CHAPTER 158 HOUSE BILL No. 2996 An  Act concerning community colleges; affecting determination of operating grants;
amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 71-620. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2001 fiscal
year, each community college is entitled to an operating grant from the
state general fund in an amount to be determined by the state board. The
state board shall:

      (1) Determine the average amount of moneys from the state general
fund expended per FTE lower division undergraduate student in the
preceding fiscal year at the regional state educational institutions;

      (2)  (A) in the 2001 fiscal year, compute 50% of the amount deter-
mined under (1); (B) in the 2002 fiscal year, compute 55% of the amount
determined under (1); (C) in the 2003 fiscal year, compute 60% of the
amount determined under (1); in the 2004 fiscal year and in each fiscal
year thereafter, compute 65% of the amount determined under (1);

      (3) determine the total number of FTE students of all the community
colleges;

      (3) (4) multiply the amount computed under (2) by the total number
of FTE students of the community college determined under (3). The
product is the total amount of the operating grant grants the community
college is colleges are entitled to receive for the fiscal year.

      (5) Each community college which is not an officially designated area
vocational school shall receive an amount equivalent to the difference
between credit hour state aid received in the 1999 fiscal year for credit
hours in any subject or course approved as a vocational education subject
or course and 11/6 times the amount of credit hour state aid received in
the 1999 fiscal year for credit hours in any subject or course approved as
a vocational education subject or course. The amount determined under
this provision shall be distributed in equal installments in the 2001
through 2004 fiscal years as a part of the community college's operating
grant, but shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 71-204, and
amendments thereto.

      (6) In each fiscal year, the state board, for the purpose of allocating
the amount determined under (4) to the community colleges, shall deduct
the total of the amounts determined under (5) from the amount deter-
mined under (4).

      (7) In the 2001 fiscal year, the remaining balance determined under
(6) shall be allocated to each community college according to the ratio the
total amount of state aid received by the community college in the 2000
fiscal year bears to the total amount of state aid received by all community
colleges in the 2000 fiscal year, subject to adjustments for changes in each
community college's FTE enrollment from the 2000 fiscal year to the 2001
fiscal year.

      (8) In the 2002 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, the re-
maining balance determined under (6) shall be allocated to each com-
munity college according to the ratio the amount of the operating grant
received by the community college in the prior fiscal year bears to the
total amount of operating grants received by all community colleges in
the prior fiscal year, subject to adjustments for changes in each community
college's FTE enrollment from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal
year.

      (b) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2003 fiscal year, each
community college is eligible to receive a quality performance grant from
the state general fund. If the state board determines that the community
college has demonstrated effectiveness in complying with its role and
mission statement and has met or exceeded the core indicators of quality
performance for community colleges identified and approved by the state
board, the community college shall receive a quality performance grant
in an amount which shall be determined by the state board by computing
2% of the amount of the operating grant the community college received
in the preceding fiscal year. The computed amount is the amount of the
quality performance grant the community college shall receive for the
fiscal year.

      (c) For the purposes of this section, the FTE enrollment of the com-
munity college shall be based on: (1) Enrollment of students who are
residents of the state of Kansas, or are considered residents of the state
of Kansas pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-407, and
amendments thereto; and (2) the greater of FTE enrollment of the com-
munity college in the current fiscal year or FTE enrollment in the pre-
ceding fiscal year.

      (d) As used in this section, the term regional state educational insti-
tutions means Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university and
Pittsburg state university and the term lower division undergraduate stu-
dent means a freshman or sophomore. 
Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 71-620 is hereby repealed.
 Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved May 15, 2000.
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