3.02 - Missing Residential Student Policy

Purpose

In compliance with the Missing Student Notification Policy and Procedure, 20 U.S.C. 1092 (j) (Section 488 of the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008), any institution participating in a Title IV federal student financial aid program that maintains on-campus housing facilities must establish a missing student notification policy and related procedures for those students who live in campus housing and who have been missing for 24 hours.

Scope

Applies to all students who reside in on-campus housing or in housing property leased by Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC).

Definitions

Residential Student: For the purpose of this policy, a student who is currently enrolled at KCKCC and resides in on-campus housing or in housing property leased by the College.

Missing Student: For purposes of this policy, a student may be considered to be a “missing person” if the student has been absent from the College for a period of 24 hours or longer without contact or communication.

College: Refers to Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Policy Statement

To promote the safety and welfare of the members of the College community this policy contains the official procedures for reporting, investigating and making emergency notifications for residential students who, based on the facts and circumstances known to KCKCC, have been determined to be missing.

Kansas City Kansas Community College will provide every student living in on campus student housing the opportunity and means to identify a missing student contact to be used in the event the student is reported missing. Missing student contact information will be registered confidentially and will be accessible only to authorized college officials and law enforcement personnel.