Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2752
         
By Representatives Reardon, Burroughs, Correll, Findley, Flaharty, Gar-
                ner, Gilbert, Henderson, Henry, Johnston, Kirk, Klein, Kuether, Lar-
                kin, Nichols, Pauls, E. Peterson, Phelps, Ruff, Sawyer, Shriver, Span-
                gler, Storm, Toelkes and Wells
               
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          12             AN ACT concerning school district finance; providing weighting for main-
13             tenance of preferred pupil/teacher ratio (PTR) classes; amending
14             K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 and repealing the existing section.
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16       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
17           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 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
29       full-time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as
30       1/2 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 attend-
34       ance 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 who are enrolled in a district which
22       maintains an 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 on the basis of enrollment in the preceding
34       school year.
35           (e) ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
36       risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
37       correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
38       school facilities weighting, if any, preferred PTR weighting, if any, and
39       transportation weighting to enrollment.
40           (f) ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
41       to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
42           (g) ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
43       enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational

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  1       programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
  2           (h) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-
  3       signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 enrollment on the
  4       basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
  5       districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
  6       tional programs by districts having 1,800 or over enrollment.
  7           (i) ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
  8       signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
  9       mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
10       be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
11       local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
12       the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
13       of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
14       facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
15           (j) ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
16       to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
17       or furnishing of transportation.
18           (k) ``Correlation weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
19       enrollment of districts having 1,800 or over enrollment on the basis of
20       costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such dis-
21       tricts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
22       of districts having under 1,800 enrollment.
23           (l) ``Ancillary school facilities weighting'' means an addend compo-
24       nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.
25       1997 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
26       attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
27       school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
28       if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-
29       6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
30       to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
31       to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
32       eligible for such weighting.
33           (m) ``Preferred PTR weighting'' means an addend component as-
34       signed to enrollment of districts having over 1,523 enrollment on the basis
35       of costs attributable to maintenance of preferred PTR classes for pupils
36       enrolled in and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
37       three.
38           (n) ``Preferred PTR class'' means a class having a pupil/teacher ration
39       of not more than 17:1.
40           New Sec. 2. (a) The preferred PTR weighting of each district with
41       1,524-1,799 enrollment shall be determined by the state board in each
42       school year in which the district maintains one or more preferred PTR
43       classes as follows:

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  1           (1) Determine the number of pupils included in enrollment of the
  2       district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through three
  3       in a preferred PTR class;
  4           (2) subtract 1,523 from enrollment of the district and multiply the
  5       remainder by .000361;
  6           (3) multiply the number of pupils determined under (1) by the prod-
  7       uct obtained under (2). The product obtained under this provision (3) is
  8       the preferred PTR weighting of the district.
  9           (b) The preferred PTR weighting of each district with 1,800 or over
10       enrollment shall be determined by the state board in each school year in
11       which the district maintains one or more preferred PTR classes by mul-
12       tiplying the number of pupils included in enrollment of the district and
13       attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through three in a pre-
14       ferred PTR class by .10. The product obtained under this subsection is
15       the preferred PTR weighting of the district.
16           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby repealed.
17           Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
18       publication in the statute book.
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