Kansas Statutes

Chapter 72: Schools

Article 64c: State Aid To School Districts

Statutes:

• 72-64c01: Sixty-five percent of moneys to be spent on instruction.
• 72-64c02: State aid, amount and distribution; legislature to determine.
• 72-64c03: Appropriations for general and supplemental general state aid; priority in legislative budgeting process.
• 72-64c04: State aid; increases based upon CPI-U.

• 72-64c01: Sixty-five percent of moneys to be spent on instruction. (a) It is the public policy goal of the state of Kansas that at least 65% of the moneys appropriated, distributed or otherwise provided by the state to school districts shall be expended in the classroom or for instruction.

        (b)   All moneys attributable to the increase in the amount of base state aid per pupil under the provisions of this act shall be expended in the classroom or for instruction.

        (c)   The amount of moneys expended per pupil in the classroom or for instruction in school year 2005-2006, shall not be less than the amount of moneys expended per pupil for such purposes in school year 2004-2005, plus $35 per pupil.

        (d)   As used in this section, "instruction" means the activities dealing directly with the interaction between teachers and students and may be provided in a school classroom, in another location such as a home or hospital, and in other learning situations such as those involving cocurricular activities. Instruction also may be provided through the internet, television, radio, computer, multimedia telephone, correspondence that is delivered inside or outside the classroom and other teacher-student settings or through other approved media. Instruction also includes the activities of aides or classroom assistants of any type including, but not limited to, clerks, graders and teaching machines which assist in the instructional process.

        History:   L. 2005, ch. 2, § 1 (Special Session); July 28.

• 72-64c02: State aid, amount and distribution; legislature to determine. [(a)] Except as specifically provided by this section, whenever any provision of law provides that the state board of education shall determine the amount of and distribute state aid for school districts, such provision shall be construed to require the legislature to determine the amount of and distribute any such state aid as otherwise provided in such provision. The legislative coordinating council shall certify to the director of accounts and reports the amount due as state aid to each district in the amount determined by the legislature. Such certification, and the amount of state aid payable from the state general fund, shall be approved by the director of the budget. The director of accounts and reports shall draw warrants on the state treasurer payable to the district treasurer of each district entitled to payment of state aid, pursuant to vouchers approved by the legislative coordinating council. Upon receipt of such warrant, each district treasurer shall deposit the amount of state aid as otherwise provided by law.

        (b)   The provisions of this section shall expire on June 30, 2007.

        History:   L. 2005, ch. 2, § 2 (Special Session); July 28.

• 72-64c03: Appropriations for general and supplemental general state aid; priority in legislative budgeting process. The appropriation of moneys necessary to pay general state aid and supplemental general state aid under the school district finance and quality performance act and state aid for the provision of special education and related services under the special education for exceptional children act shall be given first priority in the legislative budgeting process and shall be paid first from existing state revenues.

        History:   L. 2005, ch. 194, § 15; May 19.

• 72-64c04: State aid; increases based upon CPI-U. (a) For school year 2007-2008, and for each school year thereafter, the total amount of state aid, except for state aid for special education and related services, shall be increased by not less than a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the CPI (urban) during the preceding fiscal year as certified to the commissioner of education by the director of the budget and the director of the legislative research department on August 15 of each year. Such state aid shall be distributed and adjusted for weighted enrollment changes in the manner provided by law. If there is a percentage decrease or no change in the CPI (urban) during the preceding fiscal year, the amount of state aid, excluding state aid for special education and related services, shall be no less than the amount of such aid in the preceding fiscal year.

        (b)   The increases in the amount of state aid attributable to the new weightings created by this act, the increases in the existing weightings and the increases in the amount of base state aid per pupil shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) for school years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.

        (c)   The provisions of this section shall expire on June 30, 2010.

        History:   L. 2005, ch. 152, § 30; L. 2006, ch. 197, § 25; July 1.