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The analysis explains Kansas’s funding method that weights students eligible for free lunch and discusses whether increased eligibility reflects real economic need or a potential recruitment effect caused by the weighting factor. 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Changes in the percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch in Kansas are said to closely follow national trends, with Kansas showing lower free-lunch percents and higher reduced-price percents.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},584448,1792104946,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":44,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":39,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":46,"preview_page_count":4},549768072016,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","SERVING EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, INSPIRING STUDENT SUCCESS July 2016  \nPUBLISHED BY THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS • 1420 SW ARROWHEAD RD, TOPEKA, KS 66604-4024 • 800.432.2471 • WWW. KASB.ORG  \nAt-Risk Funding in Kansas:  \nFree Lunch Status and At-Risk Status  \nIntroduction: The percentage of public school students qualifying for free or reduced price meals has increased from about 33 percent to nearly 50 percent over the past 15 years.  \nKansas uses the number of students eligible for free (but not reduced-price) lunch to determine the amount of funding school districts receive to provide for services to at-risk students. Because  \nlunch participation increased just about 1 percent. Beginning in 2009, childhood poverty spiked, coinciding with the largest increase in free/reduced eligible students. (Note: eligibility for free/ reduced lunch is based on 130 percent of poverty for free lunches, and on 185 percent for reduced-price lunches. ) Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility increased more than the poverty rate from 2009 to 2012, and continued to increase as the poverty rate declined from 2012 to 2014. The decline for lunch  \neligiblity started later around 2014.  \nEligibility for free and reduced-price meals is based in part on the incomes of families at various percentages of the poverty rate. However, students are also eligible based on other conditions, such as foster children, migrants or homeless. Students identified through these conditions may not be included in the poverty count. (Note that the poverty rate is only an estimate, while free/reduced percentage is an actual number. )  \nthe value of this weighting factor has increased from 10 percent of base  \nChart 1: Kansas Free/Reduced Eligible and Childhood Poverty  \nstate aid per pupil to over 45 percent of base aid, questions have been raised about whether the number of students receiving free meals is due to actual changes in student and family economic need, or whether the increased weighting factor has caused districts to “recruit”families who may not actually qualify.  \nThis document presents data and comparisons that address those questions.  \n1: The increase in Kansas students on free or reducedprice meals has generally followed changes in the number of low income students as measured by poverty rates.  \nChart 1 shows that childhood poverty in Kansas was basically flat from 2005 to 2008, while free and reduced-price  \n60  \n50  \n40  \n30  \n20  \n10  \n0  \nFree and Reduced Eligible Students  \n Children below 200% Poverty  \n Free Eligible  \nStudents  \n Children below 150% Poverty  \n Reduced Eligible Students  \n Children below 100% Poverty  \n2005  \n2006  \n2007  \n2008  \n2009  \n2010  \n2011  \n2012  \n2013  \n2014  \n2015  \n2016  \n2: Changes in the percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch in Kansas closely follow national trends; with Kansas consistently showing lower percents of students eligible for free lunch and higher percents of students eligible for reduced-price lunch.  \nOften times the combined free and reduced-price lunch eligibility percentage is reported due to the difficulty obtaining separate percentages for free lunch and for reduced price lunch. As such, it is important to verify that the trends for free lunch, which is used as the basis for atrisk funding, follow the trends for free and reduced-price lunch overall.  \nAs Chart 2 on the right shows, the change in the overall percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch at both the national level and in Kansas can be attributed almost entirely to the change in the overall percent of students eligible for free lunch, as the percent of students eligible for reduced-price lunch for both Kansas and the nation have remained relatively flat since 2000. In addition, from 2010 through 2012, there was a noticeable shift in the proportion of free to reduced-price lunch at the national level; with the portion of reduced-price lunch eligible students decreasing with a  \nChart 2: ","cbCaipjWC0bXZKoW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipjWC0bXZKoW","pdf",231548,"English","# Introduction\n# Eligibility basis and poverty measurement\n# Funding weighting and policy questions\n# Chart 1: Kansas free/reduced eligibility and childhood poverty\n# Chart 2: National vs Kansas free/reduced eligibility\n# Chart 3: Free lunch eligibility and overall poverty","[{\"question\":\"How does Kansas determine at-risk funding using lunch eligibility?\",\"answer\":\"Kansas uses the number of students eligible for free (but not reduced-price) lunch to determine the amount of funding school districts receive for services to at-risk students.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about the relationship between poverty and free/reduced eligibility in Kansas?\",\"answer\":\"The report states that the increase in Kansas students on free or reduced-price meals generally follows changes in low-income trends measured by poverty rates.\"},{\"question\":\"Do Kansas and national trends move together for free and reduced-price lunch eligibility?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. Changes in the percent of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch in Kansas are said to closely follow national trends, with Kansas showing lower free-lunch percents and higher reduced-price percents.\"}]","At-Risk Funding in Kansas - Free Lunch Status and At-Risk Status | PDF",1792051027]