Kansas Statutes 71-604. State aid; proration of insufficient appropriation; overpayments; underpayments
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 71-604
- 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
(a) If the amount of any appropriation for state aid is insufficient to pay in full the amount each community college is otherwise eligible to receive, the amount appropriated shall be prorated among all community colleges in proportion to the amount each is eligible to receive.
(b) If any community college is paid more than the amount it is eligible to receive, the state board shall notify the community college of the amount of the overpayment and the community college shall remit the same to the state board and the state board shall deposit the same in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund, and if any such community college fails to remit, the state board shall deduct the excess amount so paid from future payments becoming due to such community college.
(c) If any community college is paid less than the amount it is eligible to receive, the state board shall pay the additional amount due at any time within the fiscal year in which the underpayment was made or within 60 days after the end of such fiscal year.