1. Preventing Fraud: Student Identity & Residency
2010 CACCRAO
Joy Chambers – Cuesta College
Distinguished Panel

2. CCC Admission & Residency
Title 5 Section 54000
Education Code Section 68000
Student Attendance Accounting Manual
Student Fee Handbook

3. Identity for Students Name Date of Birth Social Security Number
Citizenship
Address
High School/s-Dates of Attendance-Diploma
College/s-Dates of Attendance-Diploma

4. Applicant to Student Matriculation Determines Eligibility to Enroll
Determines Residency for Fee Purposes
Permits Enrollment in Courses
Academic Record

5. Whose Identity IS Being Established?
Special Part-time (concurrent) Applicant
International F-1 Visa Applicant
Transfer Student
New First-time Student
Transfer Student from Out of State
Under 18 not HS Grad-not concurrent
B-Visa (Visitor) Applicant
Applicant Concurrently Enrolled

6. P R E S S U R E Points: People
Individual & Family Budget Impacted!
High School Not Working
Decrease in CSU & UC Admission
Increased Tuition at CSU & UC
Can’t Get Job
Veterans Returning for Post 911 GI Bill
Athletes

7. Cost of CCC CA Resident Enroll Fee = $26/per unit going to $36/unit
Full-time CA Resident = $312/semester going to $432/semester
Non-Resident Tuition = $ per unit
Full-time Non-resident = $2580/semester
Answers to application questions determine CA residency for admission

8. Warning: Perjury/Fraud
WARNING: Falsifying information about citizenship, California residency, financial aid, and/or military status could result in: 1) criminal charges for perjury and/or fraud and, if convicted, imprisonment; 2) student disciplinary action; and/or 3) accumulated monetary charges for restitution or nonresident tuition due.”

9. Admission Application Identity Fraud Uncovered
Ventura County Star reported on November 15, 2009 :
Out-of-state community college student athletes saved thousands of dollars by declaring themselves CA residents.
Ventura basketball coach resigned.
Oxnard basketball coach dismissed.
Both coaches charged with criminal fraud.

10. Colleges Audited L.A. City College – since 1994
: Fraudulently claimed five players from CA Prep School.
Over 6 seasons: Fraudulently claimed to be military personnel or dependent.

11. “We weren’t aware of anything.”
Students gave correct information on app.
Coach told them to DO IT OVER.
Student had no idea what non-res fees were.
Students said they knew it wasn’t their info – they just listened and did it.
Never asked why.

12. MORE.... Santa Monica CC – Football coach
Los Medanos College – Football
Cerritos – Football coach falsified federal loan docs for $91,000/13 players PLUS residency fraud. Jail Sentence + $70K Dept Ed +
$20K Cerritos

13. Campus by Campus
Experience with Student Identity Fraud?
Consequences?

14. Best Practices Checklist
Allow applicant to complete – do NOT “coach” answers.
Be sensitive to applicant’s privacy.
Stress: Answers MUST be accurate.
Give clear directions.
Reference residency rules in print.
Refer applicant to Admissions if you are unsure!

15. Best Practices: STUDENT WARNED
Require student acknowledgement of the consequences of perjury on forms.
“WARNING: Falsifying information about citizenship, California residency, financial aid, and/or military status could result in: 1) criminal charges for perjury and/or fraud and, if convicted, imprisonment; 2) student disciplinary action; and/or 3) accumulated monetary charges for restitution or nonresident tuition due.”

16. Best Practices:
Share policies/processes about admission and residency with other departments who interact with students.
Meet with coaches and athletes on residency.
During eligibility check of Form 1 information, check residency status.
Require evidence for non-res exceptions.

17. Best Practices: Student residency classification correct?
Has the district received FTES for non-residents?
Chancellor’s office adding more to audit:
Correct residency determination
Fee collection
Out-of-state athletes