Session of 1999
         
SENATE BILL No. 112
         
By Committee on Education
          
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  9             AN  ACT concerning school district finance; increasing base state aid per
10             pupil; affecting determination of low enrollment and correlation
11             weightings; revising the definition of; amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-
12             6407, 72-6410, 72-6412 and 72-6442 and repealing the existing
13             sections.
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15       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16             Section  1. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
17       follows: 72-6407. (a) "Pupil" means any person who is regularly enrolled
18       in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
19       12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
20       attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
21       district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
22       K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
23       a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
24       aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
25       in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
26       pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
27       of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
28       time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
29       pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
30       education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
31       demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
32       education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's attend-
33       ance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
34       pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10)
35       that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
36       attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
37       A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
38       tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
39       counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
40       attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
41       through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
42       proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10) that the total time of the
43       pupil's vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades

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  1       nine through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a dis-
  2       trict and attending special education services, except special education
  3       services for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the dis-
  4       trict shall be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and
  5       attending special education services for preschool-aged exceptional chil-
  6       dren provided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A preschool-
  7       aged at-risk pupil enrolled in a district and receiving services under an
  8       approved at-risk pupil assistance plan maintained by the district shall be
  9       counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in the custody of the secretary of social and
10       rehabilitation services and enrolled in unified school district No. 259,
11       Sedgwick county, Kansas, but housed, maintained, and receiving educa-
12       tional services at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted
13       as two pupils. A pupil residing at the Flint Hills job corps center shall not
14       be counted. A pupil confined in and receiving educational services pro-
15       vided for by a district at a juvenile detention facility shall not be counted.
16       A pupil enrolled in a district but housed, maintained, and receiving ed-
17       ucational services at a state institution shall not be counted.
18             (b) "Preschool-aged exceptional children" means exceptional chil-
19       dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
20       are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
21             (c) "At-risk pupils" means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
22       der the national school lunch act and who are enrolled in a district which
23       maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
24             (d) "Preschool-aged at-risk pupil" means an at-risk pupil who has
25       attained the age of four years, is under the age of eligibility for attendance
26       at kindergarten, and has been selected by the state board in accordance
27       with guidelines consonant with guidelines governing the selection of pu-
28       pils for participation in head start programs. The state board shall select
29       not more than 1,350 preschool-aged at-risk pupils to be counted in any
30       school year.
31             (e) "Enrollment" means, for districts scheduling the school days or
32       school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
33       number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
34       the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
35       less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
36       counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
37       tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
38       in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
39       rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
40       in the preceding school year or in the second preceding school year, en-
41       rollment of the district in the current school year may be computed on
42       the basis of enrollment in the whichever of such preceding school year
43       years enrollment was greater.

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  1             (f) "Adjusted enrollment" means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
  2       risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
  3       correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
  4       school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to
  5       enrollment.
  6             (g) "At-risk pupil weighting" means an addend component assigned
  7       to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
  8             (h) "Program weighting" means an addend component assigned to
  9       enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
10       programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
11             (i) "Low enrollment weighting" means an addend component as-
12       signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,750 1,700 enrollment on
13       the basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by
14       such districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of
15       educational programs by districts having 1,750 1,700 or over enrollment.
16             (j) "School facilities weighting" means an addend component as-
17       signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
18       mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
19       be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
20       local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
21       the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
22       of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
23       facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
24             (k) "Transportation weighting" means an addend component as-
25       signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the
26       provision or furnishing of transportation.
27             (l) "Correlation weighting" means an addend component assigned to
28       enrollment of districts having 1,750 1,700 or over enrollment on the basis
29       of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
30       districts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
31       of districts having under 1,750 1,700 enrollment.
32             (m) "Ancillary school facilities weighting" means an addend compo-
33       nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.
34       1998 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
35       attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
36       school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
37       if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-
38       6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
39       to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
40       to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
41       eligible for such weighting.
42             Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-6410 is hereby amended to read as
43       follows: 72-6410. (a) "State financial aid" means an amount equal to the

