Service Area & Residency

Service Area

KCC serves the 130,000 residents of Community College District 520, which includes all of Kankakee and portions of Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Livingston and Will counties.

High schools served by KCC District 520

• Bishop McNamara Catholic
• Bradley-Bourbonnais (District 307)
• Central (District 4)
• Donovan (District 3)
• Dwight Township (District 230) Emington only
• Grace Christian Academy
• Grant Park (District 6)
• Herscher (District 2)
• Iroquois West (District 10)
• Kankakee (District 111)
• Manteno (District 5)
• Milford (District 233) Stockland Township only
• Momence (District 1)
• Pontiac Township (District 90) Emington and Saunemin only
• Reed-Custer (District 255U) Essex only
• St. Anne (District 302)
• Tri-Point (District 6)
• Watseka (District 9)

Residency

The state of Illinois requires KCC to verify students’ district residency status and charge tuition appropriately. The Illinois Community College Board ZIP code district locator will identify your community college.

Determining Residency Status

Residency status is determined by where you live.

To be classified as a resident of the district you must:

• live in a home within the district for 30 days immediately prior to the beginning of the semester
• provide a driver’s license, voters registration card, or other document verifying residency

You may be exempted from the 30-day requirement if you have moved from outside the district and can verify that you established a permanent residence without the primary intent of attending a community college.

If you live outside the district or outside Illinois, there may be an option for you to still receive in-district tuition rates through a waiver. To find out if you qualify, please check the residency status handout.

Special circumstances

Students who reside in Benton, Lake, or Newton County in Indiana and can provide appropriate documentation, will be classified as Indiana residents and charged the out-of-district tuition rate.

Students who cannot be classified as residents of the district.

• Federal job corps workers stationed in the district.
• Inmates of the State or federal correctional/rehabilitation institutions located in the district.
• Full-time students attending a postsecondary educational institution in the district who have not demonstrated through documentation a verifiable interest in establishing permanent residency.
• Students attending under a contractual agreement with another community college (i.e., cooperative agreement)

Students who can be classified as residents of Illinois (out-of-district) without meeting the 30-day requirement.

• Federal job corps workers stationed in Illinois – Documentation required
• Members of the armed services stationed in Illinois – Documentation required
• Inmates of the State correctional/rehabilitation institutions located in Illinois
• Employed full time in Illinois – submit each term of enrollment a signed affidavit from your Illinois employer on company letterhead stating you are employed for 35 hours or more per week.

Claims

If you take exception to the residency status assigned and/or tuition assessed, you must pay the tuition assessed but may file a claim in writing to the Office of Admissions and Registration for a reconsideration of residency status and/or an adjustment of the tuition assessed. For purposes of admission, the written claim must be filed 20 calendar days from the start of the term/semester.

For more information, please contact the Office of Admissions and Registration at 815-802-8520.