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AN ACT concerning special education services for uniquely different exceptional
     children; relating to deter-
  mination of grants of state moneys for provision by school districts; amending
     K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-983 and
  repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-983 is hereby amended to read as follows:
     72-983. (a) In each school year,
commencing with the 1994-95 school year, to the extent that appropriations are
     available, each school district
which has provided special education services for an exceptional child who
     uniquely or so severely differs from
other exceptional children in physical, mental, social, emotional or educational
     characteristics that the costs
attributable to the provision of special education services for the child are in
     excess of $25,000 $20,000 for the
school year is eligible to receive a grant of state moneys in an amount equal to
     75% of that portion of the costs,
incurred by the district in the provision of special education services for the
     child, that is in excess of $25,000
$20,000.
  (b)  In order to be eligible for a grant of state moneys provided for by
     subsection (a), a school district shall
submit to the state board of education an application for a grant and a
     description of the special education
services provided and the child or children for whom provided. The application
     and description shall be pre-
pared in such form and manner as the state board shall require and shall be
     submitted at a time to be determined
and specified by the state board. Approval by the state board of applications
     for grants of state moneys is
prerequisite to the award of grants.
  (c)  Each school district which is awarded a grant under this section shall
     make such periodic and special
reports of statistical and financial information to the state board as it may
     request.
  (d)  All moneys received by a school district under authority of this section
     shall be deposited in the special
education fund of the school district. Amounts received under this section and
     deposited in the special education
fund shall be used exclusively to reimburse the school district, in part, for
     the excessive amount expended in
providing special education services for uniquely or severely different
     exceptional children.
  (e)  The state board of education shall:
  (1)  Prescribe and adopt criteria for identification of uniquely or severely
     different exceptional children and
for determination of excessive costs attributable to the provision of special
     education services for such children;
  (2)  approve applications of school districts for grants;
  (3)  determine the amount of grants and be responsible for payment of such
     grants to school districts; and
  (4)  prescribe all forms necessary for reporting under this section.
  (f)  If the amount of appropriations for the payment of grants under this
     section is insufficient to pay in full
the amount each school district is determined to be eligible to receive for the
     school year, the state board shall
prorate the amount appropriated among all school districts which are eligible to
     receive grants of state moneys
in proportion to the amount each school district is determined to be eligible to
     receive.
  Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-983 is hereby repealed.
  Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
     publication in the statute book.