For purposes of the nonresident tuition fee, a community college district shall disregard the time during which a student living in the district resided outside the state, if: (1) The change of residence to a place outside the state was due to a job transfer and was made at the request of the employer of the student or the employer of the student`s spouse or, in the case of a student who resided with, and was a dependent of, the student`s parents, the change of residence was made at the request of an employer of either of the student`s parents. (2) Such absence from the state was for a period of not more than four years. (3) At the time of application for admission to a college maintained by the district, the student would qualify as a resident if the period of the student`s absence from the state was disregarded. A nonresident tuition fee shall not be charged to a student who meets each of the conditions specified in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive.
