Idaho Resident Tuition for Service Members and Veterans
Idaho Code 33-3717B makes resident students of a service member who entered service as an Idaho resident, one stationed in Idaho, an Idaho National Guard member, their supported children, and a veteran separated under honorable conditions after two years who makes Idaho home and enrolls within a year of separation or moves to Idaho to establish domicile.
Also called: in-state tuition, resident tuition, residency, Boise State, University of Idaho, two years service, GI Bill.
Idaho's residency statute for tuition, Idaho Code 33-3717B(1), counts as resident students, among others:
(e) "A member of the armed forces of the United States who entered service as an Idaho resident and who has maintained Idaho resident status, but is not stationed within the state of Idaho on military orders."
(f) "A member of the armed forces of the United States, stationed in the state of Idaho on military orders."
(g) "An officer or an enlisted member of the Idaho national guard."
(h) "A person separated, under honorable conditions, from the United States armed forces after at least two (2) years of service, who at the time of separation designates the state of Idaho as his intended domicile or who has Idaho as the home of record in service and enters a college or university in the state of Idaho within one (1) year of the date of separation, or who moves to Idaho for the purpose of establishing domicile; provided however, to maintain status as a resident student, such person must actively establish domicile in Idaho within one (1) year of matriculation."
(i) The dependent child of a person qualifying under (e) to (g) who receives at least half of his or her support from that person, who keeps resident status if the parent is later transferred out of Idaho on military orders. Paragraph (d) separately covers the spouse of a person classified as a resident.
What paragraph (h) means. A veteran with two years of service separated under honorable conditions (a general discharge counts) qualifies either by naming Idaho as home at separation and enrolling within a year, or by moving to Idaho to make it home, at any time; either way the veteran must actually establish Idaho domicile within a year of starting school. Federal law (38 U.S.C. 3679(c)) separately requires in-state rates for a veteran using the GI Bill who lives in the state. The 2025 session last amended the section (2025 ch. 257).
The saving is large: Idaho's public institutions charge nonresidents several times the resident rate, and the Post-9/11 GI Bill pays the resident rate at a public school. There is no disability rating requirement. Confirm the classification with the registrar before enrolling, with the DD-214 or orders.
Idaho also takes part in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which eases enrolment, records transfer and graduation for military-connected children who move.
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Thresholds for Idaho Resident Tuition for Service Members and Veterans
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Entry from Idaho, a station in Idaho, Guard membership, or two years of service and Idaho domicile
The paths are entering service as an Idaho resident, being stationed in Idaho, serving in the Idaho National Guard, or having separated under honorable conditions after two years and making Idaho home (enrolling within a year of separation, or moving to Idaho to establish domicile). No disability rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Eligibility rule “Entry from Idaho, a station in Idaho, or two years of honorable service” renamed “Entry from Idaho, a station in Idaho, Guard membership, or two years of service and Idaho domicile”.
Eligibility rule “Entry from Idaho, a station in Idaho, Guard membership, or two years of service and Idaho domicile” now reads: “The paths are entering service as an Idaho resident, being stationed in Idaho, serving in the Idaho National Guard, or having separated under honorable conditions after two years and making Idaho home (enrolling within a year of separation, or moving to Idaho to establish domicile). No disability rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.”
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