As Amended by House Committee

Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 2631 By Committee on Education 1-13

10 AN ACT concerning school district finance; relating to the counting of
11 preschool-aged at-risk pupils; amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-6407
12 and repealing the existing section.
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14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15 Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby amended to read as
16 follows: 72-6407. (a) ``Pupil'' means any person who is regularly enrolled
17 in a district and attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through
18 12 maintained by the district or who is regularly enrolled in a district and
19 attending kindergarten or any of the grades one through 12 in another
20 district in accordance with an agreement entered into under authority of
21 K.S.A. 72-8233, and amendments thereto, or who is regularly enrolled in
22 a district and attending special education services provided for preschool-
23 aged exceptional children by the district. Except as otherwise provided
24 in this subsection, a pupil in attendance full time shall be counted as one
25 pupil. A pupil in attendance part time shall be counted as that proportion
26 of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10 that the pupil's attendance bears to full-
27 time attendance. A pupil attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1/2
28 pupil. A pupil enrolled in and attending an institution of postsecondary
29 education which is authorized under the laws of this state to award aca-
30 demic degrees shall be counted as one pupil if the pupil's postsecondary
31 education enrollment and attendance together with the pupil's attend-
32 ance in either of the grades 11 or 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the
33 pupil shall be counted as that proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10
34 that the total time of the pupil's postsecondary education attendance and
35 attendance in grade 11 or 12, as applicable, bears to full-time attendance.
36 A pupil enrolled in and attending an area vocational school, area voca-
37 tional-technical school or approved vocational education program shall be
38 counted as one pupil if the pupil's vocational education enrollment and
39 attendance together with the pupil's attendance in any of grades nine
40 through 12 is at least 5/6 time, otherwise the pupil shall be counted as that
41 proportion of one pupil (to the nearest 1/10 that the total time of the pupil's
42 vocational education attendance and attendance in any of grades nine
43 through 12 bears to full-time attendance. A pupil enrolled in a district

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1 and attending special education services, except special education services
2 for preschool-aged exceptional children, provided for by the district shall
3 be counted as one pupil. A pupil enrolled in a district and attending
4 special education services for preschool-aged exceptional children pro-
5 vided for by the district shall be counted as 1/2 pupil. A preschool-aged
6 at-risk pupil enrolled in a district and receiving services under an ap-
7 proved at-risk pupil assistance plan maintained by the district shall be
8 counted as 1/2 pupil. A pupil in the custody of the secretary of social and
9 rehabilitation services and enrolled in unified school district No. 259,
10 Sedgwick county, Kansas, but housed, maintained, and receiving educa-
11 tional services at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch, shall be counted
12 as two pupils. A pupil residing at the Flint Hills job corps center shall not
13 be counted. A pupil confined in and receiving educational services pro-
14 vided for by a district at a juvenile detention facility shall not be counted.
15 A pupil enrolled in a district but housed, maintained, and receiving ed-
16 ucational services at a state institution shall not be counted.
17 (b) ``Preschool-aged exceptional children'' means exceptional chil-
18 dren, except gifted children, who have attained the age of three years but
19 are under the age of eligibility for attendance at kindergarten.
20 (c) ``At-risk pupils'' means pupils who are eligible for free meals un-
21 der the national school lunch act and who are enrolled in a district which
22 maintains an approved at-risk pupil assistance plan.
23 (d) ``Preschool-aged at-risk pupil'' means an at-risk pupil who has
24 attained the age of four years, is under the age of eligibility for attendance
25 at kindergarten, and has been selected by the state board in accordance
26 with guidelines consonant with guidelines governing the selection of pu-
27 pils for participation in head start programs. The state board shall select
28 not more than ~~1,794~~ ~~2,194~~ 2,994 preschool-aged at-risk pupils to be
29 counted in any school year.
30 (e) ``Enrollment'' means, for districts scheduling the school days or
31 school hours of the school term on a trimestral or quarterly basis, the
32 number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on September 20 plus
33 the number of pupils regularly enrolled in the district on February 20
34 less the number of pupils regularly enrolled on February 20 who were
35 counted in the enrollment of the district on September 20; and for dis-
36 tricts not hereinbefore specified, the number of pupils regularly enrolled
37 in the district on September 20. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if en-
38 rollment in a district in any school year has decreased from enrollment
39 in the preceding school year, enrollment of the district in the current
40 school year means whichever is the greater of (1) enrollment in the pre-
41 ceding school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-
42 aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils were enrolled, plus enrollment in
43 the current school year of preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils

