Session of 1998
                   
HOUSE BILL No. 2870
         
By Representatives Showalter and Storm, Adkins, Alldritt, Ballard, Cor-
                rell, Cox, Crow, Dillon, Feuerborn, Findley, Garner, Gilbert, Grant,
                Henderson, Horst, Johnson, Kuether, McClure, Minor, Pauls, Phelps,
                Ray, Reardon, Reinhardt, Sawyer, Sharp, Shriver, Spangler, Toelkes,
                Tomlinson and Wempe
               
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          13             AN ACT concerning school district finance; affecting the counting of
14             pupils attending kindergarten; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407
15             and repealing the existing section.
16            
17       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
18           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 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
30       full-time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as
31       1/2 pupil, except that, a pupil attending kindergarten for a school day
32       consisting of not less than six hours shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil
33       enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary education which
34       is authorized under the laws of this state to award academic degrees shall
35       be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary education enrollment
36       and attendance together with the pupil's attendance in either of the
37       grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted
38       as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of
39       the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and attendance in grade
40       11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in
41       and attending an area vocational school, area vocational-technical school
42       or approved vocational education program shall be counted as one pupil
43       if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and attendance together

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  1       with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine through 12 is at least 5/6
  2       time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil
  3       (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the pupil's vocational education
  4       attendance and attendance in any of grades nine through 12 bears to full-
  5       time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special ed-
  6       ucation services, except special education services for preschool-aged ex-
  7       ceptional children, provided for by the district shall be counted as one
  8       pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special education serv-
  9       ices for preschool-aged exceptional children provided for by the district
10       shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in the custody of the secretary of
11       social and rehabilitation services and enrolled in unified school district
12       No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but housed, maintained, and receiving
13       educational services at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be
14       counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at the Flint Hills job corps center
15       shall not be counted. A pupil confined in and receiving educational serv-
16       ices provided for by a district at a juvenile detention facility shall not be
17       counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but housed, maintained, and re-
18       ceiving educational services at a state institution 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 who are enrolled in a district which
24       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 on the basis of enrollment in the preceding
36       school year.
37           (e) ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
38       risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
39       correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
40       school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to enroll-
41       ment.
42           (f) ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
43       to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.

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  1           (g) ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
  2       enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
  3       programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
  4           (h) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-
  5       signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,800 enrollment on the
  6       basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
  7       districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
  8       tional programs by districts having 1,800 or over enrollment.
  9           (i) ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
10       signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
11       mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
12       be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
13       local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
14       the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
15       of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
16       facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
17           (j) ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
18       to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
19       or furnishing of transportation.
20           (k) ``Correlation weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
21       enrollment of districts having 1,800 or over enrollment on the basis of
22       costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such dis-
23       tricts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
24       of districts having under 1,800 enrollment.
25           (l) ``Ancillary school facilities weighting'' means an addend compo-
26       nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.
27       1997 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
28       attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
29       school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
30       if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-
31       6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
32       to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
33       to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
34       eligible for such weighting.
35           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby repealed.
36           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
37       publication in the statute book.
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