Session of 1998
                   
Senate BILL No. 498
         
By Committee on Education
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning school district finance; affecting the counting of
10             pupils attending kindergarten; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407
11             and repealing the existing section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
16       in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
17       12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
18       attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
19       district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
20       K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
21       a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
22       aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
23       in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
24       pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
25       of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to
26       full-time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as
27       1/2 pupil, except that, a pupil attending kindergarten for a school day
28       consisting of not less than six hours shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil
29       enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary education which
30       is authorized under the laws of this state to award academic degrees shall
31       be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary education enrollment
32       and attendance together with the pupil's attendance in either of the
33       grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted
34       as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of
35       the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and attendance in grade
36       11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in
37       and attending an area vocational school, area vocational-technical school
38       or approved vocational education program shall be counted as one pupil
39       if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and attendance together
40       with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine through 12 is at least 5/6
41       time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil
42       (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the pupil's vocational education
43       attendance and attendance in any of grades nine through 12 bears to full-

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  1       time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special ed-
  2       ucation services, except special education services for preschool-aged ex-
  3       ceptional children, provided for by the district shall be counted as one
  4       pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special education serv-
  5       ices for preschool-aged exceptional children provided for by the district
  6       shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in the custody of the secretary of
  7       social and rehabilitation services and enrolled in unified school district
  8       No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but housed, maintained, and receiving
  9       educational services at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be
10       counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at the Flint Hills job corps center
11       shall not be counted. A pupil confined in and receiving educational serv-
12       ices provided for by a district at a juvenile detention facility shall not be
13       counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but housed, maintained, and re-
14       ceiving educational services at a state institution shall not be counted.
15           (b) ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
16       dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
17       are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
18           (c) ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
19       der the national school lunch act and who are enrolled in a district which
20       maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
21           (d) ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
22       school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
23       number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
24       the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
25       less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
26       counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
27       tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
28       in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
29       rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
30       in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
31       school year may be computed on the basis of enrollment in the preceding
32       school year.
33           (e) ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
34       risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
35       correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
36       school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to enroll-
37       ment.
38           (f) ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
39       to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
40           (g) ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
41       enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
42       programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
43           (h) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-

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