Out of country but legal.
[Out of country but legal.]
Anyone out of state has to move to Texas and live here one year before getting the ‘instate’ tuition.
A foreign national who has lived in Texas for three years, who graduates from a Texas high school or gets a GED, and who signs an affidavit promising to seek permanent-legal-resident status in the United States if they become eligible for that status, is given in-state tuition at Texas public schools. This applies to foreign nationals who have entered the U.S. legally and illegally.
Instate tuition is what all Texas kids have to pay.