Session of 2019
HOUSE BILL No. 2078
By Committee on Appropriations
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1 AN ACT concerning education; relating to the instruction and financing
2 thereof; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years
3 ending June 30, 2019, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, for the
4 department of education; amending K.S.A. 72-5132, 72-5142 and 72-
5 5462 and K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing
6 sections.
7
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
9 Section 1.
10 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
11 (a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the state general
12 fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the following:
13 KPERS – employer
14 contributions – non-USDs (652-00-1000-0100).....................$1,036,647
15 KPERS – employer
16 contributions – USDs (652-00-1000-0110)...........................$18,986,873
17 Supplemental general state aid (652-00-1000-0840).................$10,383,000
18 (b) On the effective date of this act, of the $520,000 appropriated for
19 the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section 76(a)
20 of chapter 109 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas from the state general
21 fund in the teach for America pilot program account (652-00-1000-0200)
22 the sum of $250,000 is hereby lapsed.
23 (c) On the effective date of this act, of the $4,771,500 appropriated
24 for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section
25 2(a) of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the state
26 general fund in the school district juvenile detention facilities and Flint
27 Hills job corps center grants account (652-00-1000-0290) the sum of
28 $927,439 is hereby lapsed.
29 (d) On the effective date of this act, of the $327,500 appropriated for
30 the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section 2(a)
31 of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the state general
32 fund in the governor's teaching excellence scholarships and awards
33 account (652-00-1000-0770) the sum of $142,326 is hereby lapsed.
34 (e) On the effective date of this act, of the $2,046,657,545
35 appropriated for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019,
36 by section 2(a) of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the
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1 state general fund in the state foundation aid account (652-00-1000-0820)
2 the sum of $39,326,035 is hereby lapsed.
3 (f) On the effective date of this act, of the $2,500,000 appropriated
4 for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section
5 1(a) of chapter 57 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas from the state
6 general fund in the MHIT pilot program – online database account (652-
7 00-1000-0160) the sum of $2,000,000 is hereby lapsed.
8 (g) On the effective date of this act, the director of accounts and
9 reports shall transfer $105,894 from the school district extraordinary
10 declining enrollment fund (652-00-2290-2290) of the department of
11 education to the state general fund.
12 (h) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the commissioner of
13 education, with the approval of the director of the budget, may transfer any
14 part of any item of appropriation for fiscal year 2019 from the state general
15 fund for the department of education to another item of appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2019 from the state general fund for the department of
17 education. The commissioner of education shall certify each such transfer
18 to the director of accounts and reports and shall transmit a copy of each
19 such certification to the director of legislative research.
20 Sec. 2.
21 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
22 (a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the state general
23 fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, the following:
24 Operating expenditures (including
25 official hospitality) (652-00-1000-0053)....................................$13,477,957
26
27 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the operating expenditures
28 (including official hospitality) account in excess of $100 as of June 30,
29 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020.
30 Special education
31 services aid (652-00-1000-0700)........................................$497,880,818
32 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the special education
33 services aid account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby
34 reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That expenditures
35 shall not be made from the special education services aid account for the
36 provision of instruction for any homebound or hospitalized child, unless
37 the categorization of such child as exceptional is conjoined with the
38 categorization of the child within one or more of the other categories of
39 exceptionality: And provided further, That expenditures shall be made from
40 this account for grants to school districts in amounts determined pursuant
41 to and in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-3425, and
42 amendments thereto: And provided further, That expenditures shall be
43 made from the amount remaining in this account, after deduction of the
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1 expenditures specified in the foregoing provisos, for payments to school
2 districts in amounts determined pursuant to and in accordance with the
3 provisions of K.S.A. 72-3422, and amendments thereto.
4 State foundation aid (652-00-1000-0820).............................$2,317,774,923
5 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the state foundation aid
6 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
7 fiscal year 2020.
8 Supplemental state aid (652-00-1000-0840)............................$503,300,000
9 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the supplemental state aid
10 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
11 fiscal year 2020.
