A proposal to require the state's public colleges and universities to reimburse students for tuition on days they took remote or hybrid classes would be "devastating," the president of the Kansas Board of Regents told legislators Thursday. The idea comes as all seven of the state's public institutions of higher education say they will be returning to a learning experience in the fall that resembles what students would have received before COVID-19, including in-person classes, commencement and sporting events. But legislators are still pushing a plan, included in the Board of Regents' budget last month, that would require students to get a full refund for any day when classes were canceled because of the pandemic. They would get half their money back for each day instruction was online.
