Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 2625
By Committee on Education
1-13
9 AN ACT
concerning school districts; providing for grants of state
moneys
10 for operation and
maintenance of extraordinary school programs and
11 summer programs.
12
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section
1. The provisions of sections 1 through 6, and amendments
15 thereto, shall be known and may be cited as
the extraordinary school
16 program grant act. As used in the
extraordinary school program grant act,
17 the term "extraordinary school program" has
the meaning ascribed
18 thereto in K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-8238, and
amendments thereto.
19 Sec. 2. (a)
The board of education of each school district that estab-
20 lishes, operates and maintains an
extraordinary school program for pupils
21 may apply for a grant of state moneys to
supplement amounts expended
22 by the school district for operation and
maintenance of the program.
23 Grants of state moneys may be used by a
school district to supplant, in
24 total or in part, fees authorized to be
collected under K.S.A. 1999 Supp.
25 72-8238, and amendments thereto, for the
provision of an extraordinary
26 school program.
27 (b) In order to
be eligible to receive a grant of state moneys for the
28 operation and maintenance of an
extraordinary school program, a board
29 shall submit to the state board of
education an application for a grant and
30 a description of the program. The
application and description shall be
31 prepared in such form and manner as the
state board shall require and
32 shall be submitted at a time to be
determined and specified by the state
33 board. Approval by the state board of the
program and the application is
34 prerequisite to the award of a grant.
35 (c) Each board
which is awarded a grant under the extraordinary
36 school program grant act shall make such
periodic and special reports of
37 statistical and financial information to
the state board of education as it
38 may request.
39 Sec. 3. (a)
The state board of education shall adopt rules and regu-
40 lations for the administration of the
extraordinary school program grant
41 act and shall:
42 (1) Establish
standards and criteria for reviewing, evaluating and ap-
43 proving extraordinary school programs and
applications of school districts
2
1 for grants;
2 (2) conduct
a needs-assessment survey of school districts applying for
3 grants;
4
(3) evaluate and approve extraordinary school programs;
5
(4) establish priorities in accordance with the findings of
the needs-
6 assessment survey for the award of
grants to school districts and for de-
7 termination of the amount of such
grants;
8 (5) be
responsible for awarding grants to school districts; and
9 (6) request
of and receive from each school district which is awarded
10 a grant for operation and maintenance of an
extraordinary school program
11 reports containing information with regard
to the effectiveness of the
12 program.
13 (b) In evaluating
and approving extraordinary school programs for the
14 award of grants to school districts, the
state board of education shall
15 consider:
16 (1) Prior
experiences of school districts in the operation and main-
17 tenance of extraordinary school
programs;
18 (2) level of
effort exhibited by school districts in the operation and
19 maintenance of extraordinary school
programs;
20 (3) the amounts
budgeted by school districts for the operation and
21 maintenance of extraordinary school
programs; and
22 (4) the
effectiveness of the extraordinary school programs for which
23 applications for the grant of state moneys
are made.
24 Sec. 4. (a)
In the 2000-01 and 2001-02 school years, to the extent
25 that appropriations are available for the
extraordinary school program
26 grant act, and on the basis of established
priorities, the state board of
27 education shall select for the award of
grants of state moneys those school
28 districts which the state board determines
to be most capable of operating
29 and maintaining effective extraordinary
school programs.
30 (b) The amount of
a grant to a school district shall be determined by
31 the state board of education in accordance
with established priorities, but
32 in no event shall such amount exceed the
amount of actual expenses
33 incurred by the school district in the
operation and maintenance of a
34 program. Upon receipt of a grant of state
moneys for operation and main-
35 tenance of an extraordinary school program,
the amount of the grant shall
36 be deposited in the extraordinary school
program fund of the school
37 district.
38 Sec. 5. The
state board of education may provide any board, upon
39 request, with technical advice and
assistance regarding the operation and
40 maintenance of an extraordinary school
program or an application for a
41 grant of state moneys under the
extraordinary school program grant act,
42 and may make studies and gather and
disseminate information regarding
43 materials, resources, procedures and
personnel which are or may become
3
1 available to assist school districts
in the operation and maintenance of
2 extraordinary school programs.