12 Mentor teacher (652-00-1000-0440)............................................$1,300,000
13 Professional development (652-00-1000-0860)...........................$1,700,000
14 Information technology education
15 opportunities (652-00-1000-0600).............................................$500,000
16 Discretionary grants (652-00-1000-0400).......................................$322,457
17 Provided, That the above agency shall make expenditures from the
18 discretionary grants account during the fiscal year 2020, in the amount not
19 less than $125,000 for after school programs for middle school students in
20 the sixth, seventh and eighth grades: Provided further, That the after school
21 programs may also include fifth and ninth grade students, if they attend a
22 junior high: And provided further, That such discretionary grants shall be
23 awarded to after school programs that operate for a minimum of two hours
24 a day, every day that school is in session, and a minimum of six hours a
25 day for a minimum of five weeks during the summer: And provided
26 further, That the discretionary grants awarded to after school programs
27 shall require a $1 for $1 local match: And provided further, That the
28 aggregate amount of discretionary grants awarded to any one after school
29 program shall not exceed $25,000.
30 School food assistance (652-00-1000-0320)................................$2,510,486
31 School safety hotline (652-00-1000-0230).......................................$10,000
32 KPERS – employer
33 contributions – non-USDs (652-00-1000-0110)...................$43,015,894
34 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the KPERS – employer
35 contributions – non-USDs account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019,
36 is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That all
37 expenditures from the KPERS – employer contributions non-USDs
38 account shall be for payment of participating employers' contributions to
39 the Kansas public employees retirement system as provided in K.S.A. 74-
40 4939, and amendments thereto: And provided further, That expenditures
41 from this account for the payment of participating employers' contributions
42 to the Kansas public employees retirement system may be made regardless
43 of when the liability was incurred.
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1 KPERS – employer
2 contributions (652-00-1000-0100)......................................$543,865,035
3 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the KPERS – employer
4 contributions account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby
5 reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That all expenditures
6 from the KPERS – employer contributions account shall be for payment of
7 participating employers' contributions to the Kansas public employees
8 retirement system as provided in K.S.A. 74-4939, and amendments
9 thereto: And provided further, That expenditures from this account for the
10 payment of participating employers' contributions to the Kansas public
11 employees retirement system may be made regardless of when the liability
12 was incurred.
13 KPERS employer contribution
14 layering payment #1 (652-00-1000-0120)..............................$6,400,000
15 KPERS employer contribution
16 layering payment #2..............................................................$19,400,000
17 Career and technical education
18 transportation (652-00-1000-0190)............................................$650,000
19 Education super highway (652-00-1000-0180)...............................$950,000
20 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the education super highway
21 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
22 fiscal year 2020.
23 Juvenile transitional crisis center
24 pilot project (652-00-1000-0210)...............................................$300,000
25 Provided, That expenditures from the juvenile transitional crisis center
26 pilot project account shall be used by the above agency during fiscal year
27 2020 to develop a regional crisis center pilot project at the Beloit special
28 education cooperative, founded on research and evidence-based practices
29 designed to meet the unique social and emotional needs of students
30 identified as at-risk or with disabilities: Provided further, That such project
31 shall provide individualized programming to attain such student's high
32 school diploma and job skills while working through the social skills
33 program: And provided further, That the commissioner of education shall
34 provide an update on the implementation of the pilot project developed by
35 this proviso to the legislature on or before the first day of the 2020 regular
36 legislative session.
37 ACT and workkeys assessments
38 program (652-00-1000-0140).................................................$2,800,000
39 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency from the
40 ACT and workkeys assessments program account to provide the ACT
41 college entrance exam and the three ACT workkeys assessments that are
42 required to earn a national career readiness certificate to each student
43 enrolled in grades nine through 12: Provided further, That no student
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1 enrolled in grades nine through 12 of any school district shall be required
2 to pay any fees or costs to take such exam and assessments: And provided
3 further, That in no event shall any school district be required to provide for
4 more than one exam and three assessments per student: And provided
5 further, That the state board of education may enter into any contracts that
6 are necessary to promote statewide cost savings to administer such exams
7 and assessments.
