Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Kansas Legislature is currently considering a bill that would allow out-of-state children of alumni to receive in-state tuition. The new tuition plan would be extremely beneficial to many students who now pay substantially higher levels of out-of-state tuition, as well as to the University and the Lawrence community.
The bill, House Bill 2007, is currently pending. The full Senate and the governor must pass the bill before action can be taken regarding the tuition reduction, called the Jayhawk Generation Tuition Plan.
The specifics of the tuition decrease have not yet been fully worked out. The goal, however, is to reduce tuition for students who have parents or grandparents who graduated from the University. This measure would provide the prospective students from these families with an additional incentive to consider attending the University and lessen the costs of tuition for legacy students here now.
Kaitlin Guinn, a junior from California, is an example of someone who could benefit from this tuition plan. Her father graduated from the University in the 1970s.
“I came to KU because my dad ran track when he went here, so I wanted to walk onto the KU track team,” Guinn said. “I had grown up being a KU fan, and if I went anywhere out of state it would be here.”
Tuition for students such as Guinn would still be above the current in-state tuition level, and the student would also have to meet academic qualifications.
If the bill is approved, the University would present the Jayhawk Generation Tuition Plan to the Board of Regents.
“It will have what the actual tuition reduction would be, and who would be eligible,” said Jack Martin, deputy director of University Communications. “Part of it will be what is financially workable for the University, because the Legislature and Regents are both concerned about that.”
It has not been decided whether the tuition plan could be implemented by Fall 2009 or 2010. This depends how fast it is passed at the state level and how fast the University drafts the plan. Whether current students would be eligible or only incoming freshman is “one of the details that hasn’t be determined yet,” Martin said.
This new plan would put Kansas on par with other public universities. Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa all have similar programs.
The University is pushing hard to implement a policy that will ultimately benefit students, and the sooner this can be done, the better. Students should urge the Senate to pass House Bill 2007 so the new tuition plan can benefit as many current Jayhawks as possible.
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