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AN ACT concerning special education services for exceptional children;
  relating to the determination of state aid for provision; amending
  K.S.A. 72-978, as amended by section 120 of chapter 229 of the 1996
  Session Laws of Kansas, and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
  Section 1.  K.S.A. 72-978, as amended by section 120 of chapter 229
of the 1996 Session Laws of Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
72-978. (a) (1) In each school year, in accordance with appropriations for
special education services provided under this act, each school district
districts which has have provided special education services in compliance
with the requirements of the state plan and the provisions of this act shall
be entitled to receive state aid in an amount which shall be computed by
the state board as provided in this section. The state board shall:
  (1)  Determine the total amount of expenditures of all school districts
from revenue derived from state and local resources for special education
services in the school year;
  (2)  determine the total amount transferred from the general and sup-
plemental general funds of all school districts to the special education
funds thereof in the 1995-96 school year;
  (3)  subtract the amount determined in provision (2) from the amount
determined in provision (1). The remainder is the amount of special ed-
ucation state aid school districts are entitled to receive for the provision
of special education services.
  (b)  Each school district shall be entitled to receive:
  (A) (1)  Reimbursement for actual travel allowances paid to special
teachers at not to exceed the rate specified under K.S.A. 75-3203, and
amendments thereto, for each mile actually traveled during the school
year in connection with duties in providing special education services for
exceptional children; such reimbursement shall be computed by the state
board by ascertaining the actual travel allowances paid to special teachers
by the school district for the school year and shall be in an amount equal
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 1  to 80% of such actual travel allowances;
 2    (B) (2)  reimbursement in an amount equal to 80% of the actual travel
 3  expenses incurred for providing transportation for exceptional children to
 4  special education services; such reimbursement shall not be paid if such
 5  child has been counted in determining the transportation weighting of
 6  the district under the provisions of the school district finance and quality
 7  performance act;
 8    (C) (3)  reimbursement in an amount equal to 80% of the actual ex-
 9  penses incurred for the maintenance of an exceptional child at some place
10  other than the residence of such child for the purpose of providing special
11  education services; such reimbursement shall not exceed $600 per excep-
12  tional child per school year; and
13    (D) (4)  after subtracting the amounts of reimbursement under (A),
14  (B) and (C) provisions (1), (2) and (3) from the total amount appropriated
15  of state aid for special education services computed under this act sub-
16  section (a), an amount which bears the same proportion to the remaining
17  amount appropriated as the number of full-time equivalent special teach-
18  ers employed by the school district for approved special education serv-
19  ices bears to the total number of full-time equivalent special teachers
20  employed by all school districts for approved special education services.
21    (2) (c)  For the purposes of making computations under this section:
22    (1)  Each special teacher who is a paraprofessional shall be counted
23  as 2/5 full-time equivalent special teacher.;
24    (b) (1) (2)  No special teacher in excess of the number of special
25  teachers necessary to comply with the ratio of special teacher to excep-
26  tional children prescribed by the state board for the school district shall
27  be counted in making computations under this section.;
28    (2) (3)  No time spent by a special teacher in connection with duties
29  performed under a contract entered into by the juvenile correctional fa-
30  cility at Atchison, the juvenile correctional facility at Beloit or the juvenile
31  correctional facility at Topeka and a school district for the provision of
32  special education services by such state institution shall be counted in
33  making computations under this section.
34    Sec. 2.  K.S.A. 72-978, as amended by section 120 of chapter 229 of
35  the 1996 Session Laws of Kansas, is hereby repealed.
36    Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
37  publication in the statute book.