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RIGHT TO KNOW KCTCS CONSUMER
INFORMATON
FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, ENROLLED STUDENTS AND PERSONNEL
This is a list of available consumer information
that you have a right to and the location of the actual information.
 
- A list of required consumer information. (This is it).
- With reasonable notification, information regarding consumer
information (including student aid) is available during regular
business hours in your local Student Affairs Office.
- Information regarding special facilities and services for
disabled students can be found by contacting your local Disability
Coordinator at your college.
- For information on general institutional issues contact
your local Chief Student Affairs Officer.
- Admitted students without a high school diploma or GED
can receive information about the availability of a GED study
program in the local office of the Chief Student Affairs
Officer.
- The Student Aid Awarding (Packaging) Policy and Disbursement
Procedures are available in your local Student Aid Office.
- Student Aid is available for students to attend a study
abroad program that is approved for credit by your home school.
See your local Student Aid office or Academic Affairs office
for details.
- In addition to grants and loans, funds are available for
Federal Work Study employment including community service
work, particularly No Child Left Behind (formerly America
Reads/Counts). General conditions and terms of Federal College
Work Study employment included in the aid package are available
on request in your local Student Aid office.
- Student loan information is available in the office of
Student Aid including: loan terms, requirements for entrance
and exit counseling, consequences of failing to repay loans,
a sample repayment schedule, terms and conditions for obtaining
a loan deferment including deferment for volunteer service
such as (a) Peace Corp; (b) under the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act; and (c) as a volunteer for a tax - exempt organization
of demonstrated effectiveness in the field of community service.
More information can be found at http://www.kheaa.com.
- Information regarding the privacy of student records according
to The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
(FERPA) is available in the 2008-2009 KCTCS catalog and more
explicitly in your office of the Chief Student Affairs Officer.
You have the right to opt out of customary information releases.
- Graduation/completion and transfer out rates for full-time
students are available in the office of the Chief Student
Affairs Officer at your local college.
- If your school advertises job placement rates these rates
are available for your review in the office of the Chief
Student Affairs Officer at your local college.
- Drug Prevention materials including standards of conduct,
sanctions, descriptions of available drug and alcohol counseling,
treatment or rehabilitation programs as well as a description
of the health risks associated with the use of illicit drug
and alcohol are available in the KCTCS
Handbook of the Student Code of Conduct and Office of
the Chief Student Affairs Officer at your local college.
- The campus
security report, which includes information about campus
security policies and crime statistics, is available
in the office of the Chief Student Affairs Officer at
your local college.
- Campus procedures and facilities as well as the contact
persons for reporting crimes or other emergencies, and
- Types and frequency of programs that:
- Inform students and employees about campus security
procedures and practices.
- Encourage students and employees to be responsible
for their own safety and that of others.
- Inform students and employees how to prevent crimes.
- Anti-drug abuse and anti-alcohol abuse education.
- Sexual assault information and prevention.
- Statement
of policies concerning the security and access
to all campus facilities including residences.
- Policies about possession, use and sale of alcoholic beverages
and illegal drugs.
- Information regarding Student Aid approved leave of absences
can be found in the U S Department of Education's Student
Aid Handbook 2008-2009 available in your local Student Aid
Office.
The following information is available on the KCTCS or WKCTC websites.
Select the links shown.
- Programs that are offered by this school can be found on
the KCTCS
catalog and WKCTC
Program Listing web sites.
- A map showing WKCTC
facilities and locations can be found on the college
web site.
- The names
of associations, agencies, governmental agencies that
accredit, approve, or license this school and its programs
can be found on the college
web site.
- A listing
of faculty and instructional staff for this school
can be found on the college
web site.
- For information regarding Student Financial Aid including
application and eligibility contact your local office of
Student Financial Aid or go to the 2008-2009
KCTCS Student Aid WEB Consumer Information web site.
- The cost
of tuition and fees at KCTCS schools can be found in
the 2008-2009 KCTCS catalog, and the cost of attendance
can be found in your local Financial Aid Office. Tuition
and fee schedules are often late in being set due to legislative
financial/budget information not being available for the
Board of Regent's to vote on. Your college of choice is
your best source of information when it is available.
- A list and explanation of all federal, state, local, private
and institutional (KCTCS) financial assistance programs (both
need based and non-need based) is available on the 2008-2009
KCTCS Student Aid WEB Consumer Information web site.
School specific program information is available in your
local Student Aid office.
- Information regarding funds students must return if they
withdraw from school or stop attending and receive failing
grades is available on the 2008-2009
KCTCS Student Aid WEB Consumer Information web site.
- To retain eligibility for continued financial assistance
you must maintain Standards of Academic Progress (SAP) as
discussed on the 2008-2009
KCTCS Student Aid WEB Consumer Information web site.
- Re-establishment of eligibility after loss due to failure
to meet Standards of Academic Progress is discussed on the 2008-2009
KCTCS Student Aid WEB Consumer Information web site.
School specific procedures are available in your local Office
of Financial Assistance.
Location of the Regulation, 34 CFR 668.41 of
the Federal Register, indicates a list is required.
The Blue Book of Accounting, Recording and Reporting by Postsecondary
Educational Institutions for Federally Funded Student Financial
Aid Programs, Chapter B-31 lists that information to have available.
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