Monday, August 13, 2007
The Board of Regents has waived tuition late fees for students from 43 Kansas counties affected by natural disasters.
Originally, KU was the only state university to implement a plan to waive tuition late fees for these students. However, the Board of Regents declared July 31 that all six state universities would adopt the deferred tuition option.
“Initially, fewer counties were eligible to receive assistance, but as these disasters continued, and we had more flooding in the state, there were more counties included in the disaster declaration,” Sharon Watson, the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department director of public affairs, said.
However, Watson said she does not anticipate this number to increase. Students from these 43 counties can sign up online by Aug. 15, and develop a plan with the Bursar’s office to make their tuition payments. This option also applies to students at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
“We recognized that the catastrophes in Kansas this year would put a financial strain on families, and the most immediate thing we can do to alleviate that strain is to allow them this option,” Provost Richard Lariviere said.
Usually, students would be charged a $100 late fee after the tuition deadline has passed then additional charges would be added each month. With this payment option, those fees would be waived until Nov. 15, or until the student enrolls for the spring semester.
“This gives them a little more time to accumulate the money they need, instead of having to pay these bills all at once,” Lariviere said.
As of Aug. 6, 17 students had already signed up.
“The Bursar’s office can help each student find out the best way to pay their tuition, and it may be different for everyone, whether it’s just paying the fee later, or paying it in installments,” Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said.
This is the first time in recent years that Kansas has done a statewide deferment program like this, except waiving penalties for students transferring to KU after Hurricane Katrina.
“Hopefully this plan will relieve some of the stress of meeting a deadline so soon after a disaster has struck and give some breathing room to those who need it,” Cohen said.
The disaster areas included Greensburg which was hit by a tornado in May, and Coffeyville, which was flooded and dealt with an oil spill in July.
“I think it’s very considerate of KU, and it shows great support and compassion,” Chris Carr, Coffeyville junior, said.
— Edited by Trevan McGee
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