71-620. Operating grant, amount; quality performance grant; eligibility and amount; determination of FTE enrollment; definitions.
71-620
71-620. Operating grant, amount; qualityperformance grant; eligibility and amount; determination of FTE enrollment;definitions.(a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2001 fiscal year, each communitycollege is entitled to an operating grant from the state general fund in anamount to be determined by the state board. The state board shall:
(1) Determine the average amount of moneys from the state general fundexpended per FTE lower division undergraduate student in the preceding fiscalyear at the regional state educational institutions;
(2) (A) in the 2001 fiscal year, compute 50% of the amount determinedunder (1); (B) in the 2002 fiscal year, compute 55% of the amount determinedunder (1); (C) in the 2003 fiscal year, compute 60% of the amount determinedunder (1); in the 2004 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, compute65% of the amount determined under (1);
(3) determine the total number of FTE students of all the community colleges;
(4) multiply the amount computed under (2) by the total number of FTEstudents determined under (3). Subject to the provisions of subsection (e)of K.S.A. 74-3202d, and amendments thereto, the product is thetotal amount of operating grants the community colleges are entitled to receivefor the fiscal year.
(5) Each community college which is not an officially designated areavocational school shall receive an amount equivalent to the difference betweencredit hour state aid received in the 1999 fiscal year for credit hours in anysubject or course approved as a vocational education subject or courseand 1 1/6 times the amount of credit hour state aid received in the 1999fiscal year for credit hours in any subject or course approved as a vocationaleducation subject or course. The amount determined under this provision shallbe distributed in equal installments in the 2001 through 2004 fiscal years as apart of the community college's operating grant, but shall not be subject tothe provisions of K.S.A. 71-204, and amendments thereto.
(6) In each fiscal year, the state board, for the purpose of allocating theamount determined under (4) to the community colleges, shall deduct the totalof the amounts determined under (5) from the amount determined under (4).
(7) In the 2001 fiscal year, the remaining balance determined under (6) shallbe allocated to each community college according to the ratio the total amountof state aid received by the community college in the 2000 fiscal year bears tothe total amount of state aid received by all community colleges in the 2000fiscal year, subject to adjustments for changes in each community college's FTEenrollment from the 2000 fiscal year to the 2001 fiscal year.
(8) In the 2002 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, the remainingbalance determined under (6) shall be allocated to each community collegeaccording to the ratio the amount of the operating grant received by thecommunity college in the prior fiscal year bears to the total amount ofoperating grants received by all community colleges in the prior fiscal year,subject to adjustments for changes in each community college's FTE enrollmentfrom the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year.
(b) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2003 fiscal year, each communitycollege is eligible to receive a quality performance grant from the stategeneral fund. If the state board determines that the community college hasdemonstrated effectiveness in complying with its role and mission statement andhas met or exceeded the core indicators of quality performance for communitycolleges identified and approved by the state board, the community collegeshall receive a quality performance grant in an amount which shall bedetermined by the state board by computing 2% of the amount of the operatinggrant the community college received in the preceding fiscal year. The computedamount is the amount of the quality performance grant the community collegeshall receive for the fiscal year.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the FTE enrollment of the communitycollege shall be based on: (1) Enrollment of students who are residents of thestate of Kansas, or are considered residents of the state of Kansas pursuant tothe provisions of K.S.A. 71-407, and amendments thereto; and (2)the greater of FTE enrollment of the community college in the current fiscalyear or FTE enrollment in the preceding fiscal year.
(d) As used in this section, the term regional state educational institutionsmeans Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university and Pittsburg stateuniversity and the term lower division undergraduate student means a freshmanor sophomore.
History: L. 1999, ch. 147, § 40;L. 2000, ch. 158, § 1;L. 2002, ch. 188, § 8; July 1.