Kansas Statutes 72-3440. Medicaid replacement state aid; computation of amount; limitation
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Medicaid children” means exceptional children who receive special education and related services and for which the district receives medicaid payments.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3440
- Board: means the board of education of any school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Exceptional children: means persons who are children with disabilities or gifted children and are school age, to be determined in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the state board, whose age may differ from the ages of children required to attend school under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Related services: means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services, including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the child's IEP, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only, as may be required to assist an exceptional child to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- School district: means any public school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Special education: means specially designed instruction provided at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs of an exceptional child, including:
(1) Instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and
(2) instruction in physical education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State board: means the state board of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
(2) Words and phrases used in this section, have the meanings ascribed thereto in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-3404, and amendments thereto.
(b) The state board shall designate a portion of the amount of moneys appropriated as special education services state aid as medicaid replacement state aid. The amount designated by the state board shall not exceed $9,000,000 in any school year.
(c) Subject to the limitations of this section and appropriations therefor, each school district shall be entitled to medicaid replacement state aid. The amount of such state aid shall be computed by the state board as provided in this section. The state board shall:
(1) Determine the total number of medicaid children in all school districts on March 1 of each school year;
(2) divide the amount of moneys designated as medicaid replacement state aid by the amount determined under paragraph (1); and
(3) multiply the quotient determined under paragraph (2) by the number of medicaid children in each school district on March 1 of each school year. The product is the amount of medicaid replacement state aid the district is entitled to receive.
(d) All amounts received by a school district under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the district and shall be transferred to the special education fund of the district.
(e) The board of education of any district desiring to receive state aid pursuant to this section shall submit any documentation or information to the state board as it may request. The state board may establish deadlines for the submission of such documentation and information.
(f) The state board shall make the distribution of moneys under this section prior to determining the amount of state aid to be distributed under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-3422, and amendments thereto.
(g) The state board shall prescribe all forms necessary for reporting under this section.