Required Student Fees

Required Student Fees (RSF) serve campus and promote the needs of students. Revenue from the Required Student Fees totals around $24 million each fiscal year. The RSF budget is set in the spring of each year for the next fiscal (academic) year. Student Senate authorizes the Required Student Fees listed in their constitution to be assessed by the University against each student for each semester they are enrolled in courses on the Lawrence Campus and Edwards Campus. The rate of each Required Student Fee shall be recorded for each fiscal year in the Student Senate Budget Book The RSF includes the following funds: In-depth information about fund eligibility can be found in the Student Senate Constitution, in the KU Policy Library.

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Student Senate Budget Book

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Required Student Fees Funds

Student Senate uses RSF revenue from the Student Senate Activity fee for the purpose of supporting registered student organizations, long-established programs and initiatives, and departments at the university. Student organizations seeking funding must be registered with the Student Engagement Center.

WNF supports student organizations and can be applied for throughout the academic year. Allocations are made by Student Senate Councils and Assembly. 

Student Senate uses RSF revenue from the Student Senate Activity fee for the purpose of supporting registered student organizations, long-established programs and initiatives, and departments at the university. Student organizations seeking funding must be registered with the Student Engagement Center.

Line Funding supports student organizations and must be applied for in Spring. Line Funding is allocated following the Required Student Fee process by a Student Senate Committee and can only be spent in the following academic year. 

Student Senate uses RSF revenue from the Student Senate Activity fee for the purpose of supporting registered student organizations, long-established programs and initiatives, and departments at the university. Student organizations seeking funding must be registered with the Student Engagement Center.

Block Funding supports long-established programs and initiatives and must be applied for in Spring. Block Funding is allocated following the Required Student Fee process by a Student Senate Committee and can only be spent in the following academic year. 

Student Senate uses RSF revenue from the Community Development Fund fee for the purpose of supporting registered student organizations who promote community life and intercultural education at the university. 

CDF is allocated by a student committee and can be applied for throughout the academic year and through Line Funding. 

 

Student Senate uses RSF revenue from the Educational Opportunity Fund fee for the purpose of supporting university departments, units, or affiliated organizations to support students enrolled in courses on the Lawrence Campus or Edwards Campus. 

EOF is allocated following the Required Student Fee process by a Student Senate Committee and can only be spent in the following academic year. Allocations are administered by the receiving department.