Session of 2023
SENATE BILL No. 84
By Committee on Education
1-23
AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational
institutions; including high school equivalency credentials in
performance-based payments for such institutions; amending K.S.A.
74-32,434 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 74-32,434 is hereby amended to read as follows:
74-32,434. (a) (1) Any eligible postsecondary educational institution may
certify to the board of regents:
(A) The number of individuals who received a general educational
development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential from
such institution while enrolled in an eligible career technical education
program;
(B) the number of individuals who received a career technical
education credential from such institution; and
(C) the number of individuals who were enrolled in an eligible career
technical education program at such institution and who are pursuing a
general educational development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE)
credential.
(2) Certifications submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be
submitted in such form and manner as prescribed by the board of regents,
and shall include such other information as required by the board of
regents.
(b) Each fiscal year, upon receipt of a certification submitted under
subsection (a), the board of regents shall authorize payment to such
eligible postsecondary educational institution from the postsecondary
education performance-based incentives fund. The amount of any such
payment shall be calculated based on the following:
(1) For each individual who has received a general educational
development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential, $500;
(2) for each individual who has received a career technical education
credential, $1,000; and
(3) for each individual enrolled in an eligible career technical
education program who is pursuing a general educational development
(GED) or high school equivalency (HSE) credential, $170.
(c) That portion of any payment from the postsecondary education
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performance-based incentives fund that is made based on subsection (b)(2)
shall be expended for scholarships for individuals enrolled in an eligible
career technical education program and operating costs of eligible career
technical education programs. Each eligible postsecondary educational
institution shall prepare and submit a report to the board of regents which
shall include that includes the number of individuals who received
scholarships, the aggregate amount of moneys expended for such
scholarships and the number of those individuals who received a
scholarship that also received a career technical education credential.
(d) (1) Of that portion of any payment from the postsecondary
education performance-based incentives fund that is made based on
subsection (b)(3), an amount equal to $150 for each individual shall be
expended by the eligible postsecondary educational institution for the
general educational development (GED) test.
(2) If any individual enrolled in an eligible career technical education
program for which an eligible postsecondary educational institution has
received a payment under this section fails to take the general educational
development (GED) test, then such institution shall notify the board of
regents in writing that no such test was administered to the individual. For
each such notification received, the board of regents shall deduct an
amount equal to $150 from such institution's subsequent incentive
payment.
(e) All payments authorized by the board of regents pursuant to this
section shall be subject to the limits of appropriations made for such
purposes. If there are insufficient appropriations for the board of regents to
authorize payments in accordance with the amounts set forth in subsection
(b), the board of regents shall prorate such amounts in accordance with
appropriations made therefor.
(f) There is hereby created the postsecondary education performance-
based incentives fund. Expenditures from the postsecondary education
performance-based incentives fund shall be for the sole purpose of paying
payments to eligible postsecondary educational institutions as authorized
by the board of regents. All expenditures from the postsecondary education
performance-based incentives fund shall be made in accordance with
appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the president of the board of
regents, or the president's designee.
(g) As used in this section:
(1) "Board of regents" means the state board of regents provided for
in the constitution of this state and established by K.S.A. 74-3202a, and
amendments thereto.
(2) "Career technical education credential" means any industry-
recognized technical certification or credential, other than a general
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educational development (GED) or high school equivalency (HSE)
credential, or any technical certification or credential authorized by a state
agency.
(3) "Eligible career technical education program" means a program
operated by one or more eligible postsecondary educational institutions
that is identified by the board of regents as a program that allows an
enrollee to obtain a general educational development (GED) or high
school equivalency (HSE) credential while pursuing a career technical
education credential.
(4) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means any
community college, technical college or the institute of technology at
Washburn university.
(5) "State agency" means any state office, department, board,
commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 74-32,434 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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