Admission and Enrollment Procedures

Some programs have additional fees. KCKCC has discounted these fees for high school students.

Students must submit a new application.

Students must follow KCKCC class course schedule. This means there may be occasions when high school is not in session, yet attendance is required for the dual enrollment courses. If high school students cannot attend the class, students need to notify their instructor to communicate the absence and get assignments.

KCKCC recommends that high school students limit their enrollment to 12 credit hours per semester.

Classes with less than 10 students enrolled by reconciliation dates may be cancelled.

This helps ensure the student's educational record is complete and accurate, which is crucial for financial aid, transfer, and degree audits later on.

Many classes transfer to other state universities like Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, University of Kansas, and Wichita State University.

The Kansas Challenge to Secondary School Students Act, K.S.A. 72-3220 through 72-3224, (Challenge Act) provides a means for school districts, in cooperation with eligible postsecondary institutions, to challenge high school students by procuring early college opportunities. The Kansas Board of Regents encourages all system postsecondary institutions to collaborate with local school districts and provide dual credit opportunities to high school students through cooperative agreements entered under the Challenge Act. The Challenge Act does not mandate system postsecondary institutions to offer dual credit enrollment to students in local school districts. However, if an eligible system postsecondary institution chooses not to offer dual credit enrollment with local districts under the Challenge Act, following Board policy for Off-Campus Delivery of Academic Courses and Programs, the home institution shall allow eligible system postsecondary institutions outside the institution’s service area to provide the Challenge Act opportunities with those school districts. The Challenge Act requires dual credit to be offered only through a cooperative agreement.

“Dual Credit Cooperative Agreement” means a written memorandum of understanding between an eligible postsecondary institution and a school district entered pursuant to the Kansas Challenge to Secondary School Students Act for the purpose of offering dual credit courses to eligible students who receive both high school credit and college credit.

In 2012, Governor Brownback launched a plan to enhance career technical education in Kansas and better prepare high school students for college and careers. Senate Bill 155 was the enacting legislation, and beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, Kansas high school students qualify for state-funded college tuition in approved technical courses offered by Kansas technical and community colleges.