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  1       product obtained by multiplying base state aid per pupil by the adjusted
  2       enrollment of a district.
  3             (b) "Base state aid per pupil" means an amount of state financial aid
  4       per pupil. Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, the amount
  5       of base state aid per pupil is $3,720 $3,820. The amount of base state aid
  6       per pupil is subject to reduction commensurate with any reduction under
  7       K.S.A. 75-6704, and amendments thereto, in the amount of the appro-
  8       priation from the state general fund for general state aid. If the amount
  9       of appropriations for general state aid is insufficient to pay in full the
10       amount each district is entitled to receive for any school year, the amount
11       of base state aid per pupil for such school year is subject to reduction
12       commensurate with the amount of the insufficiency.
13             (c) "Local effort" means the sum of an amount equal to the proceeds
14       from the tax levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-6431, and amendments
15       thereto, and an amount equal to any unexpended and unencumbered
16       balance remaining in the general fund of the district, except amounts
17       received by the district and authorized to be expended for the purposes
18       specified in K.S.A. 72-6430, and amendments thereto, and an amount
19       equal to any unexpended and unencumbered balances remaining in the
20       program weighted funds of the district, except any amount in the voca-
21       tional education fund of the district if the district is operating an area
22       vocational school, and an amount equal to any remaining proceeds from
23       taxes levied under authority of K.S.A. 72-7056 and 72-7072, and amend-
24       ments thereto, prior to the repeal of such statutory sections, and an
25       amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the current
26       school year from amounts received in such year by the district under the
27       provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 72-1046a, and amendments thereto,
28       and an amount equal to the amount deposited in the general fund in the
29       current school year from amounts received in such year by the district
30       pursuant to contracts made and entered into under authority of K.S.A.
31       72-6757, and amendments thereto, and an amount equal to the amount
32       credited to the general fund in the current school year from amounts
33       distributed in such year to the district under the provisions of articles 17
34       and 34 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and under the pro-
35       visions of articles 42 and 51 of chapter 79 of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
36       and (1) for districts other than the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a,
37       and amendments thereto, an amount equal to 75% of the federal impact
38       aid of a district and (2) for the district created by K.S.A. 72-5333a, and
39       amendments thereto, an amount equal to the federal impact aid of the
40       district.
41             (d) "Federal impact aid" means an amount equal to the federally
42       qualified percentage of the amount of moneys a district receives in the
43       current school year under the provisions of title I of public law 874 and

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  1       congressional appropriations therefor, excluding amounts received for as-
  2       sistance in cases of major disaster and amounts received under the low-
  3       rent housing program. The amount of federal impact aid defined herein
  4       as an amount equal to the federally qualified percentage of the amount
  5       of moneys provided for the district under title I of public law 874 shall
  6       be determined by the state board in accordance with terms and conditions
  7       imposed under the provisions of the public law and rules and regulations
  8       thereunder.
  9             Sec.  3. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-6412 is hereby amended to read as
10       follows: 72-6412. The low enrollment weighting of each district with un-
11       der 1,750 1,700 enrollment shall be determined by the state board as
12       follows:
13             (a) Determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
14       1991-92 school year of districts with 75-125 enrollment in such school
15       year;
16             (b) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
17       1991-92 school year of districts with 200-399 enrollment in such school
18       year;
19             (c) determine the amount of the median budget per pupil for the
20       1991-92 school year of districts with 1,900 or over enrollment;
21             (d) prescribe a schedule amount for each of the districts by preparing
22       a schedule based upon an accepted mathematical formula and derived
23       from a linear transition between (1) the median budgets per pupil deter-
24       mined under (a) and (b), and (2) the median budgets per pupil deter-
25       mined under (b) and (c). The schedule amount for districts with 0-99
26       enrollment is an amount equal to the amount of the median budget per
27       pupil determined under (a). The schedule amount for districts with 100-
28       299 enrollment is the amount derived from the linear transition under
29       (1). The schedule amount for districts with 300-1,899 enrollment is the
30       amount derived from the linear transition under (2);
31             (e) for districts with 0-99 enrollment:
32             (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the amount de-
33       termined under (a);
34             (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
35       mined under (c);
36             (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
37       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
38       weighting of the district;
39             (f) for districts with 100-299 enrollment:
40             (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
41       amount of the district;
42             (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
43       mined under (c);

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  1             (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
  2       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
  3       weighting of the district;
  4             (g) for districts with 300-1,749 300-1,699 enrollment:
  5             (1) Subtract the amount determined under (c) from the schedule
  6       amount of the district;
  7             (2) divide the remainder obtained under (1) by the amount deter-
  8       mined under (c);
  9             (3) multiply the quotient obtained under (2) by the enrollment of the
10       district in the current school year. The product is the low enrollment
11       weighting of the district.
12             Sec.  4. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-6442 is hereby amended to read as
13       follows: 72-6442. The correlation weighting of each district with 1,750
14       1,700 or over enrollment shall be determined by the state board as
15       follows:
16             (a) Determine the schedule amount for a district with 1,750 1,700
17       enrollment as derived from the linear transition under (d) of K.S.A. 72-
18       6412, and amendments thereto, and subtract the amount determined
19       under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, from the schedule
20       amount so determined;
21             (b) divide the remainder obtained under (a) by the amount deter-
22       mined under (c) of K.S.A. 72-6412, and amendments thereto, and mul-
23       tiply the quotient by the enrollment of the district in the current school
24       year. The product is the correlation weighting of the district. 
25       Sec.  5. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 72-6407, 72-6410, 72-6412 and 72-6442
26       are hereby repealed.
27        Sec.  6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
28       publication in the statute book.