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 9  AN ACT enacting the Kansas parent control of education act; amending
10    K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-1046a and 72-6407 and repealing the existing
11    sections.
12
13  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14    New Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the
15  Kansas parent control of education act. It is the purpose of this act to
16  establish a statewide program under which the parents of eligible children
17  are empowered to exercise choice in the selection of schools for enroll-
18  ment and attendance of such children.
19    New Sec. 2.  As used in this act:
20    (a)  ``Program eligible child'' means any person who is (1) A resident
21  of this state; (2) school age and eligible for enrollment in school and
22  attendance at kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12; (3) if
23  enrolled in and attending a private elementary or secondary school, com-
24  plying with the requirements of section 8, and amendments thereto; (4)
25  for the 1997-98 school year, a pupil who was enrolled and in attendance
26  at school in a unified school district during the 1996-97 school year; (5)
27  for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 school years, eligible for free meals under
28  the national school lunch act; (6) for the 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-
29  02 school years, eligible for free or reduced cost meals under the national
30  school lunch act; and (7) for the 2002-03 school year and each school year
31  thereafter, the term program eligible child means any person who meets
32  the requirements of provisions (1) through (3) of this subsection. The
33  force and effect of provision (4) shall expire on June 30, 1998. The force
34  and effect of provision (5) shall expire on June 30, 1999. The force and
35  effect of provision (6) shall expire on June 30, 2002.
36    (b)  ``Parent'' means and includes natural parents, adoptive parents,
37  stepparents, foster parents, and persons acting as parents.
38    (c)  ``Person acting as parent'' means: (1) A guardian or conservator;
39  or (2) a person, other than a parent, who is liable by law to maintain, care
40  for, or support the child, or who has actual care and control of the child
41  and is contributing the major portion of the cost of support of the child,
42  or who has actual care and control of the child with the written consent
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 1  of a person who has legal custody of the child, or who has been granted
 2  custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 3    (d)  ``Kansas school of choice'' means: (1) Any public school operated
 4  in a unified school district by a board of education that has opted to accept
 5  vouchers from the parents of program eligible children; and (2) any non-
 6  public school operated by a board of education or other governing au-
 7  thority that has opted to accept vouchers from the parents of program
 8  eligible children.
 9    (e)  ``Nonpublic school'' means any nonpublic school which: (1) Is lo-
10  cated within the state of Kansas; and (2) is accredited by the state board
11  or is a private elementary or secondary school.
12    (f)  ``Private elementary or secondary school'' means a school which is
13  defined in K.S.A. 72-53,100, and amendments thereto, and which is in
14  compliance with the requirements of K.S.A. 72-53,101, and amendments
15  thereto.
16    (g)  ``Voucher amount'' means an amount determined in each school
17  year by the state board as follows:  (1) For program eligible children who
18  have not been determined to be exceptional children and who are (A)
19  children enrolled in kindergarten, an amount for the 1997-98 school year
20  that is equal to 12.5% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for such
21  school year, for the 1998-99 school year that is equal to 15% of the amount
22  of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 1999-2000 school
23  year that is equal to 17.5% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for
24  such school year, for the 2000-01 school year that is equal to 20% of the
25  amount of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 2001-02
26  school year that is equal to 22.5% of the amount of base state aid per
27  pupil for such school year, for the 2002-03 school year, and each school
28  year thereafter, that is equal to 25% of the amount of base state aid per
29  pupil for each such school year, respectively; (B) children enrolled in any
30  of the grades one through six, an amount for the 1997-98 school year that
31  is equal to 25% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for such school
32  year, for the 1998-99 school year that is equal to 30% of the amount of
33  base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 1999-2000 school
34  year that is equal to 35% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for
35  such school year, for the 2000-01 school year that is equal to 40% of the
36  amount of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 2000-02
37  school year that is equal to 45% of the amount of base state aid per pupil
38  for such school year, for the 2002-03 school year and each school year
39  thereafter that is equal to 50% of the amount of base state aid per pupil
40  for each such school year, respectively; (C) children enrolled in either of
