Kan. Admin. Regs. § 88-29c-7

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 88-29c-7 - Qualifications required for the admission of a nonresident who is under the age of 21

(a) The requirements in this regulation shall apply to any applicant who is a nonresident and is under the age of 21, except that the requirements shall not apply to any applicant who has earned 24 or more transferable college credit hours. If an applicant to whom this regulation is applicable does not meet the requirements in this regulation, the applicant may be admitted by means of the exception window for nonresident freshman class admissions described in K.A.R. 88-29c-8c.

(b) Any state educational institution may admit any nonresident under the age of 21 who meets the following requirements:

(1) Has graduated from an accredited high school;

(2) meets at least one of the following requirements:

(A) Has achieved a composite score or a superscore on the ACT of at least 21; or

(B)

(i) For applicants to Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university, Pittsburg state university, and Wichita state university, graduated from high school with a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.25 on a 4.0 scale; and

(ii) for applicants to Kansas state university, graduated from high school with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale; and

(3) has achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale on all transferable college credit hours.

(c) Any state educational institution may admit any nonresident under the age of 21 who meets the following requirements:

(1) Has graduated from a non-accredited private secondary school;

(2) has achieved a composite score or a superscore on the ACT of at least 21; and

(3) has achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale on all transferable college credit hours.

(d) Any state educational institution may admit any nonresident under the age of 21 who meets the following requirements:

(1) Has earned a high school equivalency credential with at least the prescribed minimum scores, as defined in K.A.R. 88-29c-1;

(2) has achieved a composite score or a superscore on the ACT of at least 21; and

(3) has achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale on all transferable college credit hours.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 88-29c-7

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 76-717; effective Oct. 16, 2020; amended by Kansas Register Volume 41, No. 03; effective 2/4/2022.