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10  AN ACT concerning school district finance; revising certain definitions;
11    affecting the determination of certain weightings and the determina-
12    tion of special education state aid; amending K.S.A. 72-978, as
13    amended by section 120 of chapter 229 of the 1996 Session Laws of
14    Kansas, and 72-6414 and K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412
15    and 72-6442 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A.
16    1996 Supp. 72-6412a and 72-6442a.
17
18  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
19    Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
20  follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
21  in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
22  12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
23  attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
24  district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
25  K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
26  a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
27  aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
28  in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
29  pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
30  of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
31  time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
32  pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
33  education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
34  demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
35  education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's atten-
36  dance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
37  pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
38  that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
39  attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
40  A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
41  tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
42  counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
43  attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
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 1  through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
 2  proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
 3  pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades
 4  nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
 5  trict and attending special education services, except special education
 6  services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
 7  trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
 8  attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
 9  dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil.  A pupil in
10  the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and en-
11  rolled in unified school district No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but
12  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at the Judge James
13  V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at
14  the Flint Hills job corps center shall not be counted. A pupil confined in
15  and receiving educational services provided for by a district at a juvenile
16  detention facility shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but
17  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at a state institu-
18  tion shall not be counted.
19    (b)  ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
20  dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
21  are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
22    (c)  ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
23  der the national school lunch act and for whom who are enrolled in a
24  district which maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
25    (d)  ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
26  school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
27  number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
28  the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
29  less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
30  counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
31  tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
32  in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
33  rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
34  in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
35  school year may be computed by adding one-half the number of pupils
36  by which enrollment in the current school year has decreased from en-
37  rollment in the preceding school year to enrollment in the current school
38  year, except that such computation shall not be applied to decreases in
39  enrollment in the current school year that are in excess of 4% on the basis
40  of enrollment in the preceding school year.
41    (e)  ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
42  risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
43  correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, and trans-
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 1  portation weighting to enrollment.
 2    (f)  ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
 3  to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
 4    (g)  ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
 5  enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
 6  programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
 7    (h)  ``Low enrollment weighting'' means, for any school year in which
 8  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a are operational, an addend
 9  component assigned to enrollment of districts having 1,800-1,899 or un-
10  der enrollment on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of edu-
11  cational programs by such districts in comparison with costs attributable
12  to maintenance of educational programs by districts having 1,800-1,899
13  or over enrollment, for the school year in which the provisions of K.S.A.
14  1996 Supp. 72-6442 become operational and each school year thereafter,
15  an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts having under
16  1,800 enrollment on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of
17  educational programs by such districts in comparison with costs attrib-
18  utable to maintenance of educational programs by districts having 1,800
19  or over enrollment.
20    (i)  ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
21  signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
22  mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
23  be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
24  local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
25  the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
26  of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
27  facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
28    (j)  ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
29  to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
30  or furnishing of transportation.
31    (k)  ``Correlation weighting'' means, for any school year in which the
32  provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a are operational, an addend
33  component assigned to enrollment of districts having 1,800-1,899 or over
34  enrollment on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
35  tional programs by such districts as a correlate to low enrollment weight-
36  ing assigned to enrollment of districts having 1,800-1,899 or under en-
37  rollment, for the school year in which the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp.
38  72-6442 become operational and each school year thereafter, an addend
39  component assigned to enrollment of districts having 1,800 or over en-
40  rollment on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational
41  programs by such districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting
42  assigned to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 enrollment.
43    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6410 is hereby amended to read as
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 1  follows: 72-6410. (a) ``State financial aid'' means an amount equal to the
 2  product obtained by multiplying base state aid per pupil by the adjusted
 3  enrollment of a district.
 4    (b)  ``Base state aid per pupil'' means an amount of state financial aid
 5  per pupil. Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, the amount
 6  of base state aid per pupil is $3,648 $3,670. The amount of base state aid
 7  per pupil is subject to reduction commensurate with any reduction under
 8  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 75-6704, and amendments thereto, in the amount of
 9  the appropriation from the state general fund for general state aid. If the
10  amount of appropriations for general state aid is insufficient to pay in full
11  the amount each district is entitled to receive for any school year, the
12  amount of base state aid per pupil for such school year is subject to
13  reduction commensurate with the amount of the insufficiency.
