Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	Session of 2023
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 102
3	3	By Committee on Education
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5	5	AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to technical
6	6	colleges; establishing residency criteria for students of technical
7	7	colleges; amending K.S.A. 71-1803 and repealing the existing section.
8	8	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
9	9	New Section 1. (a) Persons enrolling in a technical college who, if
10	10	adults, have been domiciliary residents of the state of Kansas or, if such
11	11	persons are minors, whose parents have been domiciliary residents of the
12	12	state of Kansas for at least six months prior to enrollment for any term or
13	13	session are residents for fee purposes. All other persons are nonresidents of
14	14	the state of Kansas for fee purposes.
15	15	(b) The state board of regents may authorize the following persons, or
16	16	any class or classes thereof, and their spouses and dependents to pay an
17	17	amount equal to resident fees at technical colleges:
18	18	(1) Employees of a technical college;
19	19	(2) persons having special domestic relations circumstances;
20	20	(3) persons who have lost their resident status within six months of
21	21	enrollment;
22	22	(4) active duty military servicemembers;
23	23	(5) domiciliary residents of the state who were in active military
24	24	service prior to becoming domiciliary residents of the state who were
25	25	present in the state for a period of not less than two years during such
26	26	residents' tenure in active military service if domiciliary residence was
27	27	established in the state within 30 days of discharge or retirement from
28	28	active military service under honorable conditions whose domiciliary
29	29	residence was not timely enough established to meet the residence
30	30	duration requirement of subsection (a);
31	31	(6) persons who are not domiciliary residents of the state, have
32	32	graduated from a high school accredited by the state board of education
33	33	within six months of enrollment, were domiciliary residents of the state at
34	34	the time of graduation from high school or within 12 months prior to
35	35	graduation from high school and are entitled to admission at a state
36	36	educational institution pursuant to K.S.A. 76-717b, and amendments
37	37	thereto; or
38	38	(7) persons who are domiciliary residents of the state whose
39	39	domiciliary residence was established in the state for the purpose of
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76	76	accepting, upon recruitment by an employer, or retaining, upon transfer
77	77	required by an employer, a position of full-time employment at a place of
78	78	employment in Kansas, but whose domiciliary residence was not timely
79	79	enough established to meet the residence duration requirement of
80	80	subsection (a) if such persons were not otherwise eligible for authorization
81	81	to pay an amount equal to resident fees under this subsection.
82	82	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 71-1803 is hereby amended to read as follows: 71-
83	83	1803. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2012 fiscal year, each
84	84	community college, technical college and the Washburn institute of
85	85	technology is eligible for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid
86	86	from the state general fund for postsecondary tiered technical course credit
87	87	hours approved by the state board and delivered by the institution to
88	88	students who are residents of the state of Kansas, in an amount to be
89	89	determined by the state board using a credit hour cost calculation model
90	90	that:
91	91	(1) Is tiered to recognize and support cost differentials in providing
92	92	high-demand, high-tech training;
93	93	(2) takes into consideration target industries critical to the Kansas
94	94	economy;
95	95	(3) is responsive to program growth;
96	96	(4) takes into consideration local taxing authority for credit hours
97	97	generated by in-district students; and
98	98	(5) includes other factors and considerations as deemed necessary or
99	99	advisable by the state board. The state board shall establish the rates to be
100	100	used as the state's share in a given year, as well as in the actual
101	101	distribution.
102	102	(b) In each fiscal year, each community college, technical college and
103	103	the Washburn institute of technology is eligible for postsecondary non-
104	104	tiered education state aid from the state general fund for postsecondary
105	105	non-tiered course credit hours approved by the state board and delivered
106	106	by the institution to students who are residents of the state of Kansas, in an
107	107	amount determined by the state board. The state board shall establish the
108	108	rates to be used as the state's share in a given year, as well as in the actual
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110	110	(c) For purposes of K.S.A. 71-1801 through 71-1810, and
111	111	amendments thereto, residency for all community college students shall be
112	112	determined in accordance with K.S.A. 71-406 and 71-407, and
113	113	amendments thereto, and residency for all technical college and Washburn
114	114	institute of technology students shall be determined in accordance with
115	115	laws or policies applicable to those institutions section 1, and amendments
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117	117	(c) In fiscal year 2012, any portion of the appropriation for
118	118	postsecondary tiered technical education state aid that an institution
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162	162	actually receives that is in excess of the amount of community college
163	163	operating grant or postsecondary aid that the institution received for fiscal
164	164	year 2011 shall be considered new state funds for purposes of K.S.A. 74-
165	165	3202d, and amendments thereto.
166	166	Sec. 3. K.S.A. 71-1803 is hereby repealed.
167	167	Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
168	168	publication in the statute book.
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