What role does the Board of Regents play in the determination of a students residency?
The Ohio Board of Regents functions as a coordinating board and thus does not have the legal ability to overrule a school’s decision concerning residency. Regents’ staff may assist a residency officer in interpreting residency rules, but the enabling language of the Ohio Revised Code (3333.31) gives the authority to make residency determinations to the colleges and universities. Schools are audited by Regents for compliance with the residency rule. Disagreements between Regents and the school, or oversights by the school are written in the final audit report sent by the Chancellor to the President of the college or university. Regents may also issue guidelines that we could expect the schools to adhere to during audits.
