Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 612
By Senators Vidricksen, Barone, Downey, Gilstrap and
Goodwin
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AN ACT concerning school district finance;
increasing base state aid per
10 pupil; affecting
determination of at-risk, low enrollment, and correla-
11 tion weightings;
providing state grants for education technology plans;
12 amending K.S.A.
72-3703, 72-3710 and 72-6428 and K.S.A 1997 Supp.
13 72-6407, 72-6410,
72-6412, 72-6414 and 72-6442 and repealing the
14 existing sections.
15
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, and
transportation weighting to enroll-
39 ment.
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 in the 2003-04 school year
3 and each school year
thereafter, an addend component assigned to en-
4 rollment of districts having under
1,800 1,200 enrollment on the
basis of
5 costs attributable to maintenance of
educational programs by such dis-
6 tricts in comparison with costs
attributable to maintenance of educational
7 programs by districts having
1,800 1,200 or over
enrollment; in the 1998-
8 99 through 2002-03 school years,
an addend component assigned to en-
9 rollment of districts determined
to be entitled to assignment of low en-
10 rollment weighting under the provisions
of section 4, and amendments
11 thereto, on the basis of costs
attributable to maintenance of educational
12 programs by such districts in comparison
with costs attributable to main-
13 tenance of educational programs by
districts having a prescribed enroll-
14 ment as determined under the provisions
of section 7, and amendments
15 thereto.
16 (i) ``School facilities
weighting'' means an addend component as-
17 signed to enrollment of districts on the
basis of costs attributable to com-
18 mencing operation of new school facilities.
School facilities weighting may
19 be assigned to enrollment of a district
only if the district has adopted a
20 local option budget and budgeted therein
the total amount authorized for
21 the school year. School facilities
weighting may be assigned to enrollment
22 of the district only in the school year in
which operation of a new school
23 facility is commenced and in the next
succeeding school year.
24 (j) ``Transportation
weighting'' means an addend component assigned
25 to enrollment of districts on the basis of
costs attributable to the provision
26 or furnishing of transportation.
27 (k) ``Correlation
weighting'' means in the 2003-04 school year and
28 each school year thereafter, an
addend component assigned to enrollment
29 of districts having
1,800 1,200 or over enrollment
on the basis of costs
30 attributable to maintenance of educational
programs by such districts as
31 a correlate to low enrollment weighting
assigned to enrollment of districts
32 having under
1,800 1,200 enrollment; in
the 1998-99 through 2002-03
33 school years, an addend component
assigned to enrollment of districts
34 determined to be entitled to assignment
of correlation weighting under
35 the provisions of section 7, and
amendments thereto, on the basis of costs
36 attributable to maintenance of
educational programs by such districts as
37 a correlate to low enrollment weighting
assigned to enrollment of districts
38 having a prescribed enrollment as
determined under the provisions of
39 section 4, and amendments
thereto.
40 (l) ``Ancillary school
facilities weighting'' means an addend compo-
41 nent assigned to enrollment of districts to
which the provisions of K.S.A.
42 1997 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto,
apply on the basis of costs
43 attributable to commencing operation of new
school facilities. Ancillary
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1 school facilities weighting may be
assigned to enrollment of a district only
2 if the district has levied a tax
under authority of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-
3 6441, and amendments thereto, and
remitted the proceeds from such tax
4 to the state treasurer. Ancillary
school facilities weighting is in addition
5 to assignment of school facilities
weighting to enrollment of any district
6 eligible for such weighting.
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Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6410 is hereby amended to
read as
8 follows: 72-6410. (a) ``State
financial aid'' means an amount equal to the
9 product obtained by multiplying base
state aid per pupil by the adjusted
10 enrollment of a district.
11 (b) ``Base state aid per
pupil'' means an amount of state financial aid
12 per pupil. Subject to the other provisions
of this subsection, the amount
13 of base state aid per pupil is
$3,670 $3,745. The amount of
base state aid
14 per pupil is subject to reduction
commensurate with any reduction under
15 K.S.A. 75-6704, and amendments thereto, in
the amount of the appro-
16 priation from the state general fund for
general state aid. If the amount
17 of appropriations for general state aid is
insufficient to pay in full the
18 amount each district is entitled to receive
for any school year, the amount
19 of base state aid per pupil for such school
year is subject to reduction
20 commensurate with the amount of the
insufficiency.
