Chapter 72, SCHOOLS

72-120. Publication of school laws by state board of education; preparation of forms. The state board of education not more often than once each year may publish the school laws in force, with such forms, rules and regulations, instructions and decisions as it determines appropri…

72-243. State board of education act; citation. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state board of education act." History: L. 1968, ch. 269, § 1; April 30. Source or Prior Law: 72-7501. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "The Debate over Evolution," Robert Vaugh…

72-244. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this act: (a) "State board" means the state board of education created by sections 2 and 3 of article 6 of the constitution and provided for by K.S.A. 72-245. (b) "Board member" and "member" mean a member of t…

72-245. Composition of state board; position numbers; residence qualification; filling vacancies; powers generally. (a) In compliance with sections 2 and 3 of article 6 of the constitution of this state, provisions are hereby made for the state board of education. The board shall…

72-246. Vacancies on state board; how filled; when vacancy occurs. (a) Whenever a vacancy occurs in any board member position, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in K.S.A. 25-3902a, and amendments thereto. (b) A vacancy occurs in a board member position under any…

72-247. Abolition of office of state superintendent of public instruction; continuation of contracts. The office of state superintendent of public instruction is hereby abolished at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on January 14, 1969. Any contract, agreement or assurance entered into after th…

72-248. Meetings of state board; commencement of powers and duties. (a) The initial meeting of the state board shall be on the second Tuesday in January of 1969 in the office of the secretary of state in the state capitol building, and such meeting shall commence at 10:00 o'clock…

72-249. State board of education; meetings, regular, special, adjourned; offical actions at official meetings only. (a) The state board shall meet at least once each month. At some time during the month of January of each year the board shall adopt a resolution specifying a regul…

72-250. Annual election of officers; appointment of secretary; board minutes. At its initial meeting and at its first meeting after the second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year, the state board shall organize by election of a chairman, vice-chairman and such other offic…

72-251. Quorum; number of votes for official action; record vote. A quorum of the state board shall be six (6) members and no meeting shall commence until a quorum is present, but any number of members less than a quorum may recess a meeting to a later time. Official actions of t…

72-252. Official certifications. The state board shall provide a seal which shall be used in making official certifications by the commissioner or secretary. Any certification which may be made by the commissioner or secretary may be made with the same force and verity by any ass…

72-253. State board of education; meeting attendance; compensation and expenses. (a) The state board of education may authorize members thereof to attend in-state meetings for participation in matters of educational interest to the state of Kansas, and when attending a meeting so…

72-254. Same; attorney; appointment and duties. The state board may sue in its own name, may be sued and may defend any action brought against it or against any of its members who are sued in situations relating to and arising out of the performance of their official duties. The …

72-255. General powers of state board. In general, but not by way of limitation, consonant with other applicable statutory provisions, the state board of education shall: (a) Adopt and maintain standards, criteria, guidelines or rules and regulations for the following: (1) School…

72-256. Rules and regulations; authorization to adopt. The state board is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations not in conflict with law on any and all matters within its jurisdiction, except as is otherwise specifically provided by law. History: L. 1968, ch. 269, § 28…

72-257. Rules and regulations. Every rule and regulation which is adopted by the state board of education whether pursuant to statutory authority of the board or pursuant to authority granted to the board under section 2 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, sh…

72-258. Availability of local school records to state board. All books, records and papers of the board of education or other governing body of each school district, community junior college, area vocational-technical school, or technical institute shall, at all reasonable times,…

72-259. Same; "state board" defined. "State board" means the constitutional state board of education. History: L. 1968, ch. 82, § 2; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 72-7516.

72-260. Gifts and bequests; expenditure and supervision. The state board of education may receive and expend, or supervise the expenditure of, any donation, gift, grant or bequest made to the state board of education for furthering any phase of education. History: L. 1969, ch. 34…

72-261. Gifts and bequests to state board or institutions thereunder; supervision; expenditure; school districts and community-junior colleges excepted. (a) The state board of education, or any institution under the jurisdiction of the state board, with the approval thereof, may …

72-262. Hearing officers for state board; appointment; purpose; limitations. (a) For the purpose of hearing any appeal, case or other matter of any kind whatsoever required by law to be determined or heard and determined by the state board of education, the state board of educati…

72-263. Same; initial order; review by state board. Whenever a hearing officer appointed under authority of K.S.A. 72-262, and amendments thereto, hears any appeal, case or other matter, the hearing officer, after hearing the same, shall render an initial order which shall be sub…

72-271. Computerized information search services; certain contracts authorized; fee schedule. The state board of education may provide by contracts with any state agency or institution, any board of trustees of a community junior college, any board of education of a school distri…

72-272. Same; establishment of fee fund; sources expenditures. The state board of education shall remit all moneys received by or for it under any contract entered into under the provisions of this act or from any grants from the federal government or any unit or agency thereof t…

72-281. Conveyance of certain real estate situated in Ottawa county to U. S. department of health, education and welfare authorized. The state board of education is hereby authorized to release, remit and remise by quit claim deed to the department of health, education and welfar…

