Delaware In-State Tuition for Military Spouses and Children

Title 14, section 3466: "the spouse and any child of a member of the active military service of the United States, who has been assigned to duty elsewhere immediately following assignment to duty in Delaware, is deemed to be an in-state resident" for tuition, fees and other charges at Delaware public universities, colleges and community colleges, "as long as the spouse or child remains enrolled at such institution". So a family stationed at Dover Air Force Base whose member is reassigned does not lose resident rates for a student already enrolled. What it does not do. It does not reach a family that arrives in Delaware and enrolls; those students rely on each institution's residency rules. And Delaware has no statute giving veterans resident tuition. A veteran or family member using VA education benefits at the University of Delaware, Delaware State University or Delaware Technical Community College is protected by the federal rule in 38 U.S.C. 3679(c), which requires any public school that takes those benefits to charge in-state rates to a covered individual living in the state, regardless of formal residency. Covered individuals include a veteran with at least 90 days of active service using chapter 30, 31, 33 or 35 benefits, family members using transferred Post-9/11 entitlement and the other dependants the section names, and, for academic periods beginning on or after August 1, 2026, users of the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve under chapter 1606 (Public Law 119-55). There is no longer any window after discharge; Public Law 116-315 removed the three-year limit from August 1, 2021. A veteran paying without VA education benefits has no Delaware statute to point to. Guard members get in-state rates at state-supported institutions under Title 14, section 3480 whether or not they live in Delaware. See the Guard education entry.