Should I change state residency?

[Movingly]

So I am from FL and am going to school online, but am soon planning a move to CO just because 1. I'm not tied to a physical campus and 2. I want to. I'm curious to know if I have to change state residency if I'm a student? I would rather not just for tuition costs and health insurance reasons (want to milk my parents as long as possible). This could just be a weird gray area. Curious to know if anyone did a similar move and to know what you did!!

[TakeruK]

I think you will have to check with both FL and CO state residency requirements. Usually, you have to physically be in one state for most of the year to maintain residency in said state. The exception as you said is when you temporarily leave to go to school. However, since you aren't going to CO for school, I don't know if this applies. You should check with FL to determine what you have to do to maintain state residency. And, you should check with CO to ensure that you aren't required to switch to CO state residency!

Note also that there are different requirements/definitions for residency when it comes to the DMV, tuition costs, taxes, and state benefits.