41  the grades seven or eight, an amount for the 1997-98 school year that is
42  equal to 37.5% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for such school
43  year, for the 1998-99 school year that is equal to 45% of the amount of
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 1  base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 1999-2000 school
 2  year that is equal to 52.5% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for
 3  such school year, for the 2000-01 school year that is equal to 60% of the
 4  amount of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 2001-02
 5  school year that is equal to 67.5% of the amount of base state aid per
 6  pupil for such school year, for the 2002-03 school year and each school
 7  year thereafter that is equal to 75% of the amount of base state aid per
 8  pupil for each such school year, respectively; (D) children enrolled in any
 9  of the grades nine through 12, an amount for the 1997-98 school year
10  that is equal to 50% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for such
11  school year, for the 1998-99 school year that is equal to 60% of the amount
12  of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 1999-2000 school
13  year that is equal to 70% of the amount of base state aid per pupil for
14  such school year, for the 2000-01 school year that is equal to 80% of the
15  amount of base state aid per pupil for such school year, for the 2001-02
16  school year that is equal to 90% of the amount of base state aid per pupil
17  for such school year, for the 2002-03 school year and each school year
18  thereafter that is equal to the amount of base state aid per pupil for each
19  such school year, respectively; and (2) for program eligible children who
20  have been determined to be exceptional children, an amount that is equal
21   to the product obtained by multiplying by 11/2 the amounts specified in
22  provision (1) for children enrolled in kindergarten and the respective
23  grades for the respective school years.
24    (h)  ``State financial aid'' and ``base state aid per pupil'' have the mean-
25  ings respectively ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 72-6410, and amendments
26  thereto.
27    (i)  ``School district assessment program'' means a program conducted
28  by a school district under which tests reflecting nationally recognized
29  standards for the sole purpose of measuring individual academic achieve-
30  ment are administered to pupils. The program shall include, but not by
31  way of limitation, utilization of such tests as the California achievement
32  test, the Iowa test of basic skills, the Metropolitan achievement test, and
33  the Stanford achievement test.
34    (j)  ``Satisfactory academic achievement'' means scoring at or above
35  the national average on the tests administered under a school district
36  assessment program.
37    (k)  ``Postsecondary education trust fund beneficiary'' or ``trust fund
38  beneficiary'' means any person who is: (1) A former program eligible child
39  who was enrolled at a Kansas school of choice; (2) enrolled at an eligible
40  postsecondary education institution; and (3) entitled to an amount held
41  in trust by the state in the Kansas school voucher savings trust fund.
42    (l)  ``Eligible postsecondary education institution'' means an institu-
43  tion of postsecondary education which: (1) Qualifies as an eligible insti-
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 1  tution for federal student aid programs under title IV of the higher ed-
 2  ucation act of 1965, as amended; and (2) the main campus or principal
 3  place of operation of which institution is located in Kansas.
 4    (m)  ``State board'' means the state board of education.
 5    New Sec. 3.  (a) (1) In order to achieve the purpose of this act, the
 6  state board shall establish and effectuate a program under which the
 7  parent of any program eligible child receives from the state board in each
 8  school year, upon application, a voucher that may be redeemed for pay-
 9  ment of the costs of enrollment of the child at a Kansas school of choice
10  selected by the child's parent. Voucher applications shall be on a form
11  prescribed and furnished by the state board. The state board shall not
12  impose upon applicant parents any application requirements which are
13  unduly burdensome. The application shall request only such information
14  as necessary to determine program eligibility and to efficiently administer
15  the program. No voucher in excess of the voucher amount, as defined in
16  subsection (g) of section 2, and amendments thereto, shall be issued in
17  any school year. No parent shall apply for or receive a voucher for pay-
18  ment of the costs of enrollment of a child at a public Kansas school of
19  choice that the child is entitled to attend under the provisions of K.S.A.
20  72-1046, and amendments thereto.
21    (2)  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the provisions of
22  subsection (d).
23    (b)  The application for a voucher shall be submitted to the board of
24  education of the school district in which the child resides or in which the
25  Kansas school of choice selected by the child's parent for enrollment of
26  the child is located. If an application for a voucher is submitted to the
27  board of education of a school district, the board of education shall trans-
28  mit the application, immediately upon receipt, to the state board.