72-282. Same; conditions; reasons. The instrument of conveyance quit claiming, releasing and remising the real estate described in K.S.A. 72-281 shall be executed in the name of the state board of education by its chairman. Said state board shall execute the quit claim deed for t…

72-283. Conveyance of certain real estate situated in Saline county to U.S. department of health, education and welfare authorized. The state board of education is hereby authorized to release, remit and remise by quit claim deed to the department of health, education and welfare…

72-284. Same; conditions; reasons. The instruments of conveyance quit claiming, releasing and remising the real estate described in K.S.A. 72-283 shall be executed in the name of the state board of education by its chairman. Said state board shall execute the quit claim deed for …

72-291. School district organization; comprehensive study and plan; report to education committees of legislature. (a) The state board of education shall undertake a comprehensive study of the organization of school districts in this state to determine if the public school system…

72-292. Basic reading skills; mastery program; report to legislature. (a) The state board of education shall prepare a strategy for identifying, developing, and implementing a mastery of basic reading skills program in kindergarten and each of grades one through three of school d…

72-293. Task force; study feasibility of conducting a check of KBI registered offender internet site prior to permitting certain persons on school grounds; report to the legislature. The Kansas board of education shall appoint a task force to study the feasibility of requiring al…

72-294. Study for implementing individual career plan of study. (a) The state board of education shall conduct a study of, or contract for the study of, the implementation of requiring each district to maintain an individual career plan of study for each pupil enrolled in the dis…

72-295. Study of state aid for career technical education programs. On or before January 15, 2014, the state board of education shall prepare a report to the legislature proposing a strategy and proposed plan for providing state aid to career technical education programs or cours…

72-297. Students' right to know act; distribution of postsecondary degree and career option information. (a) The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the students' right to know act. (b) On or before October 15, 2022, and each year thereafter, the state d…

72-371. Commissioner of education, acting commissioner; appointment and duties. (a) The state board shall appoint a commissioner of education as is provided by section 4 of article 6 of the constitution. The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the state board and perform …

72-372. Commissioner and assistant commissioners in unclassified service; salary and other compensation. The commissioner of education and the assistant commissioners of education shall be in the unclassified service and shall receive such salary and other compensation as is prov…

72-373. Assistant commissioners; appointment and duties. Assistant commissioners of education shall be appointed by the state board and shall perform such functions and duties as are prescribed by the state board or by the commissioner. Any of said assistant commissioners of educ…

72-408. Organizational status of state department of education; application of K-GOAL. (a) There is hereby established the state department of education with appropriate divisions which shall be under the administrative supervision of the commissioner as directed by law and by th…

72-409. Retention of civil service status of employees; transfer of employees. (a) Employees of the state department of public instruction provided for by K.S.A. 72-107, which department is hereby abolished, shall retain rights and status to the extent provided in subsection (c) …

72-410. Retention of retirement status of employees. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to alter or change the retirement plan or retirement status of the employees who under the provisions of this act are placed under the control of the state board of education pro…

72-514. Name and style of district; application of laws. The name and style of every unified school district established under this act shall be "unified school district No. ____, __________ county, state of Kansas," and all laws applicable uniformly to unified school districts e…

72-515. City annexation; effect. No annexation by any city governing body shall effect any change in the boundaries of any unified district or other school district. History: L. 1965, ch. 420, § 21; February 23. Source or Prior Law: 72-6779.

72-516. Validating certain unified school districts; approved by election. The orders of the state superintendent of public instruction heretofore issued entitled "order organizing unified school districts and disorganizing nonunified school districts" are hereby declared to be o…

72-517. Same; approved on petition. The orders of the state superintendent of public instruction heretofore issued headed "order organizing unified school districts and disorganizing nonunified school districts" are hereby declared to be operative and effective as of January 1, 1…

72-518. Validating certain unified school districts. The orders of the state superintendent of public instruction issued after unified district No. 449 of Leavenworth county and before February 23, 1965, headed "ORDER ORGANIZING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DISORGANIZING NONUNIFI…

72-519. Same; district 458 and following. The orders of the state superintendent of public instruction issued after unified district No. 457 of Finney county and before the effective date of this act headed "order organizing unified school districts and disorganizing nonunified s…

72-521. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "District" means any school district except a community junior college; (b) "Board" and "board of education," mean the board of education or other governing body of a district; (c) "Receiving dis…

72-522. Adjustment of property rights and claims. Whenever any territory of a school district is transferred to another school district, the property rights and claims between such school districts shall be adjusted as provided in this act. History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 2; July 1.…

72-523. Effective dates of school territory transfers; various purposes. All transfers of school territory shall be effective on the June 1 following the date of such transfer, except as otherwise provided by this act. (a) The territory transferred and the taxable tangible proper…

72-524. Voting rights when property transferred; tax liability upon transfer. (a) When a transfer of school territory is effective for election purposes as provided in K.S.A. 72-523, electors residing in the territory transferred shall be entitled to vote, if otherwise qualified,…