(a) A community college district may admit, and shall charge a tuition fee to, nonresident students, except that a community college district may exempt from all or parts of the fee any person described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6), and shall exempt from all of the fee any person described in paragraph (4), (5), or (7): (1) All nonresidents who enroll for six or fewer units. Exemptions made pursuant to this paragraph shall not be made on an individual basis. (2) Any nonresident who is both a citizen and resident of a foreign country, if the nonresident has demonstrated a financial need for the exemption. Not more than 10 percent of the nonresident foreign students attending any community college district may be so exempted. Exemptions made pursuant to this paragraph may be made on an individual basis. (3) (A) A student who, as of August 29, 2005, was enrolled, or admitted with an intention to enroll, in the fall term of the 2005â06 academic year in a regionally accredited institution of higher education in Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi, and who could not continue the studentâs attendance at that institution as a direct consequence of damage sustained by that institution as a result of Hurricane Katrina. (B) The chancellor shall develop guidelines for the implementation of this paragraph. These guidelines shall include standards for appropriate documentation of student eligibility to the extent feasible. (C) This paragraph shall apply only to the 2005â06 academic year. (4) A special part-time student, other than a person excluded from the term âimmigrant,â for purposes of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101), pursuant to paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States Code, admitted pursuant to Section 76001, 76003, or 76004. (5) A nonresident student who is a United States citizen who resides in a foreign country, if that nonresident meets all of the following requirements: (A) Demonstrates a financial need for the exemption. (B) Has a parent or guardian who has been deported or was permitted to depart voluntarily under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Section 1229c of Title 8 of the United States Code. The student shall provide documents from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services evidencing the deportation or voluntary departure of the studentâs parent or guardian. (C) Moved abroad as a result of the deportation or voluntary departure specified in subparagraph (B). (D) Lived in California immediately before moving abroad. The student shall provide information and evidence that demonstrates the student previously lived in California. (E) Attended a public or private secondary school, as described in Sections 52 and 53, in the state for three or more years. The student shall provide documents that demonstrate the studentâs secondary school attendance. (F) Upon enrollment, the student will be in the studentâs first academic year as a matriculated student in California public higher education, as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of Section 66010, will be living in California, and will file an affidavit with the institution stating that the student intends to establish residency in California as soon as possible. (6) (A) A student who attends Lake Tahoe Community College and who has residence, pursuant to subparagraph (B), in one of the following communities in Nevada: (i) Incline Village. (ii) Kingsbury. (iii) Round Hill. (iv) Skyland. (v) Stateline. (vi) Zephyr Cove. (B) Residence shall be determined pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 68060) of Chapter 1 of Part 41 of Division 5. A person shall have residence in one of the communities listed in subparagraph (A) if the person has lived in the community for more than one year immediately before seeking the fee exemption pursuant to this paragraph. (C) The governing board of the Lake Tahoe Community College District shall adopt ru
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