29    (c)  The state board shall compute the savings realized by the state
30  for the 1997-98 school year and each school year thereafter due to main-
31  tenance of the program in each such school year, respectively, by: (1)
32  Determining the number of program eligible children who participated
33  in the program in each respective school year and multiplying such num-
34  ber by the voucher amount, as defined in subsection (g) of section 2, and
35  amendments thereto, for each such school year, respectively; (2) com-
36  puting the amount of state financial aid that would have been paid to
37  unified school districts in the 1997-98 school year and each school year
38  thereafter, respectively, on the basis of enrollment of such children in
39  each such school year; and (3) subtracting the product obtained under
40    (1) from the amount computed under (2) on the basis of computations
41  made for determining the savings realized for each school year, respec-
42  tively. An audit shall be conducted of the computations made by the state
43  board for determining the savings realized for each school year. The au-
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 1  ditor to conduct such audits shall be specified in accordance with K.S.A.
 2  46-1122, and amendments thereto. The cost of such audits shall be borne
 3  by the state board.
 4    (d)  For the 1998-99 school year and each school year thereafter, the
 5  state board shall award vouchers to parents of program eligible children
 6  in the order in which applications are received until the amount of savings
 7  realized by the state due to maintenance of the program in the preceding
 8  school year, as computed under subsection (c), is depleted. Application
 9  forms shall be marked with the date and time of receipt.
10    New Sec. 4.  (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), a Kansas
11  school of choice shall admit program eligible children who have received
12  vouchers and who apply for admission, up to the limit of the school's
13  capacity after reserving places for children required or entitled to be
14  admitted to the school.
15    (b)  A nonpublic Kansas school of choice shall establish criteria for
16  the admission of program eligible children. Such criteria shall be consis-
17  tent with the admissions criteria that the school regularly applies. In the
18  case of a public Kansas school of choice, the state board shall establish
19  criteria for the equitable allocation of places for program eligible children
20  if there are insufficient places to serve all such children requesting place-
21  ment.
22    (c)  The state board shall establish a procedure for ensuring that no
23  school district experiences a decrease in enrollment in the 1997-98 school
24  year, as a result of participation by program eligible children in the pro-
25  gram, that is in excess of the percentage applicable to the district under
26  this subsection from the enrollment of the district in the 1996-97 school
27  year. For the purpose of this subsection, the percentage applicable to a
28  district with under 400 enrollment is 4%, the percentage applicable to a
29  district with 400-1,999 enrollment is 7%, and the percentage applicable
30  to a district with 2,000 or over enrollment is 10%. The provisions of this
31  subsection shall expire on June 30, 1998.
32    New Sec. 5.  (a) A Kansas school of choice shall provide assurance to
33  the state board that the amount of the costs of enrollment charged a
34  program eligible child will not be greater than the amount of the costs of
35  enrollment regularly charged by the school.  If the voucher amount for
36  any school year is in excess of the amount of the costs of enrollment
37  charged by a Kansas school of choice for enrollment of a program eligible
38  child, the state board shall remit the excess amount to the state treasurer.
39  All such amounts remitted to the state treasurer shall be deposited in the
40  state treasury to the credit of the Kansas school voucher savings trust
41  fund, shall be allocated within the fund to the account of the program
42  eligible child entitled to the voucher, and shall be held in trust for the
43  child for application toward tuition and fees charged for enrollment at an
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 1  eligible postsecondary education institution.
 2    (b)  Prior to the commencement of each school year:
 3    (1)  The state board shall prepare a list of all Kansas schools of choice
 4  that will be accepting vouchers from the parents of program eligible chil-
 5  dren for the school year. Such list shall be maintained on file in the state
 6  department of education and shall be made available to members of the
 7  public upon request; and
 8    (2)  the board of education of each school district shall provide the
 9  parents of all known children who will be enrolling in school and who are
10  qualified to be program eligible children with information regarding the
11  program and the procedure to be followed in applying for participation
12  in the program.
