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12  AN ACT concerning school district finance; revising certain definitions;
13    affecting the determination of low enrollment and correlation weight-
14    ings; amending K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6412, 72-6412a, 72-
15    6442 and 72-6442a and repealing the existing sections.
16
17  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
18    Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
19  follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
20  in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
21  12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
22  attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
23  district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
24  K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
25  a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
26  aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
27  in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
28  pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
29  of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
30  time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
31  pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
32  education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
33  demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
34  education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's atten-
35  dance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
36  pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
37  that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
38  attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
39  A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
40  tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
41  counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
42  attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
43  through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
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 1  proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
 2  pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades
 3  nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
 4  trict and attending special education services, except special education
 5  services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
 6  trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
 7  attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
 8  dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil.  A pupil in
 9  the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and en-
10  rolled in unified school district No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but
11  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at the Judge James
12  V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at
13  the Flint Hills job corps center shall not be counted. A pupil confined in
14  and receiving educational services provided for by a district at a juvenile
15  detention facility shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but
16  housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at a state institu-
17  tion shall not be counted.
18    (b)  ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
19  dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
20  are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
21    (c)  ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
22  der the national school lunch act and for whom a district maintains an
23  approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
24    (d)  ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
25  school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
26  number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
27  the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
28  less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
29  counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
30  tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
31  in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
32  rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
33  in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
34  school year may be computed by adding one-half the number of pupils
35  by which enrollment in the current school year has decreased from en-
36  rollment in the preceding school year to enrollment in the current school
37  year, except that such computation shall not be applied to decreases in
38  enrollment in the current school year that are in excess of 4% of enroll-
39  ment in the preceding school year.
40    (e)  ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
41  risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
42  correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, and trans-
43  portation weighting to enrollment.
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 1    (f)  ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
 2  to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
 3    (g)  ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
 4  enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
 5  programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
 6    (h)  ``Low enrollment weighting'' means, for any school year in which
 7  the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto,
 8  are operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
 9  having 1,800-1,899 1,700-1,799 or under enrollment on the basis of costs
10  attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such districts in
11  comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of educational pro-
12  grams by districts having 1,800-1,899 1,700-1,799 or over enrollment, for
13  the school year in which the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442,
14  and amendments thereto, become operational and each school year there-
15  after, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts having
16  under 1,800 1,700 enrollment on the basis of costs attributable to main-
17  tenance of educational programs by such districts in comparison with
18  costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by districts
19  having 1,800 1,700 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, and amendments thereto, are
33  operational, an addend component assigned to enrollment of districts
34  having 1,800-1,899 1,700-1,799 or over enrollment on the basis of costs
35  attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such districts as
36  a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment of districts
37  having 1,800-1,899 1,700-1,799 or under enrollment, for the school year
38  in which the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442, and amendments
39  thereto, become operational and each school year thereafter, an addend
40  component assigned to enrollment of districts having 1,800 1,700 or over
41  enrollment on the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
42  tional programs by such districts as a correlate to low enrollment weight-
43  ing assigned to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 1,700 enroll-
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 1  ment.
 2    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
 3  follows: 72-6412. For the 2001-02 school year in which the provisions of
 4  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442 become operational and each school year
 5  thereafter, the low enrollment weighting of each district with under 1,800
 6  1,700 enrollment shall be determined by the state board as follows:
 7    (a)  Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
 8  1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
 9  year;
10    (b)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
11  1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
12  year;
13    (c)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
14  1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;
15    (d)  prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
16  a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
17  from a linear transition between (1) the median budgets per pupil deter-
18  mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median budgets per pupil deter-
19  mined under (b) and (c). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
20  enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
21  pupil determined under (a). The schedule amount for districts with 100-
22  299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition under
23    (1). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is the
24  amount derived from the linear transition under (2);
25    (e)  for districts with 0-99 enrollment:
26    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the amount de-
27  termined under (a);
28    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
29  mined under (c);
30    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
31  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
32  weighting of the district;
33    (f)  for districts with 100-299 enrollment:
34    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
35  amount of the district;
36    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
37  mined under (c);
38    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
39  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
40  weighting of the district;
41    (g)  for districts with 300-1,799 300-1,699 enrollment:
42    (1)  Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
43  amount of the district;
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 1    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
 2  mined under (c);
 3    (3)  multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
 4  district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
 5  weighting of the district.
 6    Sec. 3.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6412a is hereby amended to read as
 7  follows: 72-6412a. (a) For any the school year years in which the provi-
 8  sions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a, and amendments thereto, are op-
 9  erational, the state board shall determine the districts having 1,800-1,899
10  1,700-1,799 or under enrollment that are entitled to assignment of low
11  enrollment weighting and shall determine the low enrollment weighting
12  of each such district as follows:
13    (1)  Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
14  1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
15  year;
16    (2)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
17  1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
18  year;
19    (3)  determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
20  1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;
21    (4)  prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
22  a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
23  from a linear transition between (A) the median budgets per pupil de-
24  termined under (1) and (2), and (B) the median budgets per pupil de-
25  termined under (2) and (3). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
26  enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
27  pupil determined under (1). The schedule amount for districts with 100-
28  299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition under
29  (A). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is the
30  amount derived from the linear transition under (B);
31    (5)  for districts with 0-99 enrollment:
32    (A)  Subtract the amount determined under (3) from the amount de-
33  termined under (1);
34    (B)  divide the remainder obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
35  mined under (3);
36    (C)  multiply the quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
37  the district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
38  weighting of the district;
39    (6)  for districts with 100-299 enrollment:
40    (A)  Subtract the amount determined under (3) from the schedule
41  amount of the district;
42    (B)  divide the remainder obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
43  mined under (3);
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 1    (C)  multiply the quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
 2  the district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
 3  weighting of the district;
 4    (7)  for districts with 300 enrollment to districts within the 1,800-1,899
 5  1,700-1,799 enrollment interval that are determined to be entitled to
 6  assignment of low enrollment weighting:
 7    (A)  Subtract the amount determined under (3) from the schedule
 8  amount of the district;
 9    (B)  divide the remainder obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
10  mined under (3);
11    (C)  multiply the quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
12  the district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
13  weighting of the district.
