Military dependents have pretty loose residency requirements - the parents must never have declared themselves Texas residents at all if the child didn’t qualify.
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You are correct.
They were very silly. THey should have known three years prior that he was going to retire; that they were going to stay in Tx; and that their child was going to go to school in Tx.
Those are some of the many decisions which the miltary members face routinely. The chances they take with their finances are some of the challenges they face, and they are able an willing.
Illegal aliens in Tx, however have this one taeken care of for them.
They have a big advantage over military members in this regard.
Many see that as a problem. Perry does not. He says we are heartless over it.
OK.
What does 3 years have to do with your friends? Military and dependents only need 6 months of declared residency if there was a year of residency in the past. If there wasn’t a year in the past, one year is required before they become resident.
Since Texas doesn’t have an income tax, I don’t understand why anyone here wouldn’t declare themselves a resident, especially if they had children who were soon to be in college.
The only thing that Governor Perry commented on was the very narrow exemption from non-resident tuition. The heartless comment came as he was attacked by several of the candidates over the law that only affects 17 or 18 year olds who are brought to the country before they’re 15, who are in our schools due to the Feds’ force on Texas, and who are assimilated in our culture enough to graduate from our high school and are accepted to our colleges.