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Minutes for HB2410 - Committee on K-12 Education Budget
Short Title
Creating the Kansas school equity and enhancement act
Minutes Content for Thu, Mar 30, 2017
Chairperson Campbell made a conceptual motion to eliminate the second count date of February 20 for school districts, Representative Patton seconded. Discussion ensued.
A substitute motion was made by Representative Smith, seconded by Representative Trimmer, to adopt a balloon amendment concerning headcount. (Attachment 2) Discussion ensued after which Representative Smith closed on his motion.
The substitute motion passed.
Chairperson Campbell moved to adopt a balloon amendment that would strike the bilingual weighting five-year limit, Representative Smith seconded. (Attachment 3) Discussion ensued.
Representative Karleskint offered a substitute motion and then retracted his substitute motion.
Chairperson Campbell's motion passed.
Representative Aurand distributed a memo prepared by Scott Frank, Legislative Post Auditor, in regard to the LPA Treatment of the Local Option Budget in the 2006 Cost Study. (Attachment 4) Mr. Franks answered questions from Committee members discussing the fact that the LPA did not consider LOB funding when performing its 2006 study because the Kansas Supreme Court did not consider LOB spending in its adequacy analysis. Since the Gannon Court has taken a different approach, Mr. Franks stated that the LPA would consider LOB and all other forms of spending done to improve the performance of K-12 students if tasked with performing another cost study.
Representative Aurand moved to adopt a balloon amendment which would remove the mandatory parts of the local foundation budget, Representative Huebert seconded. (Attachment 5) Discussion ensued.
A substitute motion was made by Representative Patton, and seconded by Representative Rooker, to adopt a balloon amendment where the Local Option Budget, Local Activity Budget, and Local Foundation Budget would be replaced with LOB Provisions from HB 2270. (Attachment 6) Discussion ensued.
Representative Aurand moved to divide the amendment, seconded by Representative Landwehr. Discussion ensued. The motion passed.
Discussion ensued on Part A of the division, to strike the Local Foundation Budget portion from HB 2410.
Representative Jones moved to reconsider the motion to divide the amendment, seconded by Representative Trimmer. Discussion ensued, and a division vote was called: 10 yes, 6 no. Motion passed.
Going back to Representative Patton's substitute motion, discussion ensued, and a division vote was called: 9 yes, 7 no. The substitute motion passed.
The Committee recessed.
Chairperson Campbell brought the meeting back to order.
Representative Helgerson did not offer any amendments.
Representative Landwehr moved to adopt a balloon amendment on reporting expenditures, seconded by Representative Vickrey. (Attachment 7)
Discussion ensued.and a division vote was called: 7 yes, 9 no. The motion failed.
Representative Vickrey did not offer any amendments.
Representative Trimmer moved to adopt a balloon amendment dealing with the formula for high density at-risk, seconded by Representative Rooker. Discussion ensued during which Committee members lauded the importance of targeting money in the formula towards under-performing students and raised the need to place additional funding in districts with high concentrations of students eligible for free lunch. (Attachment 8) A division vote was called: 10 yes, 6 no. The motion passed.
Representative Trimmer moved to adopt a balloon amendment adding a high enrollment weighting, Representative Winn seconded. (Attachment 9) Discussion ensued, and a division vote was called: 9 yes, 7 no. The motion passed.
Representative Hoffman moved to adopt a balloon amendment for a clarification on curriculum and standards, seconded by Representative Rooker, and the motion was approved. (Attachment 10)
Representative Hoffman proposed a balloon amendment to implement a system for determining unencumbered funds, seconded by Representative Landwehr. (Attachment 11) Discussion ensued regarding the importance of reserve funds for district operations and the optimal level of such reserves. A division vote was called: 7 yes, 9 no. Motion failed.
The Committee recessed.
Chairperson Campbell brought the meeting back to order.
Chairperson Campbell moved to raise the kindergarten 0.8 weighting in the bill to 0.9, and Representative Aurand seconded.
Representative Aurand made a substitute motion with a balloon amendment to fully fund all-day kindergarten, Chairperson Campbell seconded. (Attachment 12) Discussion ensued regarding the importance of all-day kindergarten in helping student performance and the benefits derived from freeing up the large amount of at-risk funds currently used for this purpose for other programs directly benefiting under-performing students. The substitute motion was approved.
Representative Aurand distributed a vocational education handout from the report by Augenblick and Myers, Inc., May 2002, Calculation of the Cost of a suitable education in Kansas in 2000-2001 using Two Different Analytic Approaches, excerpts from pages VII - 16, 17. (Attachment 13)
Representative Aurand moved to adopt a balloon amendment regarding career technical education state aid, Representative Huebert seconded. (Attachment 14) Discussion ensued.
Representative Karleskint moved to adopt a substitute balloon amendment in regard to career technical education weighting, seconded by Representative Helgerson. (Attachment 15) Discussion ensued. The substitute motion passed.
Representative Jones did not offer any amendments.
Representative Rooker moved to adopt a balloon amendment to establish a preschool-aged at-risk education fund, seconded by Representative Lusk. (Attachment 16) She discussed the importance of early childhood education for helping enhance at-risk student performance.