21 (c) ``Local effort''
means the sum of an amount equal to the proceeds
22 from the tax levied under authority of
K.S.A. 72-6431, and amendments
23 thereto, and an amount equal to any
unexpended and unencumbered
24 balance remaining in the general fund of
the district, except amounts
25 received by the district and authorized to
be expended for the purposes
26 specified in K.S.A. 72-6430, and amendments
thereto, and an amount
27 equal to any unexpended and unencumbered
balances remaining in the
28 program weighted funds of the district,
except any amount in the voca-
29 tional education fund of the district if
the district is operating an area
30 vocational school, and an amount equal to
any remaining proceeds from
31 taxes levied under authority of K.S.A.
72-7056 and 72-7072, and amend-
32 ments thereto, prior to the repeal of such
statutory sections, and an
33 amount equal to the amount deposited in the
general fund in the current
34 school year from amounts received in such
year by the district under the
35 provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A.
72-1046a, and amendments thereto,
36 and an amount equal to the amount deposited
in the general fund in the
37 current school year from amounts received
in such year by the district
38 pursuant to contracts made and entered into
under authority of K.S.A.
39 72-6757, and amendments thereto, and an
amount equal to the amount
40 credited to the general fund in the current
school year from amounts
41 distributed in such year to the district
under the provisions of articles 17
42 and 34 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated and under the pro-
43 visions of articles 42 and 51 of chapter 79
of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
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1 and (1) for districts other than the
district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a,
2 and amendments thereto, an amount
equal to 75% of the federal impact
3 aid of a district and (2) for the
district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a, and
4 amendments thereto, an amount equal
to the federal impact aid of the
5 district.
6 (d) ``Federal
impact aid'' means an amount equal to the federally
7 qualified percentage of the amount of
moneys a district receives in the
8 current school year under the
provisions of title I of public law 874 and
9 congressional appropriations
therefor, excluding amounts received for as-
10 sistance in cases of major disaster and
amounts received under the low-
11 rent housing program. The amount of federal
impact aid defined herein
12 as an amount equal to the federally
qualified percentage of the amount
13 of moneys provided for the district under
title I of public law 874 shall
14 be determined by the state board in
accordance with terms and conditions
15 imposed under the provisions of the public
law and rules and regulations
16 thereunder.
17 Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
18 follows: 72-6412. In the 2003-04 school
year and each school year there-
19 after, the low enrollment weighting
of each district with under 1,800
20 1,200 enrollment shall be determined
by the state board as follows:
21 (a) Determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
22 1991-92 school year of districts with
75-125 enrollment in such school
23 year;
24 (b) determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
25 1991-92 school year of districts with
200-399 enrollment in such school
26 year;
27 (c) determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
28 1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900
or over enrollment;
29 (d) prescribe a schedule
amount for each of the districts by preparing
30 a schedule based upon an accepted
mathematical formula and derived
31 from a linear transition between (1) the
median budgets per pupil deter-
32 mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median
budgets per pupil deter-
33 mined under (b) and (c). The schedule
amount for districts with 0-99
34 enrollment is an amount equal to the amount
of the median budget per
35 pupil determined under (a). The schedule
amount for districts with
36 100-299 enrollment is the amount derived
from the linear transition un-
37 der (1). The schedule amount for districts
with 300-1,899 enrollment is
38 the amount derived from the linear
transition under (2);
39 (e) for districts with
0-99 enrollment:
40 (1) Subtract the amount
determined under (c) from the amount de-
41 termined under (a);
42 (2) divide the remainder
obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
43 mined under (c);
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1 (3) multiply the
quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
2 district in the current school year.
The product is the low enrollment
3 weighting of the district;
4 (f) for districts
with 100-299 enrollment:
5 (1) Subtract the
amount determined under (c) from the schedule
6 amount of the district;
7 (2) divide the
remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
8 mined under (c);
9 (3) multiply the
quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
10 district in the current school year. The
product is the low enrollment
11 weighting of the district;
12 (g) for districts with
300-1,799 300-1,199
enrollment:
13 (1) Subtract the amount
determined under (c) from the schedule
14 amount of the district;
15 (2) divide the remainder
obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
16 mined under (c);
17 (3) multiply the
quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
18 district in the current school year. The
product is the low enrollment
19 weighting of the district.