14    (b)  For the purpose of determining the districts within the 1,800-
15  1,899 1,700-1,799 enrollment interval that are entitled to assignment of
16  low enrollment weighting, the state board shall determine the lowest en-
17  rollment district that is entitled to assignment of correlation weighting
18  and subtract one. Districts with enrollment equal to or under the re-
19  mainder are entitled to assignment of low enrollment weighting.
20    (c)  The provisions of this section shall take effect on July 1, 1995, and
21  shall be in force until the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442 become
22  operational expire on June 30, 2001.
23    Sec. 4.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
24  follows: 72-6442. (a) In any each school year commencing after any school
25  year in which the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a are opera-
26  tional, if the state board determines that the amount of appropriations
27  for general state aid, inclusive of the amount determined necessary for
28  effectuation of this section, is sufficient to pay in full the amount each
29  district is entitled to receive for the 2000-01 school year, the provisions
30  of this section shall become operational and the correlation weighting of
31  each district with 1,800 1,700 or over enrollment shall be determined by
32  the state board as follows:
33    (1) (a)  Determine the schedule amount for a district with 1,800 1,700
34  enrollment as derived from the linear transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
35  6412, and amendments thereto, and subtract the amount determined
36  under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, from the schedule
37  amount so determined;
38    (2) (b)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) (a) by the amount
39  determined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, and
40  multiply the quotient by the enrollment of the district in the current
41  school year. The product is the correlation weighting of the district.
42    (b)  The provisions of this section shall take effect and be in force
43  from and after July 1, 1995.
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 1    Sec. 5.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442a is hereby amended to read as
 2  follows: 72-6442a. (a) In any the 1997-98 through 2000-01 school year
 3  commencing after June 30, 1995, if the state board determines that the
 4  amount of appropriations for general state aid, inclusive of the amount
 5  determined necessary for total or incremental effectuation of this section,
 6  is sufficient to pay in full the amount each district is entitled to receive
 7  for the school year, the provisions of this section shall become operational
 8  years, the state board shall determine the districts having 1,800-1,899
 9  1,700-1,799 or over enrollment that are entitled to assignment of corre-
10  lation weighting and shall determine the correlation weighting of each
11  such district as follows:
12    (1)  Determine the schedule amount as derived from the linear tran-
13  sition under (a)(4) of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6412a for the district with the
14  lowest enrollment, within the 1,800-1,899 1,700-1,799 enrollment inter-
15  val, that is determined to be entitled to assignment of correlation weight-
16  ing and subtract the amount determined under (a)(3) of K.S.A. 1996
17  Supp. 72-6412a, and amendments thereto, from the schedule amount so
18  determined;
19    (2)  divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
20  mined under (a)(3) of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6412a, and amendments
21  thereto, and multiply the quotient by the enrollment of each district en-
22  titled to assignment of correlation weighting in the current school year.
23  The product is the correlation weighting of each such district.
24    (b)  Total Effectuation in the first 1997-98 school year in which of the
25  provisions of this section are operational means assignment of correlation
26  weighting to enrollment of districts with 1,875 1,800 or over enrollment.
27  Incremental effectuation in the first school year in which the provisions
28  of this section are operational means assignment of correlation weighting
29  to enrollment of districts with 1,875-1,899 or over enrollment as deter-
30  mined by the state board. The lowest enrollment district within the 1,875-
31  1,899 enrollment interval that is entitled to assignment of correlation
32  weighting shall be determined by the state board on the basis of and
33  commensurate with the amount of appropriations available for effectua-
34  tion of the provisions of this section. Total Effectuation in school years
35  subsequent to the first school year in which of the provisions of this sec-
36  tion are operational in the 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 school years
37  means assignment of correlation weighting to enrollment of districts with
38  enrollment equal to or over the district with the lowest enrollment to
39  which correlation weighting was assigned in the preceding school year
40  minus 25.  Incremental effectuation in school years subsequent to the first
41  school year in which the provisions of this section are operational means
42  assignment of correlation weighting to enrollment of districts with en-
43  rollment equal to or over the district with the lowest enrollment to which
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 1  correlation weighting was assigned in the preceding school year minus a
 2  number to be determined by the state board on the basis of and com-
 3  mensurate with the amount of appropriations available for effectuation
 4  of the provisions of this section.
 5    (c)  The provisions of this section shall take effect on July 1, 1995, and
 6  shall be in force until the provisions of K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6442 become
 7  operational expire on June 30, 2001.
 8    Sec. 6.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6412, 72-6412a, 72-6442 and
 9  72-6442a are hereby repealed.
10    Sec. 7.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
11  publication in the statute book.