72-6503. Operating grant, amount; quality performance grant, eligibility and amount; determination of FTE enrollment; limitation on use of grants.
72-6503
72-6503. Operating grant, amount; qualityperformance grant, eligibility and amount;determination of FTE enrollment; limitation on use of grants.(a) In each fiscal year, the university is entitled to an operating grant fromthe state general fund in an amount to be determined by the state board. Thestate board shall:
(1) Determine the average amount of moneys from the state general fundexpended per FTE lower division undergraduate student in the preceding fiscalyear at the regional state educational institutions;
(2) (A) in the 2002 fiscal year, compute 55% of the amount determined under(1); (B) in the 2003 fiscal year, compute 60% of the amount determined under(1); (C) in the 2004 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter, compute65% of the amount determined under (1);
(3) multiply the amount computed under (2) by the number of FTE students ofthe university. Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of K.S.A.74-3202d, and amendments thereto, the product is the amount of theoperating grant the university is entitled to receive for the fiscal year.
(b) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2003 fiscal year, the universityis eligible to receive a quality performance grant from the state general fund.If the state board determines that the university has demonstratedeffectiveness in complying with its mission and goals statement and has met orexceeded the core indicators of quality performance identified and approved forthe university by the state board, the university shall receive a qualityperformance grant in an amount which shall be determined by the state board bycomputing 2% of the amount of the operating grant the university received inthe preceding fiscal year. The computed amount is the amount of the qualityperformance grant the university shall receive for the fiscal year.
(c) (1) For the purposes of this section, the FTE enrollment of theuniversity shall be based on: (A) Enrollment of students who are residents ofthe state of Kansas; and (B) the greater of FTE enrollment in the second orthird fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation for theoperating grant is made.
(2) As used in this section, the term regional state educationalinstitutions means Emporia state university, Fort Hays state university andPittsburg state university and the term lower division undergraduate studentmeans a freshman or sophomore.
(d) Moneys received as state grants from the state general fund shall not beexpended for the purpose of expansion of graduate programs or for the purposeof expansion of off-campus programs without the prior approval of the stateboard.
History: L. 1961, ch. 365, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 416, § 2; L.1967, ch. 390, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 332, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 290, § 1; L.1974, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 376, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 233, § 2; L.1978, ch. 295, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 208, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 282, §4; L. 1984, ch. 258, § 2;L. 1985, ch. 234, § 3;L. 1988, ch. 274, § 7;L. 1991, ch. 225, § 2;L. 1992, ch. 24, § 1;L. 1999, ch. 147, § 60;L. 2001, ch. 51, § 1;L. 2002, ch. 188, § 9; July 1.