Student Residency Status
Students are classified at the time of admission to the college for purposes of tuition assessment and enrollment reporting according to resident status as follows:
Proof of Residency
Evidence of district residency shall be based on ownership and/or occupancy of a dwelling in Community College District 532 and may be verified by displaying one of the following items:
- Illinois driver's license or identification card issued by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office
- Illinois voter identification card.
Residents of the College District
Students who are 18 years of age or older who have occupied a dwelling within Community College District #532 for at least 30 days prior to enrolling at the College of Lake County are considered 'In-District' except the following:
- Federal Job Corps workers stationed in the district;
- Inmates of State or Federal correctional/rehabilitation institutions located in the district;
- Students attending under the provisions of a chargeback or contractual agreement with another community college;
- Students attending a postsecondary educational institution in the district who have not demonstrated through documentation a verifiable interest in establishing permanent residency;
- Unemancipated students under 18 who have at least one (1) parent, step-parent or court-appointed guardian who meet the above criteria.
Community College District 532 is defined to include residents of the following Lake County, Illinois public high school districts:
- Adlai E. Stevenson
- Antioch
- Grant
- Grayslake
- Highland Park
- Deerfield
- Lake Forest
- Lake Zurich
- Libertyville
- Mundelein
- North Chicago
- Round Lake
- Vernon Hills
- Warren
- Wauconda
- Waukegan
- Zion-Benton
Residents of Illinois, Out-Of-District Students
A person who resides in Illinois but is not a resident of Community College District 532 as defined above. Lake County Illinois residents living within the Barrington public high school district will be classified as Out-Of- District Illinois resident students.
Out-Of-State Residents
A person who is not a legal resident of the State of Illinois including international students and other non-immigrant aliens.
