HOUSE BILL No. 2249

      An Act concerning school district finance; defining and counting preschool-aged at-risk
      pupils; affecting determination of at-risk, low enrollment, and correlation weightings;
      amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412, 72-6414 and 72-6442 and re-
      pealing the existing sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

    Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to
full-time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as
1/2 pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's attend-
ance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades
nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
trict and attending special education services, except special education
services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A preschool-
aged at-risk pupil enrolled in a district and receiving services under an
approved at-risk pupil assistance plan maintained by the district shall be
counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in the custody of the secretary of social and
rehabilitation services and enrolled in unified school district No. 259,
Sedgwick county, Kansas, but housed, maintained, and receiving educa-
tional services at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted
as two pupils. A pupil residing at the Flint Hills job corps center shall not
be counted. A pupil confined in and receiving educational services pro-
vided for by a district at a juvenile detention facility shall not be counted.
A pupil enrolled in a district but housed, maintained, and receiving ed-
ucational services at a state institution shall not be counted.

    (b) ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.

    (c) ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
der the national school lunch act and who are enrolled in a district which
maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.

    (d) ``Preschool-aged at-risk pupil'' means an at-risk pupil who has
attained the age of four years, is under the age of eligibility for attendance
at kindergarten, and has been selected by the state board in accordance
with guidelines consonant with guidelines governing the selection of pu-
pils for participation in head start programs. The state board shall select
not more than 1,350 preschool-aged at-risk pupils to be counted in any
school year.

    (d) (e) ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days
or school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
school year may be computed on the basis of enrollment in the preceding
school year.

    (e) (f) ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding
at-risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if
any, correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, an-
cillary school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to
enrollment.

    (f) (g) ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component as-
signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk
pupils.

    (g) (h) ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned
to enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.

    (h) (i) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-
signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 1,750 enrollment on
the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by
such districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of
educational programs by districts having 1,800 1,750 or over enrollment.

    (i) (j) ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.

    (j) (k) ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component as-
signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the
provision or furnishing of transportation.

    (k) (l) ``Correlation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
to enrollment of districts having 1,800 1,750 or over enrollment on the
basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
of districts having under 1,800 1,750 enrollment.

    (l) (m) ``Ancillary school facilities weighting'' means an addend com-
ponent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis
of costs attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities.
Ancillary school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a
district only if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from
such tax to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in
addition to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any
district eligible for such weighting.

    Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6410 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-6410. (a) ``State financial aid'' means an amount equal to the
product obtained by multiplying base state aid per pupil by the adjusted
enrollment of a district.

    (b) ``Base state aid per pupil'' means an amount of state financial aid
per pupil. Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, the amount
of base state aid per pupil is $3,670 $3,720. The amount of base state aid
per pupil is subject to reduction commensurate with any reduction under
K.S.A. 75-6704, and amendments thereto, in the amount of the appro-
priation from the state general fund for general state aid. If the amount
of appropriations for general state aid is insufficient to pay in full the
amount each district is entitled to receive for any school year, the amount
of base state aid per pupil for such school year is subject to reduction
commensurate with the amount of the insufficiency.

    (c) ``Local effort'' means the sum of an amount equal to the proceeds
from the tax levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-6431, and amendments
thereto, and an amount equal to any unexpended and unencumbered
balance remaining in the general fund of the district, except amounts
received by the district and authorized to be expended for the purposes
specified in K.S.A. 72-6430, and amendments thereto, and an amount
equal to any unexpended and unencumbered balances remaining in the
program weighted funds of the district, except any amount in the voca-
tional education fund of the district if the district is operating an area
vocational school, and an amount equal to any remaining proceeds from
taxes levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-7056 and 72-7072, and amend-
ments thereto, prior to the repeal of such statutory sections, and an
amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the current
school year from amounts received in such year by the district under the
provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-1046a, and amendments thereto,
and an amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the
current school year from amounts received in such year by the district
pursuant to contracts made and entered into under authority of K.S.A.
72-6757, and amendments thereto, and an amount equal to the amount
credited to the general fund in the current school year from amounts
distributed in such year to the district under the provisions of articles 17
and 34 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and under the pro-
visions of articles 42 and 51 of chapter 79 of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
and (1) for districts other than the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a,
and amendments thereto, an amount equal to 75% of the federal impact
aid of a district and (2) for the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a, and
amendments thereto, an amount equal to the federal impact aid of the
district.

    (d) ``Federal impact aid'' means an amount equal to the federally
qualified percentage of the amount of moneys a district receives in the
current school year under the provisions of title I of public law 874 and
congressional appropriations therefor, excluding amounts received for as-
sistance in cases of major disaster and amounts received under the low-
rent housing program. The amount of federal impact aid defined herein
as an amount equal to the federally qualified percentage of the amount
of moneys provided for the district under title I of public law 874 shall
be determined by the state board in accordance with terms and conditions
imposed under the provisions of the public law and rules and regulations
thereunder.

    Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-6412. The low enrollment weighting of each district with un-
der 1,800 1,750 enrollment shall be determined by the state board as
follows:

    (a) Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
year;

    (b) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
year;

    (c) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;

    (d) prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
from a linear transition between (1) the median budgets per pupil deter-
mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median budgets per pupil deter-
mined under (b) and (c). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
pupil determined under (a). The schedule amount for districts with
100-299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition un-
der (1). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is
the amount derived from the linear transition under (2);

    (e) for districts with 0-99 enrollment:

    (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the amount de-
termined under (a);

    (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
mined under (c);

    (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
weighting of the district;

    (f) for districts with 100-299 enrollment:

    (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
amount of the district;

    (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
mined under (c);

    (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
weighting of the district;

    (g) for districts with 300-1,799 300-1,749 enrollment:

    (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
amount of the district;

    (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
mined under (c);

    (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
weighting of the district.

    Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6414 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-6414. The at-risk pupil weighting of each district shall be de-
termined by the state board by multiplying the number of at-risk pupils
included in enrollment of the district by .065 .08. The product is the at-
risk pupil weighting of the district.

    Sec. 5. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-6442. The correlation weighting of each district with 1,800
1,750 or over enrollment shall be determined by the state board as fol-
lows:

    (a) Determine the schedule amount for a district with 1,800 1,750
enrollment as derived from the linear transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
6412, and amendments thereto, and subtract the amount determined
under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, from the schedule
amount so determined;

    (b) divide the remainder obtained under (a) by the amount deter-
mined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, and mul-
tiply the quotient by the enrollment of the district in the current school
year. The product is the correlation weighting of the district.

    Sec. 6. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412, 72-6414 and
72-6442 are hereby repealed.

    Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in the
House, and passed that body

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House adopted
Conference Committee Report __________________________

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Speaker of the House.

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Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate
as amended __________________________

Senate adopted
Conference Committe Report __________________________

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President of the Senate

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Secretary of the Senate.

Approved__________________________

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Governor.