Session of 2019
SENATE BILL No. 147
By Select Committee on Federal Tax Code Implementation
2-11

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. 72-5142 and 72-5462 and
5 K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing sections.
6
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
8 Section 1.
9 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
10 (a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the state general
11 fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the following:
12 KPERS – employer
13 contributions – non-USDs (652-00-1000-0100).....................$1,036,647
14 KPERS – employer
15 contributions – USDs (652-00-1000-0110)...........................$18,986,873
16 Supplemental general state aid (652-00-1000-0840).................$10,383,000
17 (b) On the effective date of this act, of the $520,000 appropriated for
18 the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section 76(a)
19 of chapter 109 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas from the state general
20 fund in the teach for America pilot program account (652-00-1000-0200)
21 the sum of $250,000 is hereby lapsed.
22 (c) On the effective date of this act, of the $4,771,500 appropriated
23 for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section
24 2(a) of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the state
25 general fund in the school district juvenile detention facilities and Flint
26 Hills job corps center grants account (652-00-1000-0290) the sum of
27 $927,439 is hereby lapsed.
28 (d) On the effective date of this act, of the $327,500 appropriated for
29 the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section 2(a)
30 of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the state general
31 fund in the governor's teaching excellence scholarships and awards
32 account (652-00-1000-0770) the sum of $142,326 is hereby lapsed.
33 (e) On the effective date of this act, of the $2,046,657,545
34 appropriated for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019,
35 by section 2(a) of chapter 95 of the 2017 Session Laws of Kansas from the
36 state general fund in the state foundation aid account (652-00-1000-0820)
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1 the sum of $39,326,035 is hereby lapsed.
2 (f) On the effective date of this act, of the $2,500,000 appropriated
3 for the above agency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, by section
4 1(a) of chapter 57 of the 2018 Session Laws of Kansas from the state
5 general fund in the MHIT pilot program – online database account (652-
6 00-1000-0160) the sum of $2,000,000 is hereby lapsed.
7 (g) On the effective date of this act, the director of accounts and
8 reports shall transfer $105,894 from the school district extraordinary
9 declining enrollment fund (652-00-2290-2290) of the department of
10 education to the state general fund.
11 (h) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the commissioner of
12 education, with the approval of the director of the budget, may transfer any
13 part of any item of appropriation for fiscal year 2019 from the state general
14 fund for the department of education to another item of appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2019 from the state general fund for the department of
16 education. The commissioner of education shall certify each such transfer
17 to the director of accounts and reports and shall transmit a copy of each
18 such certification to the director of legislative research.
19 Sec. 2.
20 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
21 (a) There is appropriated for the above agency from the state general
22 fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, the following:
23 Operating expenditures (including
24 official hospitality) (652-00-1000-0053)..............................$13,477,957
25 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the operating expenditures
26 (including official hospitality) account in excess of $100 as of June 30,
27 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020.
28 Special education
29 services aid (652-00-1000-0700)........................................$497,880,818
30 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the special education
31 services aid account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby
32 reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That expenditures
33 shall not be made from the special education services aid account for the
34 provision of instruction for any homebound or hospitalized child, unless
35 the categorization of such child as exceptional is conjoined with the
36 categorization of the child within one or more of the other categories of
37 exceptionality: And provided further, That expenditures shall be made from
38 this account for grants to school districts in amounts determined pursuant
39 to and in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-3425, and
40 amendments thereto: And provided further, That expenditures shall be
41 made from the amount remaining in this account, after deduction of the
42 expenditures specified in the foregoing provisos, for payments to school
43 districts in amounts determined pursuant to and in accordance with the
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1 provisions of K.S.A. 72-3422, and amendments thereto.
2 State foundation aid (652-00-1000-0820).............................$2,225,115,906
3 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the state foundation aid
4 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
5 fiscal year 2020.
6 Supplemental state aid (652-00-1000-0840)............................$503,300,000
7 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the supplemental state aid
8 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
9 fiscal year 2020.
