Equal access act

72-2240. Equal access act. (a) This section shall be known as the equal access act. (b) A board of education shall not grant access to any professional employee or school employee's physical or electronic mailboxes to a professional employees' organization without giving equal access to any other professional employees' organization which requests such access. (c) If a professional employees' organization is permitted to attend new professional employee, other professional employee or school employee orientation meetings in an effort to recruit new members, then any other professional employees' organization which requests permission to attend the meeting shall be granted such permission. (d) A board of education shall not designate any day or break in the school calendar by naming or referring to the day or break in school calendar as the name of any professional employees' organization. (e) As used in the equal access act, the term "school employee" includes administrative employees, persons who hold student teaching licenses, paraprofessional and any other person employed by a board of education. (f) The equal access act shall be a part of and supplemental to the professional negotiations act, K.S.A. 72-2218 et seq., and amendments thereto. History: L. 2013, ch. 52, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 72-5433. 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