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1 are enrolled, or (2) the sum of enrollment in the current school year of
2 preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils are enrolled and the av-
3 erage (mean) of the sum of (A) enrollment of the district in the current
4 school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-aged at-
5 risk pupils, if any such pupils are enrolled and (B) enrollment in the
6 preceding school year minus enrollment in such school year of preschool-
7 aged at-risk pupils, if any such pupils were enrolled and (C) enrollment
8 in the school year next preceding the preceding school year minus en-
9 rollment in such school year of preschool-aged at-risk pupils, if any such
10 pupils were enrolled.
11 (f) ``Adjusted enrollment'' means enrollment adjusted by adding at-
12 risk pupil weighting, program weighting, low enrollment weighting, if any,
13 correlation weighting, if any, school facilities weighting, if any, ancillary
14 school facilities weighting, if any, and transportation weighting to
15 enrollment.
16 (g) ``At-risk pupil weighting'' means an addend component assigned
17 to enrollment of districts on the basis of enrollment of at-risk pupils.
18 (h) ``Program weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
19 enrollment of districts on the basis of pupil attendance in educational
20 programs which differ in cost from regular educational programs.
21 (i) ``Low enrollment weighting'' means an addend component as-
22 signed to enrollment of districts having under 1,725 enrollment on the
23 basis of costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such
24 districts in comparison with costs attributable to maintenance of educa-
25 tional programs by districts having 1,725 or over enrollment.
26 (j) ``School facilities weighting'' means an addend component as-
27 signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to com-
28 mencing operation of new school facilities. School facilities weighting may
29 be assigned to enrollment of a district only if the district has adopted a
30 local option budget and budgeted therein the total amount authorized for
31 the school year. School facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment
32 of the district only in the school year in which operation of a new school
33 facility is commenced and in the next succeeding school year.
34 (k) ``Transportation weighting'' means an addend component as-
35 signed to enrollment of districts on the basis of costs attributable to the
36 provision or furnishing of transportation.
37 (l) ``Correlation weighting'' means an addend component assigned to
38 enrollment of districts having 1,725 or over enrollment on the basis of
39 costs attributable to maintenance of educational programs by such dis-
40 tricts as a correlate to low enrollment weighting assigned to enrollment
41 of districts having under 1,725 enrollment.
42 (m) ``Ancillary school facilities weighting'' means an addend compo-
43 nent assigned to enrollment of districts to which the provisions of K.S.A.

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1 1999 Supp. 72-6441, and amendments thereto, apply on the basis of costs
2 attributable to commencing operation of new school facilities. Ancillary
3 school facilities weighting may be assigned to enrollment of a district only
4 if the district has levied a tax under authority of K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-
5 6441, and amendments thereto, and remitted the proceeds from such tax
6 to the state treasurer. Ancillary school facilities weighting is in addition
7 to assignment of school facilities weighting to enrollment of any district
8 eligible for such weighting.
9 (n) ``Juvenile detention facility'' means any community juvenile cor-
10 rections center or facility, the Forbes Juvenile Attention Facility, the
11 Sappa Valley Youth Ranch of Oberlin, the Parkview Passages Residential
12 Treatment Center of Topeka, Charter Wichita Behavior Health System,
13 L.L.C. and Salvation Army/Koch Center Youth Services.
14 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 72-6407 is hereby repealed.
15 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
16 publication in the statute book.