71-601. Definitions. (a) "Credit hour" means the basic unit of collegiate level instruction, as determined by the state board, in a subject or course offered at a level not higher than those subjects or courses normally offered to freshmen and sophomores in four-year institutions of postsecondary education which subject or course is approved by the state board.
(b) The term "credit hour" does not include instruction in a subject or course taken by a student enrolled for audit or in any subject or course not approved by the state board.
(c) The state board shall determine whether the subjects and courses offered in the community colleges are at the level of freshmen and sophomore subjects and courses offered in the state educational institutions and shall not approve for funding any subject or course offered at a higher level.
History: L. 1961, ch. 363, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 390, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 417, § 17; L. 1968, ch. 211, § 13; L. 1969, ch. 310, § 42; L. 1970, ch. 286, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 274, § 12; L. 1978, ch. 278, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 209, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 256, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 70, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 39; L. 2011, ch. 97, § 14; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges
Article 6 - State Aid And Fiscal Provisions
71-603 Certification to state board of credit hour enrollments and property valuations.
71-604 State aid; proration of insufficient appropriation; overpayments; underpayments.
71-605 Same; distribution, when; credit to general fund.
71-609 Same; subjects and courses taught outside home county, certain authorizations required.
71-609a Same; disallowance for certain credit hours.
71-611 Definitions; operating expenses; legally adopted budget; general fund.
71-614 General fund; transfer authorizations; operating expense; certain expenditures prohibited.
71-615 Exceeding budget; penalty.
71-617 Adult basic education; tax levy authorized, limitations, protest; fund, sources; expenses.