The Kansas Board of Regents SWAD subcommittee has produced detailed policy element recommendations for Systemwide Associate Degrees (SWADs), covering transfer guarantees, governance, maintenance/revision, operational standards, and criteria for new SWAD designations. These recommendations, dated June 10, 2026 and presented to SCOCAO on June 17, 2026, outline multi‑year work to design and maintain SWAD frameworks, manage catalog and transcript standards, support student advising, and monitor data on completions and transfer success. No vendors are named and no specific procurement is authorized yet, but the document calls for systems to manage SWAD complexity, standardized transcript notation and degree naming, KBOR-maintained template check sheets, catalog and web content alignment, student appeal processes, and ongoing review/quality assurance.This points to future needs for policy consulting, transfer/articulation management tools, student information system configuration, workflow and catalog management software, and analytics/reporting support as the Board operationalizes these recommendations across all two- and four‑year institutions.

Document explicitly notes SWAD development may take up to two years per degree and highlights multiple unresolved operational questions (appeals, catalog-year protections, standardized logo, duration of transfer obligations) that will require additional policy and potentially systems support.