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Task force examines density, high/low enrollment weighting options; staff present alternative formulas
Summary
Legislative Research and KLRD staff reviewed models to change low/high enrollment weightings and to use density (students per square mile) as an alternative; staff also circulated district examples and asked for more time to let members digest the complex material.
The Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force spent substantial time reviewing possible alternatives to the current low/high enrollment weightings and a set of density‑based models that would change how districts are weighted for sparsity or density.
Matthew Willis of Legislative Research reviewed follow‑up material on high/low enrollment models and then presented three density‑based approaches. Willis said he used components of existing Kansas formulas — the transportation denominator (students transported per square mile) and the…
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