14    (c)  ``Local effort'' means the sum of an amount equal to the proceeds
15  from the tax levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-6431, and amendments
16  thereto, and an amount equal to any unexpended and unencumbered
17  balance remaining in the general fund of the district, except amounts
18  received by the district and authorized to be expended for the purposes
19  specified in K.S.A. 72-6430, and amendments thereto, and an amount
20  equal to any unexpended and unencumbered balances remaining in the
21  program weighted funds of the district, except any amount in the voca-
22  tional education fund of the district if the district is operating an area
23  vocational school, and an amount equal to any remaining proceeds from
24  taxes levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-7056 and 72-7072, and amend-
25  ments thereto, prior to the repeal of such statutory sections, and an
26  amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the current
27  school year from amounts received in such year by the district under the
28  provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-1046a, and amendments thereto,
29  and an amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the
30  current school year from amounts received in such year by the district
31  pursuant to contracts made and entered into under authority of K.S.A.
32  72-6757, and amendments thereto, and an amount equal to the amount
33  credited to the general fund in the current school year from amounts
34  distributed in such year to the district under the provisions of articles 17
35  and 34 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and under the pro-
36  visions of articles 42 and 51 of chapter 79 of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
37  and an amount equal to the federal impact aid of a district.
38    (d)  ``Federal impact aid'' means an amount equal to the federally
39  qualified percentage of the amount of moneys a district receives in the
40  current school year under the provisions of title I of public law 874 and
41  congressional appropriations therefor, excluding amounts received for as-
42  sistance in cases of major disaster and amounts received under the low-
43  rent housing program. The amount of federal impact aid defined herein
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 1  as an amount equal to the federally qualified percentage of the amount
 2  of moneys provided for the district under title I of public law 874 shall
 3  be determined by the state board in accordance with terms and conditions
 4  imposed under the provisions of the public law and rules and regulations
 5  thereunder.
 6    Sec. 3.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
 7  follows:  72-6412. For the school year in which the provisions of K.S.A.
 8  1996 Supp. 72-6442 become operational and each school year thereafter,
 9  The low enrollment weighting of each district with under 1,800 enroll-
10  ment shall be determined by the state board as follows:
11    (a)  Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
12  1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
13  year;
14    (b)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
15  1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
16  year;
17    (c)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
18  1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;
19    (d)  prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
20  a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
21  from a linear transition between (1) the median budgets per pupil deter-
22  mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median budgets per pupil deter-
23  mined under (b) and (c). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
24  enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
25  pupil determined under (a). The schedule amount for districts with 100-
26  299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition under
27    (1). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is the
28  amount derived from the linear transition under (2);
29    (e)  for districts with 0-99 enrollment:
30    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the amount de-
31  termined under (a);
32    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
33  mined under (c);
34    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
35  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
36  weighting of the district;
37    (f)  for districts with 100-299 enrollment:
38    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
39  amount of the district;
40    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
41  mined under (c);
42    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
43  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
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 1  weighting of the district;
 2    (g)  for districts with 300-1,799 enrollment:
 3    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
 4  amount of the district;
 5    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
 6  mined under (c);
 7    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
 8  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
 9  weighting of the district.
10    Sec. 4.  K.S.A. 72-6414 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
11  6414. (a) The at-risk pupil weighting of each district shall be determined
12  by the state board by multiplying the number of at-risk pupils included
13  in enrollment of the district by .05 .075. The product is the at-risk pupil
14  weighting of the district.
15    (b)  The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force
16  from and after July 1, 1992.
17    Sec. 5.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
18  follows: 72-6442. (a) In any school year commencing after any school year
19  in which the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a are operational, if
20  the state board determines that the amount of appropriations for general
21  state aid, inclusive of the amount determined necessary for effectuation
22  of this section, is sufficient to pay in full the amount each district is en-
23  titled to receive for the school year, the provisions of this section shall
24  become operational and The correlation weighting of each district with
25  1,800 or over enrollment shall be determined by the state board as fol-
26  lows:
27    (1) (a)  Determine the schedule amount for a district with 1,800 en-
28  rollment as derived from the linear transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
29  6412, and amendments thereto, and subtract the amount determined
30  under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, from the schedule
31  amount so determined;
32    (2) (b)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) (a) by the amount
33  determined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, and
34  multiply the quotient by the enrollment of the district in the current
35  school year. The product is the correlation weighting of the district.
