Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 401
By Special Committee on Education
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AN ACT concerning special education services
for uniquely different ex-
10 ceptional children;
relating to determination of grants of state moneys
11 for provision by
school districts; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-983
12 and repealing the
existing section.
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14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
72-983 is hereby amended to read as
16 follows: 72-983. (a) In each school year,
;c/ommencing with the 1994-95
17 school year, to the extent
that appropriations are available, each school
18 district which has provided special
education services for an exceptional
19 child who uniquely or so severely differs
from other exceptional children
20 in physical, mental, social, emotional or
educational characteristics that
21 the costs attributable to the provision of
special education services for the
22 child are in excess of
$25,000 $17,500 for the school year is
eligible to
23 receive a grant of state moneys in an
amount equal to 75% of that portion
24 of the costs, incurred by the district in
the provision of special education
25 services for the child, that is in excess
of $25,000 $17,500.
26 (b) In order to be eligible
for a grant of state moneys provided for by
27 subsection (a), a school district shall
submit to the state board of education
28 an application for a grant and a
description of the special education serv-
29 ices provided and the child or children for
whom provided. The appli-
30 cation and description shall be prepared in
such form and manner as the
31 state board shall require and shall be
submitted at a time to be deter-
32 mined and specified by the state board.
Approval by the state board of
33 applications for grants of state moneys is
prerequisite to the award of
34 grants.
35 (c) Each school district
which is awarded a grant under this section
36 shall make such periodic and special
reports of statistical and financial
37 information to the state board as it may
request.
38 (d) All moneys received by a
school district under authority of this
39 section shall be deposited in the special
education fund of the school
40 district. Amounts received under this
section and deposited in the special
41 education fund shall be used exclusively to
reimburse the school district,
42 in part, for the excessive amount expended
in providing special education
43 services for uniquely or severely different
exceptional children.
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1 (e) The state board of
education shall:
2 (1) Prescribe and adopt
criteria for identification of uniquely or se-
3 verely different exceptional children
and for determination of excessive
4 costs attributable to the provision
of special education services for such
5 children;
6 (2) approve
applications of school districts for grants;
7 (3) determine the
amount of grants and be responsible for payment
8 of such grants to school districts;
and
9 (4) prescribe all forms
necessary for reporting under this section.
10 (f) If the amount of
appropriations for the payment of grants under
11 this section is insufficient to pay in full
the amount each school district is
12 determined to be eligible to receive for
the school year, the state board
13 shall prorate the amount appropriated among
all school districts which
14 are eligible to receive grants of state
moneys in proportion to the amount
15 each school district is determined to be
eligible to receive.
16 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
72-983 is hereby repealed.
17 Sec. 3. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
18 publication in the statute book.
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