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Wednesday. July 7,1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuition raises 'in-state' problems
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Enrollment for the spring semester at JCCC showed 109 students who were enrolled at KU during the fall semester. They took a total of 848 hours and run a bill of more than $20,000 for Douglas County.
However, Weinan said such estimates were probably too small. He said that even students who were official residents of Douglas County were a burden because of their student status. The typical student comes to Douglas County as a freshman and leaves upon graduation. In the meantime, the student does not own property or pay property taxes.
Weinaug said most students fit that category.
In comparison, the people who pay the out-district tuition bill are property owners who are permanent residents of Douglas County. Out-district tuition is paid for by a 1.22 million levy, or a tax of $1.22 for every $1000 of property value. Weinau said most students did not pay such taxes.
State Sen, Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence, said the requirements for becoming a resident of a Kansas county should be more stringent. The current out-district tuition system says a puppe establishes residency in six months, whereas Regents schools such as KU require 12 months plus certain legal and financial qualifications.
rineager said community colleges needed to apply the same standards
"We recognize out-of-state doesn't apply to the tax base," she said. "Why shouldn't that same philosophy apply to a community college?"
JCCC needs to be more specific
Johnson County Community College's charges to Douglas County 1990 1993 Since 1990, Douglas County's payments to JCCC have increased 5.3 percent. Payment is determined by the number of credit hours in which residents of Douglas County are enrolled in a community college outside the county.
1990 $218,136
1991 $268,960
1992 $293,340
1993 $332,856
about exactly where its students come from, she said.
"I don't think anyone at Johnson County even really asks the question," she said.
However, State Sen. Audrey Langworthy, R-Prairie Village, said keeping track of students was Douglas County's responsibility.
"If Douglas County is upset about it, they need to make sure those students pay taxes and live in Douglas County," said Largworthy
Langworth is a member of the Legislature's education committee and a member of a community college task force, which was formed by the Legislature in its last session to look at community college and vocational school funding.
Langworthy said the out-district tuition system itself worked well.
"If the students are truly Douglas County students, I think it's fair," she said. "Johnson County residents all pay a property tax to support the college. Douglas County residents don't."
However, Langworthy said JCCC might need a better way to determine
a student's residency status.
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"Maybe they need to ask another question," she said.
Like Flaherty, many KU students attend JCCC classes because of academic difficulties, said Joe Van Zandt, director of KU's advising support center.
Van Zandt said students commonly took Math 002 and 101 there because many students distilled those classes at KU.
"They're taught in a fashion which is repugnant to them for some reason," he said.
He said JCCC provided lower-level classes and learning labs that many college students need.
"Johnson County, in part, has better facilities for marginal students than KU does." Van Zandt said.
Flaberty said he thought JCC was more attumed to his needs than KU was. He said he often felt as if KU's emphasis was toward upper-level classes.
"They got me stuck in those damn Spanish and math classes," he said.
"I had a teacher rather than 'teach yourself.' Flaherty也
He said he got more personal attention at JCCC than at KU.
Dick Dyer, director of budget for JCCC, said KU students came to JCCC for a variety of reasons.
He said that credits were transferable and that the quality of education at JCCC was rated in the top ten of U.S. community colleges by a recent University of Texas study.
"People come here because they know they'll get their money's worth," he said.
Both he and Flaherty dismissed the idea that JCCC classes were easier than KU classes.
"A lot of people say that," Flaherty said. "But I know for a fact my math teacher wasn't easy."
She said it was difficult for academically dismissed students to leave town.
Elsabeth Shanker, Newport Beach, Calif., senior, took a total of 19 hours last year at JCCC, which cost Douglas County $456. She said she went to JCCC to complete her administration of justice degree.
Praeger said the only institution in Douglas County that could provide classes for academically dismissed students was Haskell Indian Junior College. However, she said, Haskell's administrators did not like the idea.
it's really not feasible if you live here and your stuff and your friends are here," she said. "It would just be a waste of time."
"There was a fear Haskell would become a community college for Douglas County," she said.
Dan Wildcat, chairperson of the department of natural and social sciences at Haskell, agreed.
"Many of the Indian nations that send students here are concerned that if non-natives are allowed to enter, Haskell might become an Indian college that's mainly non-Indian," he said.
For now, the problem remains unsolved.
Langworthy said the Community College Task Force only had begun to outline the problem. She said she doubted a solution would appear soon.
"It's not an easy issue," she said.
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