36    (b)  The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force
37  from and after July 1, 1995.
38    Sec. 6.  K.S.A. 72-978, as amended by section 120 of chapter 229 of
39  the 1996 Session Laws of Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
40  72-978. (a) (1) In each school year, in accordance with appropriations for
41  special education services provided under this act, each school district
42  districts which has have provided special education services in compliance
43  with the requirements of the state plan and the provisions of this act shall
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 1  be entitled to receive state aid in an amount which shall be computed by
 2  the state board as provided in this section. The state board shall:
 3    (1)  Determine the total amount of general fund and local option budg-
 4  ets of all school districts for the school year;
 5    (2)  subtract from the amount determined in provision (1) the total
 6  amount attributable to assignment of transportation weighting, program
 7  weighting and at-risk pupil weighting to enrollment of all school districts;
 8    (3)  divide the remainder obtained in provision (2) by the total number
 9  of pupils enrolled in all school districts on September 20;
10    (4)  determine the total full-time equivalent enrollment of exceptional
11  children in special education services provided by all school districts in
12  the school year;
13    (5)  multiply the amount of the quotient obtained in provision (3) by
14  the full-time equivalent enrollment determined in provision (4);
15    (6)  determine the total amount of expenditures of all school districts
16  from revenue derived from state and local resources for special education
17  services in the school year;
18    (7)  subtract the amount of the product obtained in provision (5) from
19  the amount determined in provision (6);
20    (8)  compute 85% of the remainder obtained in provision (7). The
21  computed amount is the amount of state special education aid school dis-
22  tricts are entitled to receive for the provision of special education services.
23    (b)  Each school district shall be entitled to receive:
24    (A) (1)  Reimbursement for actual travel allowances paid to special
25  teachers at not to exceed the rate specified under K.S.A. 75-3203, and
26  amendments thereto, for each mile actually traveled during the school
27  year in connection with duties in providing special education services for
28  exceptional children; such reimbursement shall be computed by the state
29  board by ascertaining the actual travel allowances paid to special teachers
30  by the school district for the school year and shall be in an amount equal
31  to 80% of such actual travel allowances;
32    (B) (2)  reimbursement in an amount equal to 80% of the actual travel
33  expenses incurred for providing transportation for exceptional children to
34  special education services; such reimbursement shall not be paid if such
35  child has been counted in determining the transportation weighting of
36  the district under the provisions of the school district finance and quality
37  performance act;
38    (C) (3)  reimbursement in an amount equal to 80% of the actual ex-
39  penses incurred for the maintenance of an exceptional child at some place
40  other than the residence of such child for the purpose of providing special
41  education services; such reimbursement shall not exceed $600 per excep-
42  tional child per school year; and
43    (D) (4)  after subtracting the amounts of reimbursement under (A),
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 1  (B) and (C) provisions (1), (2) and (3) from the total amount appropriated
 2  of state aid for special education services computed under this act sub-
 3  section (a), an amount which bears the same proportion to the remaining
 4  amount appropriated as the number of full-time equivalent special teach-
 5  ers employed by the school district for approved special education serv-
 6  ices bears to the total number of full-time equivalent special teachers
 7  employed by all school districts for approved special education services.
 8    (2) (c)  For the purposes of making computations under this section:
 9    (1)  Each special teacher who is a paraprofessional shall be counted
10  as 2/5 full-time equivalent special teacher.;
11    (b) (1) (2)  No special teacher in excess of the number of special
12  teachers necessary to comply with the ratio of special teacher to excep-
13  tional children prescribed by the state board for the school district shall
14  be counted in making computations under this section.;
15    (2) (3)  No time spent by a special teacher in connection with duties
16  performed under a contract entered into by the juvenile correctional fa-
17  cility at Atchison, the juvenile correctional facility at Beloit or the juvenile
18  correctional facility at Topeka and a school district for the provision of
19  special education services by such state institution shall be counted in
20  making computations under this section.
21    Sec. 7.  K.S.A. 72-978, as amended by section 120 of chapter 229 of
22  the 1996 Session Laws of Kansas, and 72-6414 and K.S.A. 1996 Supp.
23  72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412, 72-6412a, 72-6442 and 72-6442a are hereby
24  repealed.
25    Sec. 8.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
26  publication in the statute book.