In-State Tuition Without the 12-Month Wait
Idaho Code 33-3717B gives resident tuition rates to a veteran separated under honorable conditions after at least two years of service who designates Idaho as their intended domicile, or establishes it within one year of separation. It also reaches members stationed in Idaho on orders, and members who entered service from Idaho. The usual twelve-month residency wait does not apply.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Idaho Code 33-3717B gives resident tuition rates to a veteran separated under honorable conditions after at least two years of service who designates Idaho as their intended domicile, or establishes it within one year of separation. It also reaches members stationed in Idaho on orders, and members who entered service from Idaho. The usual twelve-month residency wait does not apply.
What it's worth: Resident tuition rates in place of nonresident ones
- The veteran route asks for separation under honorable conditions after at least TWO YEARS of service.
- You must designate Idaho as your intended domicile, or establish domicile within ONE YEAR of separation. That one-year window is the condition to watch.
- It also reaches members of the armed forces stationed in Idaho on orders, and members who entered service from Idaho.
- The usual twelve-month residency wait does not apply.
- The dollar difference varies by institution and is not established from the sources reviewed, so no figure is published.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You were separated under honorable conditions.
- You are in Idaho.
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How to claim it
Deadline: At admission; domicile within one year of separation- 1Petition the institution's residency office at admission, citing Idaho Code 33-3717B. Do not wait twelve months — that wait is what this removes.
- 2Designate Idaho as your intended domicile, or establish domicile, within one year of separation. Past that the veteran route is harder.
- 3Take the DD-214 showing at least two years of service and separation under honorable conditions.
- 4If you are stationed in Idaho on orders, or entered service from Idaho, those are separate routes — say which applies to you.
- Form
- Residency classification petition
- File with
- Your Idaho public institution's residency office
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · statuteIdaho Code 33-3717B
- operating · published policyIdaho State Board of Education
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