You can host APPLY Kansas application events starting in September through early November! Listed below are some steps and resources you are welcome to use to plan a successful event for your senior class.
2024 Apply Kansas Virtual Training Recording (April 2024)
2024 APPLY Kansas Site Coordinator Manual
Plan your Event
(sample steps & resources below)
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- Register with Apply Kansas
- Order your Apply Kansas Giveaways (Ordering will open again in late summer 2024)
- Register/Attend Apply Kansas Coordinator Training (Annually in August)
- Review the Site Coordinator Manual
- Set the date of your event
- Develop a plan, timeline & recruit a planning team if needed
- Engage volunteers & the community if desired
Promote your event
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- Enlist faculty & staff to help with "Why Apply Day" on/around Friday, Sept 20, 2024
- Utilize Apply Kansas logos & hashtags
- Advertise your event around school & all forms of communication (social media, email, announcements, etc)
- Engage the community (contact media outlets, contact district office, request mayoral proclamations...)
Prepare Seniors BEFORE the Event
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- Send event reminders
- Have students update their IPS postsecondary plans with any changes that were made over summer break
- Provide classroom/advisory lessons for seniors to learn the steps, timeline & requirements needed for applications.
- Provide seniors with access to their unofficial transcripts (printed or electronic)
- Send home an application worksheet to collect personal information from home to have ready for the application event
Sample Student Application Folder
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- Unofficial HS Transcript
- ACT Scores
- Social Security Number (Keep Confidential!)
- Application Worksheet (fill out at home & bring back complete for the Apply Kansas event)
- Application Fee Waiver (if needed)
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Host your Event & Celebrate
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- Host an application day or window of several days for seniors to complete college applications, job applications or complete next steps for their post-secondary journey
- Celebrate their completed applications using APPLY Kansas giveaways, pennants, stickers & social media
- Ask students to share their "I Applied" pictures on social media
- Display your pennants for the school community
- Provide FAFSA completion resources or follow up event information
Report Event
Reporting your Apply Kansas Event data is the only requirement for participating in this program. At a minimum you’ll need to submit the following information to us at the end of the fall season.
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- Number of seniors who submitted an application
- Total Number of college applications submitted
- Number of KS Public Colleges receiving applications
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*Remember you can count all of the applications your seniors submit throughout the application season. It doesn't just have to be from your Apply Kansas event. Using the survey with your seniors at the end of the season/semester is a great way to track all of the applications your students submit, and have comprehensive data to share with your administration and other stakeholders. It's a great way to take a snapshot of the plans for your senior class, and highlight your post-secondary work.
(Schools that do not submit their Apply Kansas Site Summary data will not be eligible for All Star High School recognition)
Surveys to help you collect this data:
Electronic Student Checkout Survey
(Use this survey with your students and you will collect all the information needed for the Apply KS summary survey. Copy this google form and feel free to add any questions to collect data you may want in addition to make it your own) *Paper checkout surveys are listed under additional resources
Complete the 2024 Site Summary Survey to submit your total numbers for Apply Kansas program
Report event date & student-level data to Apply Kansas by December 1st.
Additional Resources
10 Steps for Students Applying to College
Next Steps for Students after Applying to College
Additional Site Coordinator Materials from ACAC National Campaign
Apply Kansas Graphics & Posters (Google Drive of Resources)
EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM
The Kansas Pathway to Career High School Equivalency program was designed for the busy adult who has not completed their high school education nor is currently enrolled in a high school program. This program allows a student to work toward their high school completion as well as obtaining a college certificate or credential. Once an individual completes and passes the program requirements, a Kansas State High School Diploma from the Kansas Board of Regents will be issued.
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
- Currently 21 or older
- Has not been awarded a high school diploma nor currently enrolled in a high school program
- Has been accepted into a Kansas Adult Education Program
- Declared an AO-K career pathway interest
KANSAS ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS PARTICIPATING
- Barton Community College
- Butler Community College
- Colby Community College
- Cowley Community College
- Dodge City Community College
- Garden City Community College
- Highland Community College
- Hutchinson Community College
- Johnson County Community College
- Kansas City Kansas Community College
- Labette Community College
- Manhattan Area Technical College
- Neosho County Community College
- Paola Adult Education Center
- Salina Adult Education Center
- Seward County Community College
- Washburn Tech
- WSU Tech
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
KANSAS PATHWAY TO CAREER WEBINAR
For more information contact:
Julie Clark
High School Equivalency State Administrator
Kansas Board of Regents
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 520
Topeka, KS 66612
785-430-4321
In June 2020, the Kansas Board of Regents voted to adopt a new strategic plan for the state's public higher education system, Building a Future. This new plan seeks to help the system better serve Kansas families, Kansas businesses and the state's economic prosperity.
Building a Future attempts to continue the successes of the Board's previous plan, Foresight 2020, while also making key changes and enhancements. Its metrics are more focused, prioritizing the needs of families, businesses and the Kansas economy. It also includes promising practices, which are system and sector level initiatives designed to help drive improvement at the college and university level. The inclusion of these practices and the emphasis on societal benefits makes the Regents' plan unique nationally.
Annual Reports
2023 Building a Future Annual Report
2022 Building a Future Annual Report
2021 Building a Future Annual Report
Participation in postsecondary enrollment for high school students has grown consistently in Kansas since its creation in 1993 by state statute. Various dual credit options are available to high school students to earn college credit.
The reports below summarize course enrollments by headcount and credit hours.
AY 2023 High School Postsecondary Enrollments
AY 2023 Concurrent/Dual/CTE Enrollment Report by Institution
Additional reports containing data for all high school enrollments are available within the Kansas Higher Education Statistics (KHEStats) tool under the Data tab on the KBOR homepage. The High School tab contains data for high school students taking courses through concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment and Career and Technical Education (CTE).
Policies are found in Chapter III, Section A of the Policy Manual.
Resources
Community College Research Center: Understanding Dual Enrollment (April 2024)
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 pursuant to 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 pursuant to the Challenge Act, in accordance with 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 academic credit granted for courses successfully completed by high school students to qualify as both high school and college credit, which is defined as dual credit by the Higher Learning Commission. Board policy requires a dual credit cooperative agreement for all dual credit courses.
“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.
Policies are found in Chapter III, Section A of the Policy Manual.
