Kansas Statutes 72-3127. Same; definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3127
- Conservator: means an individual or corporation appointed by the court to act on behalf of a conservatee and possessed of some or all of the powers and duties set out in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- 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) As used in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 72-3122 through 72-3125, and amendments thereto, and Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 72-3126, and amendments thereto:
(1) “Homeless child” means a child who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence and whose primary nighttime residence is:
(A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including welfare hotels, congregate shelters and transitional housing for the mentally ill;
(B) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
(C) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for humans.
(2) “Nonresident student” or “nonresident transfer student” means a student who is enrolled and in attendance at or seeking to enroll and attend a school located in a district where such student is not a resident.
(3) “Parent” means and includes natural parents, adoptive parents, stepparents and foster parents.
(4) “Person acting as parent” means:
(A) A guardian or conservator; or
(B) a person, other than a parent, who:
(i) Is liable by law to maintain, care for or support the child;
(ii) has actual care and control of the child and is contributing the major portion of the cost of support of the child;
(iii) has actual care and control of the child with the written consent of a person who has legal custody of the child; or
(iv) has been granted custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(5) “Receiving school district” means a school district of nonresidence of a student who attends school in such school district.
(6) “School district” means a school district organized and operating under the laws of this state.
(7) “Sending school district” means a school district of residence of a student who attends school in a school district not of the student’s residence.
(8) “Sibling” means a brother or sister of the whole or half blood, adoptive brother or sister, a stepbrother or stepsister or a foster brother or foster sister.
(b) This section shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.