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Preventing Fraud: Student Identity & Residency

Preventing Fraud: Student Identity & Residency. 2010 CACCRAO Joy Chambers – Cuesta College Distinguished Panel. CCC Admission & Residency. Title 5 Section 54000 Education Code Section 68000 Student Attendance Accounting Manual Student Fee Handbook. Identity for Students. Name

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Preventing Fraud: Student Identity & Residency

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  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 • Full-time CA Resident = $312/semester • Non-Resident Tuition = $189+26 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/or3) 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 • 2008-09: Fraudulently claimed five players from CA Prep School. • Over 6 seasons: Fraudulently claimedto 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 theirinfo – they just listened and did it. • Never asked why. • 1996 Audit - $28,063 non-res fees charged to students.

  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. Campus by Campus • Best Practices to Prevent Perjury/Fraud:

  15. Questions?

  16. 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 youare unsure!

  17. Best Practices:STUDENT WARNED • Require student acknowledgement ofthe 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/or3) accumulated monetary charges for restitution or nonresident tuition due.”

  18. 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.

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

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