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Board of Regents and committee discuss Promise Scholarship changes, co‑requisite remediation and 'good cause'
Summary
The Kansas Board of Regents is preparing to lift a full‑time enrollment requirement for the Promise Scholarship and to allow co‑requisite remediation courses to be covered; the Board clarified the limits of hardship postponements and will provide graduation and repayment data to the committee.
Legislators pressed the Kansas Board of Regents and KLRD staff on whether the Promise Scholarship can be made more flexible for non‑traditional students and how hardship and remediation are handled.
Leanne Thone (KLRD) explained that the Board of Regents has initiated a change to remove the full‑time enrollment requirement in KAR 88‑21 so students taking less than 12 credits per semester may be eligible for awards; the change should be ready for student awards next year.…
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