KS postsecondary institution bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
Kansas requires every private or out-of-state postsecondary institution to file a $20,000 bond with the Board of Regents for a certificate of approval. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every school — with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Education bonds like this are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Institution details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Board of Regents
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your certificate-of-approval application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kansas regulates private and out-of-state postsecondary institutions — proprietary trade schools and private degree-granting colleges operating in the state — through the Kansas Board of Regents, under Chapter 74, Article 32 of the statutes. A school needs a certificate of approval, and that approval is conditioned on a $20,000 surety bond.
This bond is specifically a student-records guarantee. If the institution closes, it must deliver or make available the records of all current and former students so a student's coursework can still be verified, and pay the costs the Board incurs in obtaining those records. The bond backs that obligation.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Kansas (the obligee), with students as the protected parties. The bond must stay active for the life of the certificate — if the surety pays the Board, you repay the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your certificate of approval today.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.