13    New Sec. 6.  (a) Vouchers received under this act shall be redeemed
14  upon certification by a Kansas school of choice that a program eligible
15  child is enrolled and in attendance at the school. The state board shall
16  certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount due the parent
17  of each program eligible child. The director of accounts and reports shall
18  issue a warrant to the parent of the program eligible child and shall cause
19  the warrant to be delivered to the school in which the child is enrolled.
20  The parent of the program eligible child shall use the warrant for payment
21  of the costs of enrollment of the child. If a program eligible child discon-
22  tinues attendance at a Kansas school of choice before the end of the
23  school year, the entire amount which the child would otherwise qualify
24  to have refunded, if any, up to the amount paid by the state pursuant to
25  the voucher redeemed by the parent of the child, shall be paid by the
26  school to the state board. The state board shall remit any amounts so
27  received to the state treasurer, and the state treasurer shall deposit the
28  same in the state treasury to the credit of the state school district finance
29  fund.
30    (b)  The amount of any voucher redeemed under this act shall not be
31  considered gross income and shall not be taxable for Kansas income tax
32  purposes.
33    New Sec. 7.  (a) (1) Each Kansas school of choice shall:
34    (A)  Comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 5; and
35    (B)  publish or otherwise make available information regarding the
36  school's program of instruction, achievement data regarding children at-
37  tending the school (which data shall be stated in the aggregate by grades
38  maintained by the school), incidence of drug abuse, and school discipline
39  and safety.
40    (2)  Each Kansas school of choice, prior to commencing school in each
41  school year, shall certify to the state board the amount of the costs of
42  enrollment to be charged in such school year.
43    (b)  The state board shall monitor the academic performance of pro-
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 1  gram eligible children attending Kansas schools of choice. If the state
 2  board determines in any school year that none of the children attending
 3  any such school are demonstrating satisfactory academic achievement or
 4  that any such school is not meeting the requirements of subsection (a),
 5  the school shall not be eligible to accept vouchers from the parents of
 6  program eligible children in the succeeding school year.
 7    New Sec. 8.  (a) In order for a child enrolled in and attending a Kan-
 8  sas school of choice that is a private elementary or secondary school to
 9  remain a program eligible child, the child shall participate in the school
10  district assessment program conducted by the school district in which the
11  child resides or in which the private elementary or secondary school is
12  located.
13    (b)  The board of education of each school district shall provide for
14  participation of any program eligible child enrolled in and attending a
15  Kansas school of choice that is a private elementary or secondary school
16  in the school district assessment program. In providing for participation
17  of the child in an assessment program, the board of education of the
18  school district shall determine the date, time, place and method of par-
19  ticipation; provide the parent of the child at least 15 calendar days' notice
20  of the date, time, place and method of participation in the assessment
21  program; evaluate the results obtained from assessment of the child; and
22  report the assessment results of the child to the parent of the child. Fail-
23  ure of the child to comply with the provisions of this section or to dem-
24  onstrate satisfactory academic achievement shall result in forfeiture of
25  eligibility of the child for participation in the program at the school in
26  which the child is enrolled and in attendance.
27    New Sec. 9.  (a) For the purpose of encouraging Kansas schools of
28  choice to cooperate with the state in the provision of postsecondary ed-
29  ucation opportunities for Kansas children by holding the costs of enroll-
30  ment under the voucher amount determined for each school year, there
31  is established in the state treasury the Kansas school voucher savings trust
32  fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts credited thereto under the
33  provisions of subsection (a) of section 5, and amendments thereto.
34  Amounts in the fund shall be held in trust accounts for program eligible
35  children for later application toward tuition and fees charged by eligible
36  postsecondary education institutions.
37    (b)  In order to be eligible for payments from the trust fund, post-
38   secondary education trust fund beneficiaries shall submit an application
39  for payment to the state board. Applications shall contain such informa-
40  tion and be prepared and submitted in such form and manner as the state
41  board shall require.
