Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor


March 24, 2023


The Honorable Molly Baumgardner, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Education
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 144-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Baumgardner:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 316 by Senate Committee on Ways and Means
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 316 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
SB 316 would move the oversight and administration of the Kansas Comprehensive Grant
Program for not-for-profit independent institutions from the Kansas Board of Regents to the State
Treasurer. The State Treasurer would be required to:
1. Provide information regarding application procedures;
2. Collect and certify financial need and cost of attendance at not-for-profit independent
institutions of higher education as determined by each institution;
3. Determine the average amount of tuition and fees required of fulltime, in-state students for
enrollment at not-for-profit independent institutions of higher education;
4. Determine residence;
5. Determine priority or apportionment of Kansas comprehensive grants and other matters
necessary for administration of the program;
6. Allocate base funding in accordance with certain requirements based on the number of
qualified Kansas resident students completing a bachelor’s degree;
7. Appoint an advisory committee, including the president of the Kansas Independent
Colleges Association and one representative from a not-for-profit independent institution
of higher education per congressional district to serve for no more than three years unless
reappointed by the Treasurer;
The Honorable Molly Baumgardner, Chairperson
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8. Collect and certify reports of Kansas students enrolled in a not-for-profit independent
institution of higher education for the award of Kansas comprehensive grants;
9. Collect and maintain relevant information on the program as it pertains to not-for-profit
independent institutions of higher education and make a report to the Governor and
Legislature; and
10. Adopt an appropriate measure of student financial need.
The advisory committee would be required to: (1) collect and report to the Treasurer
institutional information and (2) recommend to the Treasurer acceptable definitions of residence
and an appropriate measure of student financial need. Appropriated funds would be allocated in
accordance with the provisions outlined in the bill. If there are insufficient funds to award each
eligible student, each institution’s overall allocation would be reduced proportionally to the
amount of funds received over the past three fiscal years. The bill specifies that any leftover funds
would be distributed to each institution in an amount sufficient to equalize the minimum
percentage of students eligible to receive a maximum grant but for whom the institution has
insufficient funds to support. The bill would require not-for-profit independent institutions of
higher education to ensure student who maintain eligibility continue to receive support and
funding.
The Board of Regents indicates the enactment of SB 316 would result in $12.7 million
from the State General Fund that is included in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report for the
Kansas Comprehensive Grant for financial aid for private schools being moved to the State
Treasurer’s budget. The State Treasurer indicates the provisions of SB 316 could be accomplished
within existing resources. Any fiscal effect associated with SB 316 is not reflected in The FY 2024
Governor’s Budget Report.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget

cc: Becky Pottebaum, Board of Regents
John Hedges, Office of the State Treasurer


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 74-32