2006 Kansas Code - 72-4430

      72-4430.   Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Area vocational school," "area vocational-technical school," "board," "state board," "community college" and "school year" have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 72-4412, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   "Postsecondary student" means a student who is regularly enrolled in a school, who is not required to pay tuition under K.S.A. 72-4422, and amendments thereto, who is not eligible to have tuition paid from moneys, funds or appropriations made available under the federal job training partnership act, and amendments thereto, or under any other federal program, and who (1) has graduated from high school, (2) has not graduated from high school, is not regularly enrolled in a school district, and has attained the age of 16 years, or (3) is enrolled not for community college credit in a vocational education course or program at a community college which is consolidated with an area vocational school or area vocational-technical school under the provisions of K.S.A. 71-1701 through 71-1706.

      (c)   "Operating budget" means the adopted operating budget, as approved by the state board, of a school, except for federal aid and amounts budgeted for acquisition or improvement of land and construction, reconstruction or remodeling of buildings.

      (d)   "Federal aid" means federal moneys distributed to a school.

      (e)   "State aid" means state moneys distributed by the state board to a school for vocational education purposes, except postsecondary aid moneys.

      (f)   "Postsecondary aid" means state financial aid paid or payable under K.S.A. 72-4432, and amendments thereto.

      (g)   "Local cost" means the operating budget, less state aid.

      (h)   "Total enrollment" means the total number of hours all students of a school are enrolled in a school year.

      (i)   "Local cost per enrollment hour" means local cost divided by total enrollment, except for postsecondary students defined under paragraph (3) of subsection (b), the term means the statewide average of the local cost per enrollment hour as determined by the state board.

      (j)   "Total postsecondary enrollment" means the total number of hours all postsecondary students are enrolled in a school year.

      (k)   "School" means an area vocational school, an area vocational-technical school or a community college which is consolidated with an area vocational school or area vocational-technical school under the provisions of K.S.A. 71-1701 through 71-1706, except that school shall not include a community college which is consolidated with an area vocational school or area vocational-technical school for purposes of calculating local cost per enrollment hour.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 298, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 246, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 267, § 10; L. 1992, ch. 248, § 11; July 1.