42    (c)  The amount of payment on behalf of a trust fund beneficiary from
43  the Kansas school voucher savings trust fund to an eligible postsecondary
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 1  education institution shall be the amount of the total tuition and required
 2  fees of the beneficiary for an academic year or the amount credited to
 3  the account of the beneficiary in the trust fund, whichever is the lesser
 4  amount. Payments may be made on behalf of a trust fund beneficiary to
 5  an eligible postsecondary education institution until the amount credited
 6  to the account of the beneficiary is depleted or until the beneficiary attains
 7  26 years of age, whichever occurs sooner. Any amount in the account of
 8  a trust fund beneficiary upon attainment of 26 years of age by the ben-
 9  eficiary or at the time of death of the beneficiary prior to attainment of
10  26 years of age shall be transferred from the Kansas school voucher sav-
11  ings trust fund to the state school district finance fund.
12    (d)  Payments on behalf of a trust fund beneficiary from the trust fund
13  shall be made at the beginning of an academic year upon certification by
14  an eligible postsecondary education institution that the beneficiary is en-
15  rolled and in attendance at the institution. The state board shall certify
16  to the director of accounts and reports the amount due the trust fund
17  beneficiary. The director of accounts and reports shall issue a warrant to
18  the beneficiary and shall cause the warrant to be delivered to the insti-
19  tution at which the beneficiary is enrolled. The beneficiary shall use the
20  warrant for payment of tuition and fees at the institution. If the benefi-
21  ciary discontinues attendance at the institution before the end of the
22  academic year, the entire amount which the beneficiary would otherwise
23  qualify to have refunded, up to the amount paid by the state on behalf
24  of the beneficiary, shall be paid by the institution to the state board. The
25  state board shall remit any amount so received to the state treasurer and
26  the state treasurer shall deposit the same in the state treasury.  If the
27  beneficiary has not attained 26 years of age, the state board shall direct
28  the state treasurer to credit the remitted amount to the account of the
29  beneficiary in the Kansas school voucher savings trust fund. If the ben-
30  eficiary has attained 26 years of age, the state board shall direct the state
31  treasurer to credit the remitted amount to the state school district finance
32  fund.
33    (e)  All interest earnings received from investment of moneys in the
34  Kansas school voucher savings trust fund shall be credited to the fund.
35  On or before the 10th of each month, the director of accounts and reports
36  shall transfer from the state general fund to the trust fund interest earn-
37  ings based on: (1) The average daily balance of moneys in the trust fund
38  for the preceding month; and (2) the net earnings rate for the pooled
39  money investment portfolio for the preceding month.  Sufficient liquidity
40  shall be maintained so that there shall be money available to make all
41  payments on behalf of trust fund beneficiaries which may be approved
42  by the state board.
43    New Sec. 10.  Nothing in this act shall be applied or construed in any
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 1  manner so as to create, effectuate, change or superinduce any power,
 2  duty or function of the state board with respect to regulation or super-
 3  vision of nonpublic schools in this state. Nothing in this act shall be ap-
 4  plied or construed in any manner so as to regulate or prohibit free exercise
 5  in matters of curriculum, creed or practice of any nonpublic Kansas school
 6  of choice.
 7    New Sec. 11.  Upon completion of the 1999-2000 school year, the
 8  state board shall evaluate the Kansas parent control of education program,
 9  assess the impact the program has had on the educational system of the
10  state, determine the total amount of savings realized by the state due to
11  maintenance of the program, and make a recommendation to the gov-
12  ernor and the legislature with regard to continuation or termination of
13  the program.
14    Sec. 12.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-1046a is hereby amended to read as
15  follows: 72-1046a. (a) The board of education of any school district is
16  hereby authorized to permit pupils who are not residents of the school
17  district to enroll in and attend the schools of the district. The board of
18  education may permit such pupils to attend school without charge or,
19  subject to the provisions of subsection (b) and subsection (c), may charge
20  such pupils for attendance at school to offset, totally or in part, the costs
21  of providing for such attendance. Amounts received under this subsection
22  by the board of education of a school district for enrollment and atten-
23  dance of pupils at school in regular educational programs shall be depos-
24  ited in the general fund of the school district.
