Session of 2000
SENATE BILL No. 413 By Committee on Education 1-14

9 AN ACT concerning school district finance; relating to the counting of
10 pupils attending kindergarten; amending K.S.A. 1999 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. 1999 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 full-
26 time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as ~~1/2~~
27 .5 pupil, except that a pupil attending kindergarten for a school day con-
28 sisting of not less than six hours shall be counted in the 2000-01 school
29 year as .6 pupil, in the 2001-02 school year as .7 pupil, in the 2002-03
30 school year as .8 pupil, in the 2003-04 school year as .9 pupil, in the 2004-
31 05 school year and each school year thereafter as one pupil. A pupil en-
32 rolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary education which
33 is authorized under the laws of this state to award academic degrees shall
34 be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary education enrollment
35 and attendance together with the pupil's attendance in either of the
36 grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted
37 as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of
38 the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and attendance in grade
39 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in
40 and attending an area vocational school, area vocational-technical school
41 or approved vocational education program shall be counted as one pupil
42 if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and attendance together
43 with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine through 12 is at least 5/6

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1 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil
2 (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the pupil's vocational education
3 attendance and attendance in any of grades nine through 12 bears to full-
4 time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special ed-
5 ucation services, except special education services for preschool-aged ex-
6 ceptional children, provided for by the district shall be counted as one
7 pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending special education serv-
8 ices for preschool-aged exceptional children provided for by the district
9 shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A preschool-aged at-risk pupil enrolled in a
10 district and receiving services under an approved at-risk pupil assistance
11 plan maintained by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in
12 the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services and en-
13 rolled in unified school district No. 259, Sedgwick county, Kansas, but
14 housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at the Judge James
15 V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted as two pupils. A pupil residing at
16 the Flint Hills job corps center shall not be counted. A pupil confined in
17 and receiving educational services provided for by a district at a juvenile
18 detention facility shall not be counted. A pupil enrolled in a district but
19 housed, maintained, and receiving educational services at a state institu-
20 tion shall not be counted.
21 (b) "Preschool-aged exceptional children" means exceptional chil-
22 dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
23 are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
24 (c) "At-risk pupils" means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
25 der the national school lunch act and who are enrolled in a district which
26 maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
27 (d) "Preschool-aged at-risk pupil" means an at-risk pupil who has
28 attained the age of four years, is under the age of eligibility for attendance
29 at kindergarten, and has been selected by the state board in accordance
30 with guidelines consonant with guidelines governing the selection of pu-
31 pils for participation in head start programs. The state board shall select
32 not more than 1,794 preschool-aged at-risk pupils to be counted in any
33 school year.
34 (e) "Enrollment" means, for districts scheduling the school days or
35 school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
36 number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
37 the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
38 less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
39 counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
40 tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
41 in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
42 rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
43 in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current

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1 school year means whichever is the greater of (1) enrollment in the pre-
2 ceding school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-
3 aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils were enrolled, plus enrollment in
4 the current school year of preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils
5 are enrolled, or (2) the sum of enrollment in the current school year of
6 preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils are enrolled and the av-
7 erage (mean) of the sum of (A) enrollment of the district in the current
8 school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-aged at-
9 risk pupils, if any such pupils are enrolled and (B) enrollment in the
10 preceding school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-
11 aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils were enrolled and (C) enrollment
12 in the school year next preceding the preceding school year minus en-
13 rollment in such school year of preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such
14 pupils were enrolled.
15 (f) "Adjusted enrollment" means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
16 risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
17 correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
18 school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to
19 enrollment.
20 (g) "At-risk pupil weighting" means an addend component assigned
21 to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
22 (h) "Program weighting" means an addend component assigned to
23 enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
24 programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
25 (i) "Low enrollment weighting" means an addend component as-
26 signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,725 enrollment on the
27 basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
28 districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
29 tional programs by districts having 1,725 or over enrollment.
30 (j) "School facilities weighting" means an addend component as-
31 signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
32 mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
33 be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
34 local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
35 the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
36 of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
37 facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
38 (k) "Transportation weighting" means an addend component as-
39 signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the
40 provision or furnishing of transportation.
41 (l) "Correlation weighting" means an addend component assigned to
42 enrollment of districts having 1,725 or over enrollment on the basis of
43 costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such dis-

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1 tricts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
2 of districts having under 1,725 enrollment.
3 (m) "Ancillary school facilities weighting" means an addend compo-
4 nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.
5 1999 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
6 attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
7 school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
8 if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-
9 6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
10 to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
11 to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
12 eligible for such weighting.
13 (n) "Juvenile detention facility" means any community juvenile cor-
14 rections center or facility, the Forbes Juvenile Attention Facility, the
15 Sappa Valley Youth Ranch of Oberlin, the Parkview Passages Residential
16 Treatment Center of Topeka, Charter Wichita Behavior Health System,
17 L.L.C. and Salvation Army/Koch Center Youth Services.
18 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby repealed.
19 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
20 publication in the statute book.