2006 Kansas Code - 72-6445a

      72-6445a.   District formed by consolidation or disorganization; computation of state aid; time limitation. (a) For the purposes of the school district finance and quality performance act, and notwithstanding any provision of the act to the contrary, state financial aid for any district formed by consolidation in accordance with the statutory provisions contained in article 87 of chapter 72 of Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be computed by the state board of education as follows:

      (1)   Determine the amount of state financial aid each of the former districts which comprise the consolidated district received in the school year preceding the date the consolidation was completed;

      (2)   add the amounts determined under subsection (a)(1). If the consolidation is completed by July 1, 2005, the sum is the state financial aid of the consolidated district for the school year in which the consolidation is completed. For the next succeeding two school years, the state financial aid shall be the greater of: (1) The amount received in the preceding school year; or (2) the amount the district would receive under the school district finance and quality performance act prior to amendment by this section. If the consolidation is completed after July 1, 2005, the sum is the state financial aid of the consolidated district for the school year in which the consolidation is completed. For the next school year, the state financial aid shall be the greater of: (1) The amount received in the preceding school year; or (2) the amount the district would receive under the school district finance and quality performance act prior to amendment by this section.

      (b)   The provisions of this subsection shall apply only if a school district is disorganized in accordance with article 73 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and if all the territory which comprised such disorganized district is attached to a single school district.

      For the purposes of the school district finance and quality performance act, and notwithstanding any provision of the act to the contrary, state financial aid for any school district to which this subsection applies, shall be computed by the state board of education as follows:

      (1)   Determine the amount of state financial aid each of the former districts which comprise the enlarged district received in the school year preceding the date the consolidation was completed;

      (2)   add the amounts determined under subsection (b)(1). If the attachment is completed by July 1, 2005, the sum is the state financial aid of the district for the school year in which the attachment is completed. For the next succeeding two school years, the state financial aid shall be the greater of: (1) The amount received in the preceding school year; or (2) the amount the district would receive under the school district finance and quality performance act prior to amendment by this section. If the attachment is completed after July 1, 2005, the sum is the state financial aid of the district for the school year in which the attachment is completed. For the next school year, the state financial aid shall be the greater of: (1) The amount received in the preceding school year; or (2) the amount the district would receive under the school district finance and quality performance act prior to amendment by this section.

      The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any school district to which all of the territory of a disorganized district has been attached pursuant to an order issued by the state board of education during school year 2002-2003, or any time thereafter, under article 73 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.

      (c)   Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the computation of the amount of state financial aid under K.S.A. 72-6445, and amendments thereto, for districts which consolidated or disorganized prior to July 1, 2004.

      History:   L. 2004, ch. 124, § 1; July 1.