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


February 16, 2021


The Honorable Molly Baumgardner, Chairperson
Senate Committee on Education
Statehouse, Room 445B-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Baumgardner:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for SB 144 by Senate Committee on Education
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning SB 144 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
Under current law, the high-density at-risk weighting in the Kansas School Equity and
Enhancement Act, also known as the school finance formula, has an expiration date of July 1,
2020. SB 144 would remove this weighting’s statutory expiration date.
According to the Department of Education, the high-density at-risk weighting in the school
finance formula distributes approximately $56.0 million to eligible school districts in FY 2022.
Under current law, through the appropriations bill that was enacted during the 2020 Legislative
Session, the high-density at-risk weighting was authorized through FY 2022. Without the
enactment of SB 144, or an extension of the weighting in an appropriations bill proviso after FY
2022, school districts would lose this funding after July 1, 2022. The Division of the Budget notes
that in The FY 2022 Governor’s Budget Report recommendations, the Governor has included an
appropriations proviso to extend the high-density at-risk weighting through FY 2023.


Sincerely,

Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Craig Neuenswander, Education


Statutes affected:
As introduced: 72-5151