20 New Sec. 4. (a) In
the 1998-99 through 2000-03 school years, the
21 state board shall determine the districts
having a prescribed enrollment
22 that are entitled to assignment of low
enrollment weighting and shall
23 determine the low enrollment weighting of
each such district as follows:
24 (1) Determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
25 1991-92 school year of districts with
75-125 enrollment in such school
26 year;
27 (2) determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
28 1991-92 school year of districts with
200-399 enrollment in such school
29 year;
30 (3) determine the amount
of the median budget per pupil for the
31 1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900
or over enrollment;
32 (4) prescribe a schedule
amount for each of the districts by preparing
33 a schedule based upon an accepted
mathematical formula and derived
34 from a linear transition between (A) the
median budgets per pupil de-
35 termined under (1) and (2), and (B) the
median budgets per pupil de-
36 termined under (2) and (3). The schedule
amount for districts with 0-99
37 enrollment is an amount equal to the amount
of the median budget per
38 pupil determined under (1). The schedule
amount for districts with
39 100-299 enrollment is the amount derived
from the linear transition un-
40 der (A). The schedule amount for districts
with 300-1,899 enrollment is
41 the amount derived from the linear
transition under (B);
42 (5) for districts with
0-99 enrollment:
43 (A) Subtract the amount
determined under (3) from the amount de-
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1 termined under (1);
2 (B) divide the
remainder obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
3 mined under (3);
4 (C) multiply the
quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
5 the district in the current school
year. The product is the low enrollment
6 weighting of the district;
7 (6) for districts
with 100-299 enrollment:
8 (A) Subtract the
amount determined under (3) from the schedule
9 amount of the district;
10 (B) divide the remainder
obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
11 mined under (3);
12 (C) multiply the
quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
13 the district in the current school year.
The product is the low enrollment
14 weighting of the district;
15 (7) for districts with a
prescribed enrollment that are determined to
16 be entitled to assignment of low enrollment
weighting:
17 (A) Subtract the amount
determined under (3) from the schedule
18 amount of the district;
19 (B) divide the remainder
obtained under (A) by the amount deter-
20 mined under (3);
21 (C) multiply the
quotient obtained under (B) by the enrollment of
22 the district in the current school year.
The product is the low enrollment
23 weighting of the district.
24 (b) For the purpose of
determining the districts that are entitled to
25 assignment of low enrollment weighting, the
districts with a prescribed
26 enrollment in the 1998-99 through 2000-03
school years are: (1) In the
27 1998-99 school year, the districts with
300-1,749 enrollment; (2) in the
28 1999-2000 school year, the districts with
300-1,699 enrollment; (3) in the
29 2000-01 school year, the districts with
300-1,649 enrollment; (4) in the
30 2001-02 school year, the districts with
300-1,599 enrollment; (5) in the
31 2002-03 school year, the districts with
300-1,549 enrollment.
32 (c) The provisions of
this section shall expire on June 30, 2003.
33 Sec. 5. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 72-6414 is hereby amended to read as
34 follows: 72-6414. The at-risk pupil
weighting of each district shall be de-
35 termined by the state board by multiplying
the number of at-risk pupils
36 included in enrollment of the district by
.065 .09875 in the 1998-99
school
37 year, by .1325 in the 1999-2000 school
year, by .16625 in the 2000-01
38 school year, and by .20 in the 2001-02
school year and each school year
39 thereafter. The product is the
at-risk pupil weighting of the district.
40 Sec. 6. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
41 follows: 72-6442. In the 2003-04 school
year and each school year there-
42 after, the correlation weighting of
each district with 1,800 1,200
or over
43 enrollment shall be determined by the state
board as follows:
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1 (a) Determine the
schedule amount for a district with
1,800 1,200
2 enrollment as derived from the linear
transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
3 6412, and amendments thereto, and
subtract the amount determined
4 under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and
amendments thereto, from the schedule
5 amount so determined;
6 (b) divide the
remainder obtained under (a) by the amount deter-
7 mined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412,
and amendments thereto, and mul-
8 tiply the quotient by the enrollment
of the district in the current school
9 year. The product is the correlation
weighting of the district.
10 New Sec. 7. (a) In
the 1998-99 through 2002-03 school years, the
11 state board shall determine the districts
having a prescribed enrollment
12 that are entitled to assignment of
correlation weighting and shall deter-
13 mine the correlation weighting of each such
district as follows:
14 (1) Determine the
schedule amount as derived from the linear tran-
15 sition under (a)(4) of section 4, and
amendments thereto, for the district
16 and subtract the amount determined under
(a)(3) of section 4, and
17 amendments thereto, from the schedule
amount so determined;
18 (2) divide the remainder
obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
19 mined under (a)(3) of section 4, and
amendments thereto, and multiply
20 the quotient by the enrollment of each
district entitled to assignment of
21 correlation weighting in the current school
year. The product is the cor-
22 relation weighting of each such
district.
