Name and style of unified districts

72-1132. Name and style of unified districts. Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 72-516 or 72-517 or any statement in any organization order, the name and style of every unified district shall be "unified school district No. ____, __________ county, state of Kansas." History: L. 1965, ch. 410, § 18; May 17. Source or Prior Law: 72-8202. Cross References to Related Sections: Similar provision, see 72-514. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "The Only Votes that Count: The Kansas Supreme Court Applies Common Law, Not Common Sense, to Invalidate Board of Education Elections," Luke Sobba, 40 W.L.J. 610 (2001). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Positions of teacher and school board member in same district are incompatible, but teacher's contractual employment endures. U.S.D. No. 501 v. Baker, 269 Kan. 239, 6 P.3d 848 (2000). 2. Kansas superintendent plausibly alleged a protected property interest based on the termination of his contract; a possibly illegal benefits clause did not strip the school board of all power to enter into a contract with the superintendent; the post-termination benefits clause did not violate the Kansas cash basis law. Gilhaus v. Gardner Edgerton Unified Sch. Dist. No. 231, 138 F. Supp. 3d 1228, 1238 (D. Kan. 2015). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026