Representative Rooker made a motion to divide the question into Part A (pages 2 and 10) and Part B (page 41), Representative Lusk seconded. The motion passed.
Representative Rooker moved to amend her balloon amendment from 5 million to 2 million additional funds for each fiscal year, Representative Lusk seconded. Discussion ensued, Representative Rooker closed. The motion passed.
Representative Rooker moved to adopt the language in Part B of her balloon amendment, Representative Helgerson seconded. Representative Rooker closed on her motion. The motion passed.
Representative Rooker moved to adopt a balloon amendment mandating a series of Legislative Post Audits regarding student performance and various weightings, Representative Trimmer seconded. (Attachment 17)
Scott Frank, Legislative Post Auditor, Legislative Division of Post Audit, explained the amendment and answered questions for Committee members. Representative Rooker closed on her motion. The motion passed.
The Committee recessed for 30 minutes.
Chairperson Campbell brought the meeting back to order.
Representative Rooker moved to adopt a balloon amendment excluding Capital Outlay Levy from Tax Increment Finance (TIF) and Neighborhood Revitilization, seconded by Representative Helgerson. (Attachment 18) Discussion ensued. Representative Rooker closed on her motion, and a division vote was called: 7 yes, 9 no. The motion failed.
Representative Rooker moved to adopt a balloon amendment where a school district would not receive less than 10% of at-risk funding, Representative Helgerson seconded. (Attachment 19)
Representative Karleskint entertained an oral substitute motion so that Representative Rooker's amendment would only apply to K-12 school districts, Representative Rooker seconded. Discussion ensued, Representative Rooker approved, Representative Karleskint closed on his motion. The motion passed.
Representative Rooker made a conceptual motion for full-time virtual students to be reduced from $5,000 to 1.0 Full Time Equivalent, (which is shown on page 72 of a prepared balloon amendment) Representative Helgerson seconded. (Attachment 20) Discussion ensued. Post Auditor, Scott Frank; Dr. Randy Watson, Commissioner of Education, Kansas State Department of Education; and Dale Dennis, Deputy Commissioner, Kansas State Department of Education made comments. Mr. Frank discussed the portion of the LPA study devoted to virtual weighting. Dr. Watson and Mr. Dennis discussed some of the challenges of virtual education and the State Board's analysis of test results from virtual students around the state.
Representative Rooker closed on her conceptual motion, and a division vote was called: 7 yes, 9 no. Motion failed.
The Committee recessed. Chairperson Campbell thanked the Blue Valley and Olathe School Districts for providing dinner.
Chairperson Campbell brought the meeting back to order.
Representative Patton moved to adopt a balloon amendment on ancillary school facilities weighting, Representative Karleskint seconded. (Attachment 21) Discussion ensued. Mr. Dennis made comments and answered questions. Representative Patton closed on his motion. Motion passed.
Representative Lusk moved to adopt a balloon amendment on bilingual weighting, Representative Helgerson seconded. (Attachment 22) Discussion ensued. Mr. Dennis made comments and answered questions.
Representative Aurand made a substitute motion to make the amendment revenue neutral, seconded by Representative Hoffman. Discussion ensued, and a division vote was called: 9 yes, 7 no. Motion passed.
Representative Karleskint moved to adopt a balloon amendment to add funding for mentoring teachers, seconded by Representative Helgerson. (Attachment 23) Discussion ensued, Mr. Dennis and Dr. Watson made comments about the importance of mentoring teachers to improve their skills, increase their retention rate and enhance student performance.
Representative Karleskint closed on his motion. The motion passed.
Representative Karleskint moved to adopt a balloon amendment for professional development funding, seconded by Representative Rooker. (Attachment 24) Discussion ensued, after which, Representative Karleskint closed on his motion. The motion carried.
Representative Smith moved to adopt a balloon amendment in regard to the transportation weighting, Representative Trimmer seconded. (Attachment 25) Discussion ensued and Representative Aurand handed out a revised transportation cost allocation formula showing algebra changes. (Attachment 26)
Representative Trimmer moved to table the motion until Monday, Representative Smith seconded. Motion carried.
Chairperson Campbell made a conceptual motion to add the cost of utilities to capital outlay, Representative Trimmer seconded. The Committee discussed the link between utilities and capital expenditures. Mr. Dennis made comments regarding the overall utility costs facing districts. Chairperson Campbell closed on his motion. Motion carried.
Representative Trimmer moved to adopt a balloon amendment that contained amendments to expiration of the Tax Credit Scholarship Program, Representative Helgerson seconded. (Attachment 27) Discussion ensued and Mr. Dennis made comments.
Representative Aurand made a substitute motion to remove from the bill the expansion of the program with the exception of the part that demands accreditation starting in July of 2018 and requiring students to be directly certified as eligible for free lunch. Representative Landwehr seconded. Discussion ensued. Representative Aurand closed on his motion. The substitute motion passed.
During the meeting, Jason Long, Senior Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes, explained amendments, and Eddie Penner, Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Research Department answered monetary questions.
Chairperson Campbell thanked Committee members for their diligence and said he would be announcing from the Well the time of the next meeting.
There being no other amendments brought before the Committee, Chairperson Campbell announced the K-12 Education Budget Committee would recess until Monday, April 3, 2017.
The meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
