Kansas lawmakers want tuition refunds for college classes put online due to COVID – The Kansas City Star
Kansas lawmakers want to refund tuition to college students who lost class time or were forced into online courses as a result of the pandemic.
A House panel amended the state’s higher education budget Wednesday to require that colleges, community colleges and technical schools reimburse students for 50% of the tuition paid every day they spent online instead of in the classroom. The amendment would reimburse at 100% for days that students missed class entirely.
The move is the latest in a string of actions taken by lawmakers to show their disdain for online learning in colleges and k-12 schools
Another House committee has approved a measure that, if passed by the House and Senate, would allow parents of k-12 students with at least 120 consecutive hours of online instruction to use their state per-pupil funding on private schools through an education savings account.
Lawmakers have expressed concern that students are falling behind academically and suffering psychologically in online school.