23 (b) For the purpose of
determining the districts that are entitled to
24 assignment of correlation weighting, the
districts with a prescribed en-
25 rollment in the 1998-99 through 2000-03
school years are: (1) In the 1998-
26 99 school year, the districts with 1,700 or
over enrollment; (2) in the 1999-
27 2000 school year, the districts with 1,600
or over enrollment; (3) in the
28 2000-01 school year, the districts with
1,500 or over enrollment; (4) in
29 the 2001-02 school year, the districts with
1,400 or over enrollment; (5)
30 in the 2002-03 school year, the districts
with 1,300 or over enrollment.
31 (c) The provisions of
this section shall expire on June 30, 2003.
32 New Sec. 8. (a) As
used in this section, the term ``education tech-
33 nology plan'' means a plan which is
developed and maintained by the
34 board of education of a school district for
the purpose of fully integrating
35 technology into teaching and learning to
help ensure that all pupils be-
36 come technologically proficient.
37 (b) Each board that
develops and maintains an education technology
38 plan may apply for a grant of state moneys
to supplement amounts ex-
39 pended by the school district for
development and maintenance of the
40 plan. In order to be eligible for a grant
of state moneys, a board shall
41 submit to the state board of education an
application for a grant and a
42 description of the plan. The plan must
include an evaluation procedure
43 designed to measure effectiveness of the
plan in improving school cur-
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1 riculum and increasing pupil
achievement through integration of tech-
2 nology. Approval by the state board
of the plan and the application is
3 prerequisite to the award of a grant.
Applications for grants of state mon-
4 eys and descriptions of education
technology plans shall be prepared in
5 such form and manner as the state
board of education shall require and
6 shall be submitted at a time to be
determined and specified by the state
7 board.
8 (c) The state
board of education shall adopt rules and regulations for
9 administration of the education
technology grant program and shall:
10 (1) Establish standards
and criteria for reviewing, evaluating and ap-
11 proving education technology plans and
applications of school districts for
12 grants;
13 (2) approve education
technology plans for the award of grants of
14 state moneys;
15 (3) be responsible for
awarding grants of state moneys to school dis-
16 tricts; and
17 (4) request of and
receive from each school district which is partici-
18 pating in the education technology grant
program reports containing in-
19 formation with regard to the overall
effectiveness of the plan of the school
20 district.
21 (d) (1) In each
school year, to the extent that appropriations are avail-
22 able, each school district which is
participating in the education technol-
23 ogy grant program through maintenance of an
approved education tech-
24 nology plan shall be eligible to receive a
grant of state moneys. The
25 amount of the grant to a school district
shall be an amount equal to the
26 sum obtained by adding a base amount of
$15,000 to the product obtained
27 by multiplying $125 by the enrollment of
the district. If the amount of
28 appropriations for the education technology
grant program is insufficient
29 to pay in full the amount each school
district is entitled to receive for the
30 school year, the state board shall prorate
the amount appropriated among
31 all school districts which are entitled to
receive grants of state moneys
32 under the provisions of this section in
proportion to the amount each
33 school district is entitled to receive.
34 (2) The state board of
education shall prescribe all forms necessary
35 for reporting under this act.
36 (3) Every board which is
participating in the education technology
37 grant program shall make such periodic and
special reports of statistical
38 and financial information to the state
board of education as it may request.
39 (4) Moneys received by a
school district through the award of a grant
40 of state moneys under this section shall be
deposited in the education
41 technology fund of the district. To the
extent possible, grants shall be
42 used for applying technology to support
school reform, acquiring hard-
43 ware and software to improve pupil
learning, acquiring connections to
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1 telecommunication networks to obtain
access to resources and services,
2 providing ongoing professional
development in the integration of tech-
3 nology into improvements of the
school curriculum, and providing better
4 educational services for adults and
families.
5 (e) The state
board of education may provide any board, upon its
6 request therefor, with technical
advice and assistance regarding the de-
7 velopment and maintenance of an
education technology plan or an ap-
8 plication for a grant of state
moneys, and may disseminate information
9 regarding resources, procedures and
personnel which are or may become
10 available to assist school district
participation in the education technology
11 grant program.
12 Sec. 9. K.S.A.
72-3703 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
13 3703. (a) The board of education of any
school district may develop,
14 implement and maintain
technology education technology
programs, and
15 may acquire equipment necessary for such
programs.
16 (b) (1) There is
hereby established in every school district a fund
17 which shall be called the
technology education technology
fund. The tech-
18 nology education
technology fund shall consist of all moneys deposited
19 therein or transferred thereto in
accordance with law. Except for an
20 amount to pay a portion of the principal
and interest on bonds issued by
21 cities under the authority of K.S.A.
12-1774, and amendments thereto,
22 for the financing of redevelopment projects
upon property located within
23 the school district, the proceeds of any
tax levied under K.S.A. 72-3702,
24 prior to its repeal by
this act, shall be paid to the school district making
25 such levy and shall be deposited in the
technology education
technology
26 fund of the school district.