25    (b)  Pupils who are not residents of a school district and are attending
26  the schools of the school district in accordance with the provisions of an
27  agreement entered into under authority of K.S.A. 72-8233, and amend-
28  ments thereto, shall not be charged for attendance at school. The costs
29  of providing for the attendance of such pupils at school shall be paid by
30  the school district of residence of the pupils in accordance with the pro-
31  visions of the agreement.
32    (c)  Pupils who are not residents of a school district and are attending
33  the schools of the school district as program eligible children in accor-
34  dance with the provisions of the Kansas parent control of education act
35  shall not be charged an amount greater than the voucher amount, deter-
36  mined under the act by the state board of education, for payment of the
37  costs of providing for the attendance of such pupils at school.
38    (d)  Amounts received under this section by the board of education of
39  a school district for enrollment and attendance of pupils at school in reg-
40  ular educational programs shall be deposited in the general fund of the
41  school district.
42    Sec. 13.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
43  follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
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 1  in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
 2  12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
 3  attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
 4  district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
 5  K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
 6  a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
 7  aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
 8  in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
 9  pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
10  of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
11  time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
12  pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
13  education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
14  demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
15  education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's atten-
16  dance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
17  pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
18  that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
19  attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
20  A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
21  tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
22  counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
23  attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
24  through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
25  proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
26  pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades
27  nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
28  trict and attending special education services, except special education
29  services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
30  trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
31  attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
32  dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil.  A pupil in
33  the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and en-
34  rolled in unified school district No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but
35  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at the Judge James
36  V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at
37  the Flint Hills job corps center shall not be counted. A pupil confined in
38  and receiving educational services provided for by a district at a juvenile
39  detention facility shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but
40  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at a state institu-
41  tion shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled and attending school in a
42  district as a program eligible child in accordance with the provisions of
43  the Kansas parent control of education act shall not be counted.
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 1    (b)  ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
 2  dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
 3  are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
 4    (c)  ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
 5  der the national school lunch act and for whom a district maintains an
 6  approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
 7    (d)  ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
 8  school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
 9  number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
10  the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
11  less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
12  counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
13  tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
14  in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
15  rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
16  in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
17  school year may be computed by adding one-half the number of pupils
18  by which enrollment in the current school year has decreased from en-
19  rollment in the preceding school year to enrollment in the current school
20  year, except that such computation shall not be applied to decreases in
21  enrollment in the current school year that are in excess of 4% of enroll-
22  ment in the preceding school year.
23    (e)  ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
24  risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
25  correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, and trans-
26  portation weighting to enrollment.
27    (f)  ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
28  to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
29    (g)  ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
30  enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
31  programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
32    (h)  ``Low enrollment weighting'' means, for any school year in which
33  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto,
34  are operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
35  having 1,800-1,899 or under enrollment on the basis of costs attributable
36  to maintenance of educational programs by such districts in comparison
37  with costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by dis-
38  tricts having 1,800-1,899 or over enrollment, for the school year in which
39  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442, and amendments thereto,
40  become operational and each school year thereafter, an addend compo-
41  nent assigned to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 enrollment
42  on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs
43  by such districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of
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 1  educational programs by districts having 1,800 or over enrollment.
 2    (i)  ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
 3  signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
 4  mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
 5  be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
 6  local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
 7  the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
 8  of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
 9  facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
10    (j)  ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
11  to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
12  or furnishing of transportation.
13    (k)  ``Correlation weighting'' means, for any school year in which the
14  provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto, are
15  operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
16  having 1,800-1,899 or over enrollment on the basis of costs attributable
17  to maintenance of educational programs by such districts as a correlate
18  to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment of districts having
19  1,800-1,899 or under enrollment, for the school year in which the pro-
20  visions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442, and amendments thereto, become
21  operational and each school year thereafter, an addend component as-
22  signed to enrollment of districts having 1,800 or over enrollment on the
23  basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
24  districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
25  of districts having under 1,800 enrollment.
26    Sec. 14.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-1046a and 72-6407 are hereby re-
27  pealed.
28    Sec. 15.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
29  publication in the statute book.