June 05, 2006

Sebelius signs bill for Leavenworth, Hutchinson and Turner schools
Governor signs final two bills of the 2006 Legislature

A measure ensuring the Leavenworth, Hutchinson and Turner school districts will receive the proper amount of help for at-risk students has been signed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

The bill, HB 2809, corrects a drafting error in the historic school bill passed by the Legislature earlier this year and will result in the three districts receiving the $1.3 million in help for students in poverty they were originally intended to receive.

“This bill will ensure that students in the Leavenworth, Hutchinson and Turner school districts will receive the assistance they were promised. I applaud legislators for coming together on the final day of the session to pass this fix,” said Sebelius.

This bill corrects SB 549 by increasing the weighting for part of the high-density at-risk component of the school finance formula from 0.04 to 0.08 in school year 2006-07 and from 0.05 to 0.09 in school year 2007-08.

Also today, Governor Sebelius signed HB 2529, which reconciles differences between two bills regarding docket fees.

This bill reconciles the docket fee provisions contained in HB 2122 and SB 337, which were both passed by the Legislature and signed into law this year. Both bills raised docket fees to generate additional revenues for the State General Fund among others. The bill also provides a technical language change regarding the Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training.

Both bills will take effect after publication in the statute book.

These two bills are the last bills of the 2006 Legislature. During the session, the Governor signed 216 bills and vetoed 5.