Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 71-1805

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

One-half of the distribution of the appropriation for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid shall be made on August 1, and the remaining one-half shall be made on January 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The state board shall certify, on or before July 20 and December 20 of each fiscal year, to the director of accounts and reports the amount due on August 1 or on January 1, as the case may be, to each institution eligible for postsecondary tiered technical education state aid from such appropriation, and the director of accounts and reports shall draw a warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the eligible institution for such amount. Upon receipt of the warrant, the treasurer of each community college and the institute of technology shall credit the amount of the warrant to the postsecondary technical education fund of the community college or institute, and the treasurer of each technical college shall credit the amount of the warrant to the general operating fund of the technical college.