72-5177. Extraordinary declining enrollment state aid; application; approval of amount; school district extraordinary declining enrollment fund. (a) Each school district may submit an application to the state board of education for approval of extraordinary declining enrollment state aid. Such application shall be submitted in such form and manner as prescribed by the state board, and shall include a description of the extraordinary decline in enrollment of the school district that is the basis for the application.
(b) The state board shall review all submitted applications and approve or deny any such application based on whether the applicant school district has demonstrated extraordinary declining enrollment since school year 2014-2015. As part of its review of an application, the state board may conduct a hearing and provide the applicant school district an opportunity to present testimony as to such school district's extraordinary declining enrollment. In reviewing the application, the state board shall consider the decrease in enrollment of the school district since school year 2014-2015.
(c) If the state board approves an application, it shall determine the amount of extraordinary declining enrollment state aid to be disbursed to the applicant school district from the school district extraordinary declining enrollment fund. In approving any application for extraordinary declining enrollment state aid, the state board may approve an amount of extraordinary declining enrollment state aid that is less than the amount the school district requested in the application. If the state board denies an application, then, within 15 days of such denial, the state board shall send written notice of such denial to the superintendent of such school district. All administrative proceedings pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Any action by the state board pursuant to this section shall be subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.
(d) There is hereby established in the state treasury the school district extraordinary declining enrollment fund, which shall be administered by the state department of education. All expenditures from the school district extraordinary declining enrollment fund shall be used for the disbursement of extraordinary declining enrollment state aid as approved by the state board under this section. All expenditures from the school district extraordinary declining enrollment fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board of education, or the designee of the state board of education.
(e) The provisions of this section shall expire on July 1, 2018.
History: L. 2017, ch. 95, ยง 51; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 51 - School District State Aid
72-5130 Mineral production education fund.
72-5131 Kansas school equity and enhancement act; citation of act.
72-5133 Same; state school district finance fund.
72-5134 Same; determination of state foundation aid.
72-5135 Same; distribution of state foundation aid.
72-5136 Same; overpayments; underpayments.
72-5137 Same; certification of enrollment and budget.
72-5138 Same; enrollment adjustments due to decreases resulting from disasters.
72-5139 Same; enrollment adjustment for military students.
72-5140 Same; revisions due to new school districts or boundary changes.
72-5142 Same; ad valorem tax levy required; purposes; rate; disposition of proceeds.
72-5143 Same; local option budget; authority to adopt; limitations; supplemental general fund.
72-5144 Same; alternative calculation of local option budget.
72-5145 Same; determination of supplemental state aid; distribution.
72-5147 Same; ad valorem tax levy authorized for local option budget; disposition of proceeds.
72-5148 Same; transportation weighting.
72-5149 Same; low enrollment weighting; high enrollment weighting.
72-5150 Same; bilingual weighting.
72-5152 Same; adjustment of at-risk student enrollment.
72-5154 Same; preschool-aged at-risk education fund; use; reports to the state board.
72-5155 Same; career technical education weighting.
72-5156 Same; school facilities weighting; limitations.
72-5157 Same; special education and related services weighting.
72-5162 Same; career and postsecondary education fund; use.
72-5163 Same; driver training fund; use.
72-5164 Same; food service fund; use.
72-5165 Same; contingency reserve fund; use.
72-5166 Same; disposition of revenue.
72-5167 Same; transfers from general fund; limitations.
72-5168 Same; expenditures not considered operating expenditures.
72-5169 Same; operating expenditures in excess of general fund budget.
72-5171 Same; school district financial accountability reports; contents.
72-5172 Same; review of act by legislature and certain committees; required reviews.
72-5173 Same; performance audits.
72-5174 Same; rules and regulations.
72-5175 Same; nonseverability.
72-5180 Remote learning; limitations; state foundation aid adjustment for remote learners.
72-5191 Sixty-five percent of moneys to be spent on instruction.
72-5193 Provision of public school financing system; financing resources and methods.
72-5194 Required local option budget; consideration in determining adequacy of total school funding.