72-1421. Child care facilities; authority to establish, operate, and maintain; fees, collection and disposition. (a) The board of education of any school district may: (1) Establish, operate and maintain a child care facility; (2) enter into cooperative or interlocal agreements with one or more other boards for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a child care facility; (3) contract with private, nonprofit corporations or associations or with any public or private agency or institution, whether located within or outside the state, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a child care facility; and (4) prescribe and collect fees for providing care at a child care facility.
(b) Fees for providing care at a child care facility established under authority of this section shall be prescribed and collected only to recover the costs incurred as a result of and directly attributable to the establishment, operation and maintenance of the child care facility. Revenues from fees collected by a board under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district and shall be considered reimbursements to the district for the purpose of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act, K.S.A. 72-5131 et seq., and amendments thereto, and may be expended whether the same have been budgeted or not and amounts so expended shall not be considered operating expenses.
(c) Every school district which establishes, operates and maintains a child care facility shall be subject to the provisions contained in article 5 of chapter 65 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, the term "child" means any child who is three years of age or older, and any infant or toddler whose parent or parents are pupils or employees of a school district which establishes, operates and maintains, or cooperates in the establishment, operation and maintenance of, a child care facility under authority of this act.
History: L. 1993, ch. 186, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 4, § 53; L. 2017, ch. 95, § 81; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 14 - Provisions Relating To The Use Of School District Property
72-1416 Control of school property; library services.
72-1417 Same; library services and facilities, agreements.
72-1418 Unified school districts operating public libraries.
72-1419 U.S.D. No. 500, Kansas City; power to establish and maintain public library.
72-1422 Recreation grounds and playgrounds; cooperation with cities.
72-1431 School buildings, closing; procedure.
72-1432 Vocational education building programs; sale of property authorized.
72-1433 Sale of building with bonds outstanding; disposition of proceeds of sale of school property.
72-1434 Same; prepayment of bonds.
72-1435 Same; investment of bond retirement fund.
72-1436 Same; transfers from bond retirement fund to capital outlay fund.