Tuition and Fees Waived for Families of the Fallen and the 80%-Disabled
Free tuition and required fees for up to TEN SEMESTERS of undergraduate study at Kansas community colleges, the municipal university, state educational institutions, Washburn Institute of Technology and the technical colleges — for the spouse or child of a servicemember who died in service, whose service ended through a service-connected injury or disability, who is VA-rated at least 80% service-connected, or who was a prisoner of war.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Free tuition and required fees for up to TEN SEMESTERS of undergraduate study at Kansas community colleges, the municipal university, state educational institutions, Washburn Institute of Technology and the technical colleges — for the spouse or child of a servicemember who died in service, whose service ended through a service-connected injury or disability, who is VA-rated at least 80% service-connected, or who was a prisoner of war.
What it's worth: Tuition and required fees, up to ten semesters of undergraduate study
- The disabled-veteran route opens at an 80% VA rating — not 100%. That is a materially wider gate than most states.
- It also reaches: death in military service; service ended by a service-connected injury or disability; and prisoner of war status.
- The servicemember must have been a Kansas resident at entry into service.
- TEN SEMESTERS of undergraduate instruction, which is more than a standard degree.
- Eligible institutions are Kansas community colleges, the municipal university, state educational institutions, Washburn Institute of Technology and the technical colleges. The technical colleges being included matters for trades.
- The waiver is applied at enrolment by the institution.
Who is entitled to it
- You are the servicemember's spouse or child.
- The servicemember meets one of the qualifying conditions.
- You are in Kansas.
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How to claim it
Deadline: At enrolment- 1Ask the institution to apply the waiver at enrolment, citing K.S.A. 75-4364.
- 2If the veteran is rated 80% or more and is living, apply anyway — this route does not require a death or a 100% rating.
- 3Ten semesters is more than a bachelor's degree, so plan on the whole of it rather than assuming eight.
- 4Technical colleges and Washburn Institute of Technology are included. A trade qualification is covered as well as a degree.
- 5Confirm the servicemember was a Kansas resident at entry into service — that is the residency test.
- Form
- Waiver applied at enrolment
- File with
- Your Kansas postsecondary institution
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Each term
- Claimed per academic term.
Sources
- authority · statuteK.S.A. 75-4364
- operating · published policyKansas Board of Regents
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