe that their records contain incorrect or misleading information and who seek review of these records with a view towards altering or expunging a portion of them, should make initial inquiry and petition through the appropriate department chair or academic dean, who institutes an informal investigation and, if necessary, refers the matter for hearing.

Student records maintained by the Office of the Registrar include the official UCR academic record (transcript), academically-related information, and the Residence Classification form. The maintenance of these records is the responsibility of the Registrar. These records are available only to officials and employees of the University of California who need access to them for the performance of their official duties or to bona fide agents of the University for the collection of overdue debts to the University (but only as may be necessary to ensure collection of the overdue debt). Students who believe that their records contain incorrect or misleading information, and who seek review of those records with a view towards altering or expunging a portion of them, should make initial inquiry and petition through the Registrar, who institutes an informal investigation, and if necessary, refers the matter for hearing. Students may inspect records, maintained by the campus, of disclosures of personally identifiable information from their student records.

Records are maintained by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for every undergraduate student who attended UCR with the exception of students enrolled exclusively in University Extension or Summer Session. These files containing the original admission application, transcripts from institutions previously attended, and other documents related to applications for admission are held for five years after the last date of attendance or until graduation (whichever occurs earlier) at which time they are purged. Maintenance of these records is the responsibility of the Director of Undergraduate Admissions.

Records are maintained by the Office of Financial Aid that are relevant to financial aid awards, work-study employment, and academic information as it pertains to satisfactory academic progress standards. These records include, but are not limited to, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Federal Income Tax Forms (1040, 1040A, 1040EZ), Financial Aid Transcripts (FAT) from schools previously attended, the Verification Form, and student employment forms. Maintenance of these records is the responsibility of the Director of Financial Aid.

Students who have records in various student service offices such as Career Services, Counseling Center, Health Service, Housing, International Services Center, Learning Center, Special Services (for disabled and veterans' services), and Gender Education and Resource Services, should contact those offices for information. Student discipline records are kept in the Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs office.

The University of California, Riverside considers the following to be public information with respect to individual students: address (campus, permanent, e-mail); telephone numbers; date and place of birth; major field of study; dates of attendance; degrees and honors received; the name of the most recent previous educational institution attended; participation in officially recognized University activities, including intercollegiate athletics; and the name, weight, and height of participants on intercollegiate University athletic teams.

Students have a right to refuse to permit any or all of the above categories of personally identifiable information to be designated as public information with respect to themselves. Students who do not want their name and local telephone number to be published in the campus telephone directory must sign and date the telephone directory restriction box that appears on their PIN Enrollment Appointment and Personal Data Form and return it to the Office of the Registrar, 1100 Hinderaker Hall. Students who wish to have any, or all of the items defined as public information to be restricted from release outside the University must check each item to be restricted on their PIN Enrollment Appointment and Personal Data Form and return it to the Office of the Registrar, 1100 Hinderaker Hall.

Students who choose to restrict personally identifiable information about themselves that has been defined as public information are advised of some potential implications. The campus may not then disclose to anyone (including prospective employers, hometown newspapers, and others outside the University) information from a restricted category, such as the award of a Regent's Scholarship, election to Phi Beta Kappa, degree(s) granted and the date(s) conferred, and dates of attendance. Students may reverse their decision of a previous quarter on the next quarter's PIN Enrollment Appointment and Personal Data Form.

Students also have the right to refuse to permit any or all of the above categories of personally identifiable information to be designated as public information with respect to themselves during all quarters that they are not registered at UCR, including the period following graduation. Students wishing to exercise this right shall present to the Office of the Registrar a separate written statement of the personally identifiable information related to themselves that is not to be designated as public information with respect to themselves during those absences.

Copies of the University of California and UCR Policies Applying to Disclosure of Information from Student Records are available in the following offices on the UCR campus: Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, Office of the Registrar, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and Office of the Ombudsman. These offices also have copies of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, for review.

Students have a right to file complaints with the Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education regarding alleged violations of the rights accorded them by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. Students are urged to bring to the attention of the UCR Ombudsman any problems or possible violations of rights associated with the Act.