STUDENTS

Undocumented Immigrants

Effective July 1, 2004, the Kansas Legislature (HB2145) established eligibility regulations for certain undocumented immigrants and others to qualify for paying resident tuition and fees rates, for any enrolled class beginning after that date, under the following conditions:

1. the student has attended a regionally accredited Kansas high school for three or more years and;
2. has either graduated from an accredited Kansas high school or has earned a GED issued in Kansas and;
3. in the case of a person without lawful immigration status: has signed and filed an affidavit with the institution stating that the person or person’s parents have filed an application to legalize such person’s immigration status, or will file such an application as soon as such person is eligible to do so or;
4. in the case of a person with a legal, nonpermanent immigration status: has filed with the postsecondary educational institution an affidavit stating that such person has filed an application to begin the process for U.S. citizenship or will file such application as soon as such person is eligible to do so.

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[Reviewed March 2021]

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