Section IV

Readmission (KCTCS)

2.1 Application

A student re-entering a KCTCS college after being out for one or more semesters must update the student’s admission records with the admission office by completing a new application or a readmissions application when applicable. The student will be required to submit an official copy of their high school transcript with graduation date or equivalency if they did not do so at their previous admissions. If a student has attended another college since attending a KCTCS institution, the student must submit transcripts from the interim period. A college may conditionally readmit a student and the student may register for courses for one enrollment term. All official documents must be submitted prior to any subsequent terms of enrollment.

2.2 Readmission After Two or More Years (KCTCS Academic Bankruptcy)

2.2.1

A student who has been readmitted after having remained out of the KCTCS colleges for a period of two (2) or more years, and who has completed at least twelve (12) credit hours in non-developmental and non-remedial courses with a grade point average of 2.0 or better after readmission may elect to declare academic bankruptcy and have none of the course work attempted in the colleges prior to the interruption included in the computation of the student’s grade point average. A student who has completed a credential and re-enrolls may not apply the academic bankruptcy rule to courses taken for the credential already completed.

2.2.2

A student who has elected to declare academic bankruptcy will continue to receive credit for those courses with a grade of A, B, C, D, or P prior to readmission without including these grades in the computation of the student's grade point average. The calculation of the grade point average after the student declares bankruptcy begins with the semester of readmission.

2.2.3

The academic bankruptcy option may be used only once.