Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB552

Introduced
3/14/24  
Refer
3/15/24  
Report Pass
3/25/24  
Engrossed
4/1/24  
Refer
4/1/24  

Caption

Enacting the Kansas campus restoration act to address deferred maintenance and demolition of facilities at postsecondary educational institutions, establishing the Kansas campus restoration fund in the state treasury and authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to such fund.

Impact

The Kansas campus restoration act impacts state laws concerning higher education funding and facility management. By mandating that institutions develop plans to address maintenance and improvement of essential facilities, the bill aims to reduce the backlog of deferred maintenance. Each postsecondary institution will benefit from the restoration fund, which allocates $30 million annually to support critical facility projects over a period extending into fiscal year 2036. This fund will also provide financial support for community colleges and technical schools, ensuring a broad reach in funding distribution.

Summary

Senate Bill 552 establishes the Kansas campus restoration act, aiming to address deferred maintenance and the demolition of facilities that are no longer mission-critical at postsecondary educational institutions. This act authorizes the creation of the Kansas campus restoration fund, which will be financed through specific transfers from the state general fund. The objective of the bill is to ensure that educational facilities reach a state of good repair, thereby enhancing the overall infrastructure of postsecondary education in Kansas.

Contention

Notable points of contention surrounding SB552 include discussions about the appropriateness of funding allocation and the requirement for matching funds for expenditure. While state educational institutions must match funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis for general improvements, unique exemptions are made for demolition projects and community colleges, which has raised questions about equity in funding support. Additionally, there are concerns about how effectively the funds will address the specific needs of each institution and whether the regulatory framework is flexible enough to adapt to varying conditions across campuses.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB18

Enacting the Kansas campus restoration act to address deferred maintenance and demolition of facilities at postsecondary educational institutions, establishing the Kansas campus restoration fund in the state treasury and authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to such fund.

KS SB203

Enacting the Kansas campus restoration act to address deferred maintenance at state educational institutions, establishing the Kansas campus restoration fund in the state treasury and authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to such fund.

KS HB2640

Concerning research at Kansas public postsecondary educational institutions, creating the Kansas strategic research act, establishing the Kansas strategic research fund, making transfers to such fund, prescribing guidelines for expenditure of moneys credited thereto and the powers, duties, and functions of the state board of regents, requiring annual reports to certain committees of the legislature.

KS SB35

Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund.

KS SB94

Discontinuing state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund.

KS HB2541

Establishing the state conservation fund, the working lands conservation fund, the wildlife conservation fund and the Kansas outdoors fund, providing for the use of moneys from such funds, requiring certain reports to the governor and the legislature and authorizing certain transfers to and from such funds.

KS HB2063

Establishing various conservation funds, allocating state moneys for conservation, requiring reports to the governor and legislature, and authorizing fund transfers and providing for the use of such funds by the Kansas department of agriculture and the Kansas department of wildlife and parks.

KS SB123

Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to establish a grant program for adult learners to pursue certain fields of study, enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act to require school districts to pay for the cost of assessments for students to obtain an approved career technical education credential, designating military veterans and spouses or dependents of such veterans who were stationed in Kansas for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions and expanding the eligible fields of study under the Kansas promise scholarship act.

KS HB2248

Establishing the Kansas nursing initiative grant program and authorizing the state board of regents to approve need-based or competitive grants for the expansion of nursing faculty, laboratory supplies and tools for student success at postsecondary educational institutions.

KS HB2132

Expanding the eligible fields of study and establishing a maximum scholarship amount for certain private postsecondary educational institutions in the Kansas promise scholarship act.

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