10 Mentor teacher (652-00-1000-0440)............................................$1,300,000
11 Professional development (652-00-1000-0860)...........................$1,700,000
12 Information technology education
13 opportunities (652-00-1000-0600).............................................$500,000
14 Discretionary grants (652-00-1000-0400).......................................$322,457
15 Provided, That the above agency shall make expenditures from the
16 discretionary grants account during the fiscal year 2020, in the amount not
17 less than $125,000 for after school programs for middle school students in
18 the sixth, seventh and eighth grades: Provided further, That the after school
19 programs may also include fifth and ninth grade students, if they attend a
20 junior high: And provided further, That such discretionary grants shall be
21 awarded to after school programs that operate for a minimum of two hours
22 a day, every day that school is in session, and a minimum of six hours a
23 day for a minimum of five weeks during the summer: And provided
24 further, That the discretionary grants awarded to after school programs
25 shall require a $1 for $1 local match: And provided further, That the
26 aggregate amount of discretionary grants awarded to any one after school
27 program shall not exceed $25,000.
28 School food assistance (652-00-1000-0320)................................$2,510,486
29 School safety hotline (652-00-1000-0230).......................................$10,000
30 KPERS – employer
31 contributions – non-USDs (652-00-1000-0100)...................$41,418,747
32 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the KPERS – employer
33 contributions – non-USDs account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019,
34 is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That all
35 expenditures from the KPERS – employer contributions – non-USDs
36 account shall be for payment of participating employers' contributions to
37 the Kansas public employees retirement system as provided in K.S.A. 74-
38 4939, and amendments thereto: And provided further, That expenditures
39 from this account for the payment of participating employers' contributions
40 to the Kansas public employees retirement system may be made regardless
41 of when the liability was incurred.
42 KPERS – employer
43 contributions – USDs (652-00-1000-0110).........................$533,603,431
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1 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the KPERS – employer
2 contributions – USDs account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is
3 hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That all
4 expenditures from the KPERS – employer contributions – USDs account
5 shall be for payment of participating employers' contributions to the
6 Kansas public employees retirement system as provided in K.S.A. 74-
7 4939, and amendments thereto: And provided further, That expenditures
8 from this account for the payment of participating employers' contributions
9 to the Kansas public employees retirement system may be made regardless
10 of when the liability was incurred.
11 KPERS employer contribution
12 layering payment #1 (652-00-1000-0120)..............................$6,400,000
13 KPERS employer contribution
14 layering payment #2..............................................................$19,400,000
15 Career and technical education
16 transportation (652-00-1000-0190)............................................$650,000
17 Education super highway (652-00-1000-0180)...............................$950,000
18 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the education super highway
19 account in excess of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for
20 fiscal year 2020.
21 Juvenile transitional crisis center
22 pilot project (652-00-1000-0210)...............................................$300,000
23 Provided, That expenditures from the juvenile transitional crisis center
24 pilot project account shall be used by the above agency during fiscal year
25 2020 to develop a regional crisis center pilot project at the Beloit special
26 education cooperative, founded on research and evidence-based practices
27 designed to meet the unique social and emotional needs of students
28 identified as at-risk or with disabilities: Provided further, That such project
29 shall provide individualized programming to attain such student's high
30 school diploma and job skills while working through the social skills
31 program: And provided further, That the commissioner of education shall
32 provide an update on the implementation of the pilot project developed by
33 this proviso to the legislature on or before the first day of the 2020 regular
34 legislative session.
35 ACT and workkeys assessments
36 program (652-00-1000-0140).................................................$2,800,000
37 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency from the
38 ACT and workkeys assessments program account to provide the ACT
39 college entrance exam and the three ACT workkeys assessments that are
40 required to earn a national career readiness certificate to each student
41 enrolled in grades nine through 12: Provided further, That no student
42 enrolled in grades nine through 12 of any school district shall be required
43 to pay any fees or costs to take such exam and assessments: And provided
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1 further, That in no event shall any school district be required to provide for
2 more than one exam and three assessments per student: And provided
3 further, That the state board of education may enter into any contracts that
4 are necessary to promote statewide cost savings to administer such exams
5 and assessments.
