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At the beginning of each term or semester, the Registrar of each state university shall determine the residence status for fee purposes of each student who enrolls in that institution for that term or semester. If the Registrar determines that the original residency classification of any student was incorrect, the Registrar may, at any time, give written notice of reclassification to such student, together with a statement

Kansas Board of Regents 36 Policy Manual (Rev. 1/20/16) of any additional fees owed by or any refund due to such student for any terms or semesters, and the same shall be due and payable forthwith. Any residency determination by an agent duly designated by a Registrar to make such determination shall, for all purposes of these regulations, be deemed to be the residency determination of the Registrar.

b Appeals

Any student who is classified as a nonresident for fee purposes upon enrollment and who disagrees with that classification shall be entitled to an appeal, provided a written appeal is filed with the university registrar within thirty days of notification of classification. A student who is classified as a resident for fee purposes at the time of enrollment and who subsequently is reclassified a nonresident for such purposes, and who disagrees with that reclassification, may file a written appeal with the registrar within thirty days of notification of reclassification. Each registrar's office shall provide on request a standard appeal form. The payment in full of fees as originally assessed shall be a condition to the right to maintain an appeal from residency classification or reclassification. If a student fails to file an appeal in the time and manner provided in this rule, the classification or reclassification determined by the registrar shall, upon expiration of the appeal period, become final.

c Residence Committee

Each state university shall establish a residence committee of at least three members to act as an appellate body to hear and determine appeals concerning the status of students as residents or nonresidents of Kansas for fee purposes. Members of the residence committee shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the university consistent with institutional procedures, state law, and the regulations of the Board. Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officers. The residence committee shall elect its own chairperson who shall be eligible to vote in all cases. The registrar shall meet with the residence committee but shall not be a member of the committee.

d Decisions of Residence Committee

i Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., decisions of the residence committee shall not be subject to further administrative review by any officer or committee of the state university or by the Board. If the residence committee determines that the appealing student was entitled to be classified as a resident rather than nonresident for fee purposes, the university shall refund to the student the difference between the resident and nonresident fees paid that semester.

ii The residence committee may seek advice from the General Counsel of the Board regarding legal questions involving residency. The General Counsel shall distribute any opinions or legal determinations concerning residency to the registrar of each of the state universities.

e Guidelines

Pursuant to law, the Board has adopted administrative rules and regulations setting forth guidelines for the determination of residence status. Those regulations can be found at K.A.R. 88-3-1 through 12.

7 STUDENT LOANS

a Institutions are authorized to borrow funds from federal government loan programs to provide funds for loans to students. Any matching fund requirements may be transferred from the General Fees Fund. b Institutions offering student loans or facilitating the offering of federal direct student loans or student loans

by third party financial institutions shall, at a minimum, adhere to the following Student Loan code of Conduct:

Kansas Board of Regents 37 Policy Manual (Rev. 1/20/16) Preferred or suggested lender lists used by state universities shall be based solely on the best interest of students and parents who may use the lists, and without regard to the financial interests of the university.

ii Lender Disclosures

All preferred or suggested lender lists maintained by a state university shall clearly and fully disclose the criteria and process used to select the lenders included on those lists. Students and parents shall also be told that they have the right and ability to select a lender of their choice, regardless whether such lender appears on the university’s lender list. If an institution does not generate a “preferred or suggested lender list,” but instead lists all the lenders the institution works with, then it is not necessary to publish how or why those lenders were selected. In such instances, students shall be provided with an historical list of lenders that students have used in securing their student loans over the past five years.

iii Revenue Sharing

State universities shall not accept anything of value from any student loan lender in exchange for any advantage sought by the lender. Lenders shall not be required or allowed to pay to be placed on a university’s preferred or suggested lender list.

iv Gifts and Trips

Except for reasonable and customary transactions in the course of business unrelated to the employee’s official position, state university employees who are directly involved in the student lending process shall not accept anything of value from any student loan lender. This includes gifts or trips of any kind. This provision shall not be read to preclude a university chief executive officer from serving on the board of any bank, as long as procedures are in place at the university to manage any real or apparent conflict of interest.

v Advisory Board Membership

Except for reasonable and customary transactions in the course of business unrelated to the employee’s official position, state university employees who are directly involved in the student lending process shall receive no compensation or anything of value for serving on the advisory board of any student loan lender. This provision shall not be read to preclude a university chief executive officer from serving on the board of any bank, as long as procedures are in place at the university to manage any real or apparent conflict of interest.

vi Lender Identification

No employee of any student loan lender shall work in or provide staffing in a state university financial aid office. In addition, state universities shall direct employees of student loan lenders to clearly identify themselves as employees of the lender and to never identify themselves as university employees when meeting or speaking with students or parents.