Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 larry.campbell@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 Division of the Budget http://budget.kansas.gov
Larry L. Campbell, Director Laura Kelly, Governor

January 30, 2019


The Honorable Julia Lynn, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Commerce
Statehouse, Room 445-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Lynn:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 38 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 38 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Under current law, school bus drivers are permitted to apply for unemployment insurance
benefits when school is in session. SB 38 would remove the reasonable assurance for school bus
drivers. Removing the reasonable assurance would allow school bus drivers to apply and receive
unemployment insurance benefits when school is not in session.
The Kansas Department of Labor states that enactment of SB 38 would have a fiscal effect
because an increase in the number of unemployed persons would cause unemployment insurance
benefit payments to increase. Total employment in this industry for the state averages 3,100
employees per quarter. Claims for some workers when school is in session had an average weekly
benefit amount between $202 and $254 with total benefit amounts between $3,181 and $3,981.
However, no information is available upon which to base an accurate estimate for what the benefit
payments would be when school is not in session.

Sincerely,

Larry L. Campbell
Director of the Budget


cc: Dawn Palmberg, Department of Labor


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 44-706