6 Mental health intervention team
7 pilot program (652-00-1000-0150).........................................$4,190,776
8 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency to
9 implement the mental health intervention team pilot program so as to
10 improve social-emotional wellness and outcomes for students by
11 increasing schools' access to counselors, social workers and psychologists
12 statewide: Provided further, That school districts participating in such
13 program shall enter into the necessary memorandums of understanding and
14 other necessary agreements with participating community mental health
15 centers and the appropriate state agencies to implement the pilot program:
16 And provided further, That mental health intervention teams shall consist
17 of school liaisons employed by the participating school district, and
18 clinical therapists and case managers employed by the participating
19 community mental health center: And provided further, That the following
20 shall participate in the pilot program for fiscal year 2020: (1) 23 schools in
21 the Wichita school district (U.S.D. no. 259); (2) 28 schools in the Topeka
22 school district (U.S.D. no. 501); (3) 10 schools in the Kansas City school
23 district (U.S.D. no. 500); (4) 5 schools in the Parsons school district
24 (U.S.D. no. 503); (5) 4 schools in the Garden City school district (U.S.D.
25 no. 457); and (6) 9 schools served by the fiscal agent, Abilene school
26 district (U.S.D. no. 435): And provided further, That on or before June 30,
27 2020, the director of the division of health care finance of the department
28 of health and environment shall certify to the director of the budget and the
29 director of the legislative research department the aggregate amount of
30 expenditures for fiscal year 2020 for treatment and services for students
31 provided under the mental health intervention team pilot program, or
32 provided based on a referral from such program.
33 MHIT pilot program – online
34 database (652-00-1000-0160)....................................................$500,000
35 MHIT school liaisons (652-00-1000-0170)..................................$3,263,110
36 Provided, That expenditures shall be made by the above agency for mental
37 health intervention team school liaisons employed by those school districts
38 participating in the mental health intervention team pilot program.
39 Educable deaf-blind and
40 severely handicapped children's
41 programs aid (652-00-1000-0630).............................................$110,000
42 School district juvenile detention
43 facilities and Flint Hills job corps
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1 center grants (652-00-1000-0290)..........................................$5,060,528
2 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the school district juvenile
3 detention facilities and Flint Hills job corps center grants account in excess
4 of $100 as of June 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020:
5 Provided further, That expenditures shall be made from the school district
6 juvenile detention facilities and Flint Hills job corps center grants account
7 for grants to school districts in amounts determined pursuant to and in
8 accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1173, and amendments
9 thereto.
10 Governor's teaching excellence scholarships
11 and awards (652-00-1000-0770)................................................$360,693
12 Provided, That any unencumbered balance in the governor's teaching
13 excellence scholarships and awards account in excess of $100 as of June
14 30, 2019, is hereby reappropriated for fiscal year 2020: Provided further,
15 That all expenditures from the governor's teaching excellence scholarships
16 and awards account for teaching excellence scholarships shall be made in
17 accordance with K.S.A. 72-2166, and amendments thereto: And provided
18 further, That each such grant shall be required to be matched on a $1 for $1
19 basis from nonstate sources: And provided further, That award of each such
20 grant shall be conditioned upon the recipient entering into an agreement
21 requiring the grant to be repaid if the recipient fails to complete the course
22 of training under the national board for professional teaching standards
23 certification program: And provided further, That all moneys received by
24 the department of education for repayment of grants for governor's
25 teaching excellence scholarships shall be deposited in the state treasury
26 and credited to the governor's teaching excellence scholarships program
27 repayment fund (652-00-7221-7200).
28 Governor's scholars program scholarships
29 and awards....................................................................................$20,000
30 (b) There is appropriated for the above agency from the following
31 special revenue fund or funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, all
32 moneys now or hereafter lawfully credited to and available in such fund or
33 funds, except that expenditures other than refunds authorized by law and
34 transfers to other state agencies shall not exceed the following:
35 State school district
36 finance fund (652-00-7393-7000)...............................................No limit
37 School district capital
38 improvements fund (652-00-2880-2880)....................................No limit
39 Provided, That expenditures from the school district capital improvements
40 fund shall be made only for the payment of general obligation bonds
41 approved by voters under the authority of K.S.A. 72-5457, and
42 amendments thereto.
43 Mineral production
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1 education fund (652-00-7669-7669)............................................No limit
2 School district capital outlay
3 state aid fund...........................