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 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
January 24, 2023
The Honorable Kristey Williams, Chairperson
House Committee on K-12 Education Budget
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 546-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Williams:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2060 by House Committee on K-12 Education Budget
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2060 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2060 would create the Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force.
The task force would comprise ten members: two members appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives; two members appointed by the President of the Senate; one member appointed
by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; one member appointed by the minority
leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the State Board of Education; two members
appointed by the Department of Education who are professionals in the field of special education
and related services; and one member who is a parent of a student who receives special education
services. In calendar year 2023 and every second succeeding calendar year, the parent member
would be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In calendar year 2024 and
every second succeeding calendar year, the parent member would be appointed by the President
of the Senate.
All members would be appointed by July 1, 2023. The bill would outline procedures for
calling the first meeting and the process for filling vacancies. If approved by the Legislative
Coordinating Council, members would be paid for mileage and subsistence expenses. The staff of
the Office of Revisor of Statutes, the Legislative Research Department, and the Division of
Legislative Administrative Services would provide assistance, as required. The bill would require
the State Board of Education to provide consultants and assistance when requested.
The bill would require the task force to: (1) study and make recommendations for changes
in the existing formula for funding of special education and related services; (2) conduct hearings
and receive and consider suggestions from stakeholders concerning funding for special education The Honorable Kristey Williams, Chairperson
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and related services; and (3) make and submit reports to the Legislature on the work of the task
force concerning recommendations. Any report including recommendations for Legislative
changes would be submitted on or before January 14 of each year.
Estimated State Fiscal Effect
FY 2023
SGF
FY 2023
All Funds
FY 2024
SGF
FY 2024
All Funds
Revenue -- -- -- --
Expenditure -- -- $25,831 $25,831
FTE Pos. -- -- -- --
Legislative Administrative Services estimates the enactment of HB 2060 would require an
additional appropriation to the Legislature’s FY 2024 budget totaling $20,331 from the State
General Fund. This estimate would assume four meetings of the task force each year. Of this
amount, $14,628 is for legislator pay, including salary, subsistence expenditures, mileage
reimbursement, and enroute costs; $2,499 for is for committee assistant salaries and fringe benefit
costs; and $3,204 is for non-legislator expenses, including mileage and tolls. These costs would
be on-going each year after the initial year of meetings.
The Department of Education indicates that annual costs totaling $5,500 would be borne
by the agency for approximately 12 hours of preparation for its staff and follow-up time for each
meeting, as well as 64 hours of preparation time for the Legislative report, using an average cost
of $50 per hour. Additional meetings beyond four in a given year would require additional staff
time, which would incur additional costs. Any fiscal effect associated with HB 2060 is not
reflected in The FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Sincerely,
Adam Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: J.G. Scott, Legislative Research
Gordon Self, Revisor of Statutes
Craig Neuenswander, Department of Education
Karen Clowers, Legislative Services