3 Sec.
6. Upon completion of the 2001-02 school year, the state
board
4 of education shall evaluate the grant
program provided for under the
5 extraordinary school program grant
act, assess the impact extraordinary
6 school programs and the grant program
have had on the educational sys-
7 tems of participating school
districts and on the educational system of the
8 state as a whole, and make a
recommendation to the governor and the
9 legislature with regard to
continuation in effect or repeal of the extraor-
10 dinary school program grant act.
11 Sec. 7. The
provisions of sections 7 through 12, and amendments
12 thereto, shall be known and may be cited as
the summer program grant
13 act. As used in the summer program grant
act, the term "summer pro-
14 gram" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-8237,
15 and amendments thereto.
16 Sec. 8. (a)
The board of education of each school district that estab-
17 lishes, operates and maintains a summer
program for pupils may apply
18 for a grant of state moneys to supplement
amounts expended by the
19 school district for operation and
maintenance of the program. Grants of
20 state moneys may be used by a school
district to supplant, in total or in
21 part, fees authorized to be collected under
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-8237,
22 and amendments thereto, for the provision
of a summer program.
23 (b) In order to
be eligible to receive a grant of state moneys for the
24 operation and maintenance of a summer
program, a board shall submit
25 to the state board of education an
application for a grant and a description
26 of the program. The application and
description shall be prepared in such
27 form and manner as the state board shall
require and shall be submitted
28 at a time to be determined and specified by
the state board. Approval by
29 the state board of the program and the
application is prerequisite to the
30 award of a grant.
31 (c) Each board
which is awarded a grant under the summer program
32 grant act shall make such periodic and
special reports of statistical and
33 financial information to the state board of
education as it may request.
34 Sec. 9. (a)
The state board of education shall adopt rules and regu-
35 lations for the administration of the
summer program grant act and shall:
36 (1) Establish
standards and criteria for reviewing, evaluating and ap-
37 proving summer programs and applications of
school districts for grants;
38 (2) conduct a
needs-assessment survey of school districts applying for
39 grants;
40 (3) evaluate and
approve summer programs;
41 (4) establish
priorities in accordance with the findings of the needs-
42 assessment survey for the award of grants
to school districts and for de-
43 termination of the amount of such
grants;
4
1 (5) be
responsible for awarding grants to school districts; and
2 (6) request
of and receive from each school district which is awarded
3 a grant for operation and maintenance
of a summer program reports
4 containing information with regard to
the effectiveness of the program.
5 (b) In
evaluating and approving summer programs for the award of
6 grants to school districts, the state
board of education shall consider:
7 (1) Prior
experiences of school districts in the operation and main-
8 tenance of summer programs;
9 (2) level
of effort exhibited by school districts in the operation and
10 maintenance of summer programs;
11 (3) the amounts
budgeted by school districts for the operation and
12 maintenance of summer programs; and
13 (4) the
effectiveness of the summer programs for which applications
14 for the grant of state moneys are made.
15 Sec.
10. (a) In the 2000-01 and 2001-02 school years, to the
extent
16 that appropriations are available for the
summer program grant act, and
17 on the basis of established priorities, the
state board of education shall
18 select for the award of grants of state
moneys those school districts which
19 the state board determines to be most
capable of operating and main-
20 taining effective summer programs.
21 (b) The amount of
a grant to a school district shall be determined by
22 the state board of education in accordance
with established priorities, but
23 in no event shall such amount exceed the
amount of actual expenses
24 incurred by the school district in the
operation and maintenance of a
25 program. Upon receipt of a grant of state
moneys for operation and main-
26 tenance of a summer program, the amount of
the grant shall be deposited
27 in the summer program fund of the school
district.
28 Sec.
11. The state board of education may provide any board,
upon
29 request, with technical advice and
assistance regarding the operation and
30 maintenance of a summer program or an
application for a grant of state
31 moneys under the summer program grant act,
and may make studies and
32 gather and disseminate information
regarding materials, resources, pro-
33 cedures and personnel which are or may
become available to assist school
34 districts in the operation and maintenance
of summer programs.
35 Sec.
12. Upon completion of the 2001-02 school year, the state
board
36 of education shall evaluate the grant
program provided for under the
37 summer program grant act, assess the impact
summer programs and the
38 grant program have had on the educational
systems of participating school
39 districts and on the educational system of
the state as a whole, and make
40 a recommendation to the governor and the
legislature with regard to
41 continuation in effect or repeal of the
summer program grant act.
42 Sec. 13. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
43 publication in the statute book.