Butler County Community College leaders are considering a proposal to ban smoking and tobacco on all its campuses.

A task force created last year to consider the proposal presented its findings last week to the college’s Board of Trustees, which could vote on the issue in March. Butler currently bans smoking inside campus buildings but smoking is allowed outside 25 feet from the buildings.

Bill Rinkenbaugh, a vice president at the school, says if the policy was approved, it might be implemented in the upcoming fall semester. He estimates the college would spend between $25,000 and $30,000 to implement the ban, for signs and educational materials.

So far, about a dozen small colleges in Kansas have banned tobacco.