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12  AN ACT concerning school district finance; affecting the definition of
13    enrollment; amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 and repealing the
14    existing section.
15
16  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
17    Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
18  follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
19  in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
20  12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
21  attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
22  district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
23  K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
24  a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
25  aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
26  in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
27  pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
28  of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
29  time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
30  pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
31  education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
32  demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
33  education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's atten-
34  dance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
35  pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
36  that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
37  attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
38  A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
39  tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
40  counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
41  attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
42  through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
43  proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
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 1  pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades
 2  nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
 3  trict and attending special education services, except special education
 4  services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
 5  trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
 6  attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
 7  dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil.  A pupil in
 8  the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and en-
 9  rolled in unified school district No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but
10  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at the Judge James
11  V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at
12  the Flint Hills job corps center shall not be counted. A pupil confined in
13  and receiving educational services provided for by a district at a juvenile
14  detention facility shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but
15  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at a state institu-
16  tion shall not be counted.
17    (b)  ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
18  dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
19  are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
20    (c)  ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
21  der the national school lunch act and for whom a district maintains an
22  approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
23    (d)  ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
24  school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
25  number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
26  the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
27  less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
28  counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
29  tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
30  in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
31  rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
32  in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
33  school year may be computed by adding one-half the number of pupils
34  by which enrollment in the current school year has decreased from en-
35  rollment in the preceding school year to enrollment in the current school
36  year, except that such computation shall not be applied to decreases in
37  enrollment in the current school year that are in excess of 4% on the basis
38  of enrollment in the preceding school year.
39    (e)  ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
40  risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
41  correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, and trans-
42  portation weighting to enrollment.
43    (f)  ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
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 1  to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
 2    (g)  ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
 3  enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
 4  programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
 5    (h)  ``Low enrollment weighting'' means, for any school year in which
 6  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto,
 7  are operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
 8  having 1,800-1,899 or under enrollment on the basis of costs attributable
 9  to maintenance of educational programs by such districts in comparison
10  with costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by dis-
11  tricts having 1,800-1,899 or over enrollment, for the school year in which
12  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442, and amendments thereto,
13  become operational and each school year thereafter, an addend compo-
14  nent assigned to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 enrollment
15  on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs
16  by such districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of
17  educational programs by districts having 1,800 or over enrollment.
18    (i)  ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
19  signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
20  mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
21  be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
22  local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
23  the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
24  of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
25  facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
26    (j)  ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
27  to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
28  or furnishing of transportation.
29    (k)  ``Correlation weighting'' means, for any school year in which the
30  provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto, are
31  operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
32  having 1,800-1,899 or over enrollment on the basis of costs attributable
33  to maintenance of educational programs by such districts as a correlate
34  to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment of districts having
35  1,800-1,899 or under enrollment, for the school year in which the pro-
36  visions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442, and amendments thereto, become
37  operational and each school year thereafter, an addend component as-
38  signed to enrollment of districts having 1,800 or over enrollment on the
39  basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
40  districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
41  of districts having under 1,800 enrollment.
42    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby repealed.
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 1    Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
 2  publication in the statute book.