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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 76-771

  • 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
  • Board of regents: means the state board of regents provided for in the constitution of this state and described in article 32 of chapter 74 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto. See Kansas Statutes 76-711
  • 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.
  • Institution: means any institution under the control and supervision of the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 76-739
  • State: means the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 76-779
  • State board: means the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 76-7,126
  • State educational institution: means the university of Kansas, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state university, and Fort Hays state university. See Kansas Statutes 76-711

(a) The state board of regents shall identify and approve core indicators of quality performance for the state educational institutions and shall establish and implement a data management system that includes a process and format for collecting, aggregating and reporting common and institution-specific information documenting effectiveness of the institutions in meeting the role and mission thereof.

(b) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2003 fiscal year, each state educational institution is eligible to receive a quality performance grant from the state general fund. If the state board determines that the state educational institution has demonstrated effectiveness in complying with its role and mission statement and has met or exceeded the core indicators of quality performance for the state educational institutions identified and approved by the state board, the state educational institution shall receive a quality performance grant in an amount that shall be determined by the state board by computing 2% of the amount of the institution’s appropriation from the state general fund for the preceding fiscal year. The computed amount is the amount of the quality performance grant the state educational institution shall receive for the fiscal year.