January 15, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Suzanne Ernst (702) 889-8426

Regents to Examine Residency Requirements

LAS VEGAS – The Board of Regents announced today that the issue surrounding student residency will be discussed at the next meeting of the Board in two weeks.

Nevada Revised Statutes state that individuals can gain residency after at least six months in Nevada. The Board of Regents’ adopted a policy in March of 1995 that required one-year residency before students could qualify for in-state tuition.

“We will examine and quickly address this matter,” said Dr. Stavros Anthony, Board chair. “It is not our intention to supersede state law. With the exception of a few Regents, none of our Board members, presidents, chancellor or senior System staff were here when this policy was enacted. We were only made aware of this issue recently, but I believe that my fellow Regents will be quick to respond.”

The Regents will discuss this issue and review possible actions during its next scheduled Board meeting at the Henderson campus of the Community College of Southern Nevada on January 29-30.

The Nevada Board of Regents is the elected, 13-member governing body for the University and Community College System of Nevada. Comprising two doctoral granting universities, a state college, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institute, the UCCSN serves the educational and job training needs of the nation's fastest growing state. As Nevada's only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to nearly 98,000 students.

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