If you intend to continue to be a California resident, are only absent for your graduate studies, and have earnings in Georgia, you can indicate in TurboTax that you reside in California and that you earned money in another state. That way, you would prepare a part-year or nonresident return for Georgia, and then a resident return for California where you will report all of your income but can get credit for any tax paid to Georgia. Complete the nonresident return first.
California considers that a resident is any individual who meets any of the following: • Present in California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose. • Domiciled in California, but outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose. See Section L, Meaning of Domicile.
See also this TurboTax article and this one on multiple-state situations.
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