8 Mental health intervention team
9 pilot program (652-00-1000-0150).........................................$4,190,776
10 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency to
11 implement the mental health intervention team pilot program so as to
12 improve social-emotional wellness and outcomes for students by
13 increasing schools' access to counselors, social workers and psychologists
14 statewide: Provided further, That school districts participating in such
15 program shall enter into the necessary memorandums of understanding and
16 other necessary agreements with participating community mental health
17 centers and the appropriate state agencies to implement the pilot program:
18 And provided further, That mental health intervention teams shall consist
19 of school liaisons employed by the participating school district, and
20 clinical therapists and case managers employed by the participating
21 community mental health center: And provided further, That the following
22 shall participate in the pilot program for fiscal year 2020: (1) 23 schools in
23 the Wichita school district (U.S.D. no. 259); (2) 28 schools in the Topeka
24 school district (U.S.D. no. 501); (3) 10 schools in the Kansas City school
25 district (U.S.D. no. 500); (4) 5 schools in the Parsons school district
26 (U.S.D. no. 503); (5) 4 schools in the Garden City school district (U.S.D.
27 no. 457); and (6) 9 schools served by the fiscal agent, Abilene school
28 district (U.S.D. no. 435): And provided further, That on or before June 30,
29 2020, the director of the division of health care finance of the department
30 of health and environment shall certify to the director of the budget and the
31 director of the legislative research department the aggregate amount of
32 expenditures for fiscal year 2020 for treatment and services for students
33 provided under the mental health intervention team pilot program, or
34 provided based on a referral from such program.
35 MHIT pilot program – online
36 database (652-00-1000-0160)....................................................$500,000
37 MHIT school liaisons (652-00-1000-0170)..................................$3,263,110
38 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency for mental
39 health intervention team school liaisons employed by those school districts
40 participating in the mental health intervention team pilot program.
41 Educable deaf-blind and
42 severely handicapped children's
43 programs aid (652-00-1000-0630).............................................$110,000
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1 School district juvenile detention
2 facilities and Flint Hills job corps
3 center grants (652-00-1000-0290)..........................................$5,060,528
4 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the school district juvenile
5 detention facilities and Flint Hills job corps center grants account in excess
6 of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020:
7 Provided further, That expenditures shall be made from the school district
8 juvenile detention facilities and Flint Hills job corps center grants account
9 for grants to school districts in amounts determined pursuant to and in
10 accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1173, and amendments
11 thereto.
12 Governor's teaching excellence scholarships
13 and awards (652-00-1000-0770)................................................$360,693
14 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the governor's teaching
15 excellence scholarships and awards account in excess of $100 as of June
16 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further,
17 That all expenditures from the governor's teaching excellence scholarships
18 and awards account for teaching excellence scholarships shall be made in
19 accordance with K.S.A. 72-2166, and amendments thereto: And provided
20 further, That each such grant shall be required to be matched on a $1 for $1
21 basis from nonstate sources: And provided further, That award of each such
22 grant shall be conditioned upon the recipient entering into an agreement
23 requiring the grant to be repaid if the recipient fails to complete the course
24 of training under the national board for professional teaching standards
25 certification program: And provided further, That all moneys received by
26 the department of education for repayment of grants for governor's
27 teaching excellence scholarships shall be deposited in the state treasury
28 and credited to the governor's teaching excellence scholarships program
29 repayment fund (652-00-7221-7200).
30 Governor's scholars program scholarships
31 and awards (652-00-1000-0770)..................................................$20,000
32 (b) There is appropriated for the above agency from the following
33 special revenue fund or funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, all
34 moneys now or hereafter lawfully credited to and available in such fund or
35 funds, except that expenditures other than refunds authorized by law and
36 transfers to other state agencies shall not exceed the following:
37 State school district
38 finance fund (652-00-7393-7000)...............................................No limit
39 School district capital
40 improvements fund (652-00-2880-2880)....................................No limit
41 Provided, That expenditures from the school district capital improvements
42 fund shall be made only for the payment of general obligation bonds
43 approved by voters under the authority of K.S.A. 72-5457, and
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1 amendments thereto.
2 Mineral production
3 education fund (652-00-7669-7669)............................................No limit
4 School district capital outlay
5 state aid fund...................................................