Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 613
         
By Senators Hensley, Barone, Biggs, Downey, Feleciano, Gilstrap,
         
Gooch, Goodwin, Jones, Karr, Lee, Petty and Steineger
         
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          10             AN ACT concerning school district finance; increasing base state aid per
11             pupil; affecting determination of at-risk, low enrollment, and correla-
12             tion weightings; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-
13             6412, 72-6414 and 72-6442 and repealing the existing sections.
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15       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
17       follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
18       in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
19       12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
20       attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
21       district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
22       K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
23       a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
24       aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
25       in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
26       pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
27       of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to
28       full-time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as
29       1/2 pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
30       education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
31       demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
32       education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's attend-
33       ance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
34       pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
35       that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
36       attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
37       A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
38       tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
39       counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
40       attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
41       through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
42       proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
43       pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades

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

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  1           (h) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-
  2       signed to enrollment of districts having under   1,800 1,750 enrollment on
  3       the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by
  4       such districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of
  5       educational programs by districts having   1,800 1,750 or over enrollment.
  6           (i) ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
  7       signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
  8       mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
  9       be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
10       local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
11       the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
12       of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
13       facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
14           (j) ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component assigned
15       to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the provision
16       or furnishing of transportation.
17           (k) ``Correlation weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
18       enrollment of districts having   1,800 1,750 or over enrollment on the basis
19       of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
20       districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
21       of districts having under   1,800 1,750 enrollment.
22           (l) ``Ancillary school facilities weighting'' means an addend compo-
23       nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.
24       1997 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
25       attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
26       school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
27       if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-
28       6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
29       to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
30       to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
31       eligible for such weighting.
32           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6410 is hereby amended to read as
33       follows: 72-6410. (a) ``State financial aid'' means an amount equal to the
34       product obtained by multiplying base state aid per pupil by the adjusted
35       enrollment of a district.
36           (b) ``Base state aid per pupil'' means an amount of state financial aid
37       per pupil. Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, the amount
38       of base state aid per pupil is   $3,670 $3,720. The amount of base state aid
39       per pupil is subject to reduction commensurate with any reduction under
40       K.S.A. 75-6704, and amendments thereto, in the amount of the appro-
41       priation from the state general fund for general state aid. If the amount
42       of appropriations for general state aid is insufficient to pay in full the
43       amount each district is entitled to receive for any school year, the amount

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  1       of base state aid per pupil for such school year is subject to reduction
  2       commensurate with the amount of the insufficiency.
  3           (c) ``Local effort'' means the sum of an amount equal to the proceeds
  4       from the tax levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-6431, and amendments
  5       thereto, and an amount equal to any unexpended and unencumbered
  6       balance remaining in the general fund of the district, except amounts
  7       received by the district and authorized to be expended for the purposes
  8       specified in K.S.A. 72-6430, and amendments thereto, and an amount
  9       equal to any unexpended and unencumbered balances remaining in the
10       program weighted funds of the district, except any amount in the voca-
11       tional education fund of the district if the district is operating an area
12       vocational school, and an amount equal to any remaining proceeds from
13       taxes levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-7056 and 72-7072, and amend-
14       ments thereto, prior to the repeal of such statutory sections, and an
15       amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the current
16       school year from amounts received in such year by the district under the
17       provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-1046a, and amendments thereto,
18       and an amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the
19       current school year from amounts received in such year by the district
20       pursuant to contracts made and entered into under authority of K.S.A.
21       72-6757, and amendments thereto, and an amount equal to the amount
22       credited to the general fund in the current school year from amounts
23       distributed in such year to the district under the provisions of articles 17
24       and 34 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and under the pro-
25       visions of articles 42 and 51 of chapter 79 of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
26       and (1) for districts other than the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a,
27       and amendments thereto, an amount equal to 75% of the federal impact
28       aid of a district and (2) for the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a, and
29       amendments thereto, an amount equal to the federal impact aid of the
30       district.
31           (d) ``Federal impact aid'' means an amount equal to the federally
32       qualified percentage of the amount of moneys a district receives in the
33       current school year under the provisions of title I of public law 874 and
34       congressional appropriations therefor, excluding amounts received for as-
35       sistance in cases of major disaster and amounts received under the low-
36       rent housing program. The amount of federal impact aid defined herein
37       as an amount equal to the federally qualified percentage of the amount
38       of moneys provided for the district under title I of public law 874 shall
39       be determined by the state board in accordance with terms and conditions
40       imposed under the provisions of the public law and rules and regulations
41       thereunder.
42           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
43       follows: 72-6412. The low enrollment weighting of each district with un-

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  1       der   1,800 1,750 enrollment shall be determined by the state board as
  2       follows:
  3           (a) Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
  4       1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
  5       year;
  6           (b) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
  7       1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
  8       year;
  9           (c) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
10       1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;
11           (d) prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
12       a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
13       from a linear transition between (1) the median budgets per pupil deter-
14       mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median budgets per pupil deter-
15       mined under (b) and (c). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
16       enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
17       pupil determined under (a). The schedule amount for districts with
18       100-299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition un-
19       der (1). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is
20       the amount derived from the linear transition under (2);
21           (e) for districts with 0-99 enrollment:
22           (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the amount de-
23       termined under (a);
24           (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
25       mined under (c);
26           (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
27       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
28       weighting of the district;
29           (f) for districts with 100-299 enrollment:
30           (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
31       amount of the district;
32           (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
33       mined under (c);
34           (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
35       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
36       weighting of the district;
37           (g) for districts with   300-1,799 300-1,749 enrollment:
38           (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
39       amount of the district;
40           (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
41       mined under (c);
42           (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
43       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment

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  1       weighting of the district.
  2           Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6414 is hereby amended to read as
  3       follows: 72-6414. The at-risk pupil weighting of each district shall be de-
  4       termined by the state board by multiplying the number of at-risk pupils
  5       included in enrollment of the district by   .065 .08. The product is the at-
  6       risk pupil weighting of the district.
  7           Sec. 5. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
  8       follows: 72-6442. The correlation weighting of each district with   1,800
  9       1,750 or over enrollment shall be determined by the state board as fol-
10       lows:
11           (a) Determine the schedule amount for a district with   1,800 1,750
12       enrollment as derived from the linear transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
13       6412, and amendments thereto, and subtract the amount determined
14       under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, from the schedule
15       amount so determined;
16           (b) divide the remainder obtained under (a) by the amount deter-
17       mined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, and mul-
18       tiply the quotient by the enrollment of the district in the current school
19       year. The product is the correlation weighting of the district.
20           Sec. 6. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412, 72-6414 and
21       72-6442 are hereby repealed.
22           Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
23       publication in the statute book.
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