71-601. Definitions. (a) “Credit hour” means the basic unit of collegiate level instruction, as determined by the state board, in a subject or course offered at a level not higher than those subjects or courses normally offered to freshmen and sophomores in four-year institutions of postsecondary education which subject or course is approved by the […]
71-603. Certification to state board of credit hour enrollments and property valuations. (a) On or before November 1 and on or before March 1 of each year, the chief administrative officer of each community college shall certify under oath to the state board the total number of duly enrolled credit hours of students of the […]
71-604. State aid; proration of insufficient appropriation; overpayments; underpayments. (a) If the amount of any appropriation for state aid is insufficient to pay in full the amount each community college is otherwise eligible to receive, the amount appropriated shall be prorated among all community colleges in proportion to the amount each is eligible to receive. […]
71-605. Same; distribution, when; credit to general fund. The distribution of the appropriation for state grants shall be made in substantially equal payments on August 1 and January 1 of each fiscal year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The state board shall certify, on or before July 20 and December 20 of each fiscal […]
71-606. Curriculum limitation. The provisions of this act shall apply only to community colleges accredited by the state board whose collegiate credit curriculums are limited to a program of not more than two (2) years. History: L. 1961, ch. 363, § 7; L. 1963, ch. 390, § 7; L. 1965, ch. 417, § 23; L. […]
71-609. Same; subjects and courses taught outside home county, certain authorizations required. (a) No amount of state funding shall be based upon enrollment in any subject or course the principal part of which is taught at a location outside the county of the main campus of the community college, unless the location of such subject […]
71-609a. Same; disallowance for certain credit hours. No amount of the state operating grant of a community college shall be based upon any credit hour for which the community college is receiving or is eligible to receive postsecondary tiered technical education state aid. History: L. 1978, ch. 278, § 7; L. 1978, ch. 280, § […]
71-611. Definitions; operating expenses; legally adopted budget; general fund. (a) “Operating expenses” means the total expenditures and lawful transfers from the general fund of a community college during a fiscal year for all purposes. (b) “Legally adopted budget of operating expenses” means the amount legally authorized and budgeted for operating expenses in the general fund […]
71-612. Budget authority. In any fiscal year, each community college may budget and expend for operating expenses any amount the board of trustees determines necessary to be budgeted therefor. History: L. 1973, ch. 274, § 17; L. 1974, ch. 278, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 361, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 300, § 2; L. […]
71-614. General fund; transfer authorizations; operating expense; certain expenditures prohibited. Any lawful transfer of money from the general fund of a community college to the career technical education fund, adult education fund, adult supplementary education fund or motorcycle driver safety fund shall be an operating expense in the year the transfer is made. The board […]
71-615. Exceeding budget; penalty. If a community college expends in any fiscal year an amount for operating expenses which exceeds its legally adopted budget of operating expenses, the state board of regents shall determine the excess and deduct the same from amounts payable to the community college during the next fiscal year. History: L. 1973, […]
71-617. Adult basic education; tax levy authorized, limitations, protest; fund, sources; expenses. (a) The board of trustees of any community college may levy a tax in each year for a period of not to exceed five (5) years of not to exceed one-fourth (1/4) mill on all taxable tangible property within the district to maintain […]
71-620. Grants; eligibility and amount; disallowance for certain credit hours; determination of residency. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2012 fiscal year, each community college is eligible for a grant from the state general fund, in an amount to be determined by the state board, for non-tiered course credit hours, as defined in […]