27 (2) Any moneys in the
technology education technology
fund of any
28 school district and any moneys received
from issuance of bonds under
29 authority of K.S.A. 72-3704, prior to its
repeal by this act, may be used
30 for the purpose of developing, implementing
or enhancing technology
31 education technology programs and
for acquiring equipment necessary
32 for such programs. The board of education
of any school district is hereby
33 authorized to invest any portion of the
technology education
technology
34 fund of the school district which is not
currently needed in investments
35 authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675, and
amendments thereto, in the manner
36 prescribed therein or may invest the same
in direct obligations of the
37 United States government maturing or
redeemable at par and accrued
38 interest within three years from date of
purchase, the principal and in-
39 terest whereof is guaranteed by the
government of the United States. All
40 interest received on any such investment
shall upon receipt thereof be
41 credited to the technology education
fund.
42
(c) As used in this section and in K.S.A.
72-3710, and amendments
43 thereto, the term ``technology
education program'' means a program to
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1 incorporate electronic
computer and communications technologies into
2 educational programs of the
school district, including improvement and
3 integration of on-line
information management and communications sys-
4 tems in all application
areas.
5
Sec. 10. K.S.A. 72-3710 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 72-
6 3710. The boards of education of any
two or more school districts are
7 hereby authorized to enter into a
school district interlocal agreement in
8 accordance with the provisions of
K.S.A. 72-8230, and amendments
9 thereto, for the purpose of jointly
and cooperatively providing
technology
10 education technology programs in
such school districts. Any school district
11 having a
technology an education technology program
in operation or
12 having a plan to develop, implement or
enhance such program shall, upon
13 request, share information on the research,
development and operation
14 of such programs with other school
districts.
15 Sec. 11. K.S.A.
72-6428 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
16 6428. (a) Any lawful transfer of moneys
from the general fund of a district
17 to any other fund shall be an operating
expense in the year the transfer
18 is made. The board of any district may
transfer moneys from the general
19 fund to any categorical fund of the
district in any school year. The board
20 of any district may transfer moneys from
the general fund to any program
21 weighted fund of the district in any school
year, subject to the following
22 conditions:
23 (1) No board shall
transfer moneys in any amount from the general
24 fund to a program weighted fund prior to
maturation of the obligation of
25 the fund necessitating the transfer.
26 (2) The board may
transfer moneys in an amount not to exceed the
27 amount of the obligation of the program
weighted fund necessitating the
28 transfer.
29 (b) The board of any
district may transfer moneys from the general
30 fund to the education technology
education fund of the district in
any
31 school year , subject to
the conditions imposed upon transferability of
32 moneys from the general fund to
program weighted funds of the district.
33 (c) The board of any
district may transfer moneys from the general
34 fund to the contingency reserve fund of the
district in any school year,
35 subject to the limitations imposed upon the
amount authorized to be
36 maintained in the contingency reserve fund
under K.S.A. 72-6426, and
37 amendments thereto.
38 (d) The board of any
district may transfer moneys from the general
39 fund to the capital outlay fund of the
district in any school year, subject
40 to the following conditions:
41 (1) No board shall
transfer moneys in any amount from the general
42 fund to the capital outlay fund prior to
June 1 in any school year.
43 (2) The board of any of
the districts with 10,000 or more enrollment
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1 may transfer moneys in an amount not
to exceed an amount equal to 1%
2 of the general fund budget.
3 (3) The board of
any district, other than the districts with 10,000 or
4 more enrollment, may transfer moneys
in an amount not to exceed an
5 amount equal to 2% of the general
fund budget.
6 (4) No board shall
transfer moneys in any amount from the general
7 fund to the capital outlay fund in
any school year commencing after June
8 30, 1993, unless such board, in its
adopted budget for such year, shall
9 have budgeted a capital outlay levy
at (A) not less than a 3.5 mill rate or
10 (B) not less than the mill rate necessary
to produce the same amount of
11 money that would have been produced by a
3.5 mill rate in the 1988-89
12 school year, whichever of (A) or (B) is the
greater mill rate.
13 (e) Any district may
make capital outlay expenditures from the gen-
14 eral fund for acquisition of equipment and
repair of school buildings.
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(f) The provisions of this section shall
take effect and be in force from
16 and after July 1,
1992.
17 Sec. 12. K.S.A.
72-3703, 72-3710 and 72-6428 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
18 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412, 72-6414 and
72-6442 are hereby repealed.
19 Sec. 13. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
20 publication in the statute book.
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