Chapter 71, SCHOOLS—COMMUNITY COLLEGES

71-120. Community colleges; official designation. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, every public community junior college, established and existing under the laws of this state, is hereby officially designated as a community college. (b) Whenever the community coll…

71-201. Boards of trustees; powers and duties. (a) The board of trustees, in accordance with the provisions of law and the rules and regulations of the state board of regents, shall have custody of and be responsible for the property of the community college and shall be responsi…

71-201a. Contracts; indemnification or hold harmless provision, void. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the board of trustees of a community college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board, provide th…

71-201b. Contracts; governed by Kansas law. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the board of trustees of a community college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board, shall be governed by and interpreted…

71-201c. Contracts; mandatory provisions. (a) Except as provided by subsection (c), any contract entered into by the board of trustees of a community college or any of its officers or employees acting on behalf of the board shall contain the mandatory contract provisions prescrib…

71-203. Scholarships; limitations on use of public funds. The board of trustees of a community college shall not authorize or permit the expenditure of any public funds, either directly or indirectly, for scholarships for students who reside outside of the community college distr…

71-204. Tax levy authorization; determination of amount; budget. (a) For the purpose of community college maintenance and operation, the board of trustees is authorized to levy a tax on the taxable tangible property of the community college district. Such tax levy shall be the am…

71-205. Off-campus instruction at Fort Leavenworth military reservation. For the purpose of offering and providing off-campus instruction and courses of study at the Fort Leavenworth military reservation, any community college board of trustees is hereby authorized to enter into …

71-206. Same; disposition of funds. Any community college board shall receive, deposit and disburse all funds due or to become due for off-campus instruction at Fort Leavenworth military reservation in the same manner as other funds belonging to the board, and all funds so receiv…

71-210. Affiliation with certain organizations and associations; payment of dues, membership fees authorized. The board of trustees of any community college, upon majority vote of the members thereof, is hereby authorized to pay dues or membership fees from the general fund of su…

71-211. Standardized and uniform chart of accounts; use required. The director of accounts and reports, with the advice of the state board of regents, the senate committee on education and the house of representatives committee on education, shall prescribe a standardized and uni…

71-212. Early retirement incentive programs; establishment authorized; purposes; payment limitations; program report required. (a) The board of trustees of any community college may establish an early retirement incentive program for the benefit of the employees of the community …

71-213. Same; budget authorization. The board of trustees is hereby authorized to budget and expend such amounts for early retirement incentive programs as the board may deem to be necessary and desirable. History: L. 1981, ch. 267, § 2; July 1.

71-214. Same; limitation on rights creation. Nothing in this act shall be construed to create any right, or to authorize the creation of any right, which is not subject to amendment or nullification by act of the legislature. History: L. 1981, ch. 267, § 3; July 1.

71-215. Evaluation of employees; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 71-216 through 71-218, and amendments thereto: (a) "Board" means the board of trustees of a community college. (b) "Employees" means all full-time employees of community colleges. (c) "Full-time employees of communit…

71-216. Policy of personnel evaluation; adoption; forms; contents; time. Each board shall adopt a written policy of personnel evaluation procedure in accordance with this act. Every policy so adopted shall: (a) Be prescribed in writing at the time of original adoption and at all …

71-217. Same; evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluation required prior to contract renewal. Evaluation policies adopted under K.S.A. 71-216, and amendments thereto, shall meet the following guidelines or criteria: (a) Consideration shall be given to the fo…

71-218. Same; evaluation documents; presentation to employee; acknowledgment; limited availability. Whenever any evaluation is made of an employee, the written document thereof shall be presented to the employee, and the employee shall provide written acknowledgment of such prese…

71-221. Identification of courses that transfer to all state educational institutions; publication thereof. The board of trustees of each community college shall identify those courses offered by such community college that transfer to all state educational institutions, as that …

71-222. Taxpayer and student transparency data report; contents; publication thereof. The board of trustees of each community college shall annually publish the following information on such community college's website homepage with an easily identifiable link, which shall be tit…

71-301. Student tuition and fees; purpose and expenditure of fees charged. (a) The board of trustees shall charge to and collect from each student tuition at rates per credit hour enrolled which shall be established by the board of trustees. (b) In addition to tuition, the board …

71-406. State residence; determination for state entitlements; rules and regulations. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 71-407, and amendments thereto, persons enrolling in a community college who, if adults, have not been, or if minors, whose parents have not been resident…

71-407. Same; certain persons considered state residents; definitions; eligibility criteria. (a) The following persons, or any class or classes thereof, and their spouses and dependents, may be considered residents of the state of Kansas by the state board for the purpose of dete…

71-501. Tax levy; authorization; purposes; conditions; protest; election; additional levy; renewal procedures; definition. (a) The board of trustees of any community college is authorized to make an annual tax levy for a period of not to exceed five years of not to exceed two mil…

71-501a. Capital outlay fund; establishment; sources. There is hereby established in every community college of the state a fund which shall be called the capital outlay fund, which fund shall consist of all moneys deposited therein in accordance with law. The proceeds of any tax…

71-502. Bonds in lieu of capital outlay levy; limitations. (a) Any moneys in the capital outlay fund of any community college district and any moneys received from issuance of bonds under this section may be used for the purposes specified in K.S.A. 71-501, and amendments thereto…

71-507. Refraining from making authorized levy; effect. If any community college is unconditionally authorized to make a tax levy under authority of article 5 of chapter 71 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, but the board of trustees of the community college chooses, in any year, not …

71-508. Validity of prior tax levies and bonds not affected. This act shall not in any manner be construed as affecting the validity of any tax levies authorized to be made under article 5 of chapter 71 of Kansas Statutes Annotated prior to the effective date of this act, nor sha…

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…

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 d…

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 prorat…

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 be…

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. 19…

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 …

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. Histo…

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 e…

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,…

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 motorcy…

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 …

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 (¼) mill on all taxable tangi…

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 t…

71-701. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Board of trustees" means the governing body of a community college. (b) "Campus" means the location of all or part of the buildings and facilities of a community college. (c) "Chief administrative officer" means the president or one …

71-702. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "community college act." History: L. 1965, ch. 417, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 48; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Act considered in determining power of board to condemn land. Reinecker v. Board of Trustees, 198 …

71-801. Supervision; core indicators of quality performance; data management system. (a) Community colleges are under the supervision of the state board of regents. (b) The state board of regents shall identify and approve core indicators of quality performance for each of the co…

71-802. Loss of approval of college; loss of state aid. At any time, if the state board of regents finds that a community college previously approved or deemed approved has failed to comply with the provisions of this act or with any provision of a rule or regulation adopted purs…

71-1101. Application to organize; preparatory study. (a) Any one or more interested school districts may make a preparatory study of the need and feasibility of establishing a community college in its or their area. The state board may provide professional advice and technical as…

71-1102. Standards for approval. Every community college shall meet the following standards: (a) At least all of the territory of the petitioning district or districts or all of one county shall be included in the proposed community college district. (b) Any contiguous compact te…

71-1103. Establishment; approval by state board; approval at election. (a) Upon receiving any petition under K.S.A. 71-1101, the same shall be submitted to the advisory council for its advice and recommendations, which together with the petition shall be presented to the state bo…

71-1104. Establishment; election for approval; determination of result. Whenever an election for approval of the establishment of a community college is held as provided in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 71-1103, and amendments thereto, the results of such election shall be certified t…

71-1105. Order establishing new college; contents. The order of the state board establishing any community college shall contain the following: (a) A description of the territory of the community college district. (b) A statement of the legal name of the community college. (c) Th…