Chapter 72, SCHOOLS

72-5631. General fund money to finance litigation, prohibited. (a) No school district shall expend, use or transfer any moneys from the general fund of the district for the purpose of engaging in or supporting in any manner any litigation by the school district or any person, ass…

72-5632. Notice of claim prior to filing suit. (a) Before commencing an action pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5633, and amendments thereto, a party alleging a violation of article 6 of the Kansas constitution shall file a written notice as provided in this section. The notice shall be fil…

72-5633. Appointment of three-judge panel; closing of schools or distribution of moneys to schools. (a) If a petition is filed in a district court of this state alleging a violation of article 6 of the Kansas constitution, the chief judge of such district court shall notify the c…

72-5634. Same; venue. (a) In any action alleging a violation of Article 6 of the Kansas constitution, venue shall be brought in the county as designated by the three judge panel appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 72-5633, and amendments thereto. In making such designation, the judicial…

72-6114. Grounds for suspension or expulsion; who may suspend or expel. The board of education of any school district may suspend or expel, or by regulation authorize any certificated employee or committee of certificated employees to suspend or expel, any pupil guilty of any of …

72-6115. Duration of suspension or expulsion; notice; hearings, opportunity afforded, waiver, time, who may conduct. (a) A suspension may be for a short term not exceeding 10 school days, or for an extended term not exceeding 90 school days. An expulsion may be for a term not exc…

72-6116. Procedural due process requirements; record of appeal, costs; report of findings and result of hearing; information regarding behavior improvement programs. (a) The formal hearing provided for in K.S.A. 72-6115, and amendments thereto, shall be conducted in accordance wi…

72-6117. Notice of hearing results; appeal to board of education; hearing officers; procedure. (a) Written notice of the result of any hearing imposing an extended-term suspension or an expulsion from school shall be given to the pupil suspended or expelled from school, and to th…

72-6118. Nonapplication of compulsory attendance law. The provisions of K.S.A. 72-3120, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to any pupil while subject to suspension or expulsion from school pursuant to the provisions of this act. History: L. 1970, ch. 300, § 5; L. 1994, ch. 3…

72-6119. Powers and duties of persons conducting hearings. (a) Any person, hearing officer or any member of a committee or the board of education conducting a hearing under this act may: (1) Administer oaths for the purpose of taking testimony; (2) call and examine witnesses and …

72-6120. Refusal to admit suspended or expelled pupil authorized. A pupil who has been suspended or expelled from school by any school district may be refused admission to school in any other school district, regardless of residency, until such time as the period of suspension or…

72-6121. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Juvenile" means a person who is less than 18 years of age; (b) "adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older; (c) "felony" means any crime designated a felony by the laws of Kansas or the United States; (d) "misdemeanor" me…

72-6131. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Board of education" means the board of education of a unified school district or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic school. (b) "School" means a public school or an accredited nonpublic school. (c) "Public school" me…

72-6132. Policies requiring expulsion of pupils for possession of weapons, adoption, filing; hearings; modification of requirement authorized; referral procedure; annual report; circumstances when policy not applicable. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.…

72-6133. Duties of state board of education; failure of boards to adopt and file policies, penalties. (a) The state board of education shall compile the reports required of boards of education under subsection (f) of K.S.A. 72-6132, and amendments thereto, and shall submit the co…

72-6134. Use of air guns; certain policies prohibited. (a) No school district shall adopt a policy that prohibits an organization from conducting activities on school property solely because such activities include the possession and use of air guns by the participants. Any polic…

72-6135. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 72-6135 and 72-6136, and amendments thereto: (a) "Board of education" means the board of education of a unified school district or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic school. (b) "School" means a public school or an accredite…

72-6136. Suspension or revocation of driver's license or privilege upon certain school safety violations; procedure. (a) Whenever a pupil who has attained the age of 13 years has been found in possession of a weapon or illegal drug at school, upon school property or at a school-s…

72-6141. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas school safety and security act. History: L. 1995, ch. 123, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: 72-89b01.

72-6142. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Board of education" means the board of education of a unified school district or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic school. (b) "School" means a public school or an accredited nonpublic school. (c) "Public school" me…

72-6143. Information regarding identity of specified pupils, disclosure requirements; criminal acts, reports to law enforcement agencies and state board of education; school safety and security policies, memorandum of understanding, availability; civil liability, immunity. (a) If…

72-6144. Penalties for failure to make reports, preventing or interfering with reports; sanctions for making reports prohibited; immunity from liability. (a) Willful and knowing failure of a school employee to make a report required by subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 72-6143, and ame…

72-6145. Severability. If any provision of the Kansas school safety and security act as in effect on the effective date of this act, or as amended by this act, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect …

72-6146. School security officers and campus police officers. (a) The board of education of any school district or the board of trustees of any community college may employ school security officers, and may designate any one or more of such school security officers as a campus po…

72-6147. Bullying, school district policies. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Bullying" means: (A) Any intentional gesture or any intentional written, verbal, electronic or physical act or threat either by any student, staff member or parent towards a student or by any student, …

72-6228. Hearing testing programs; definitions. As used in this act and the act of which this section is amendatory: (a) " Board of education" means the board of education of any school district or the governing authority of any accredited nonpublic school. (b) "Accredited nonpub…

72-6229. Free tests required; when and by whom tests performed; reports to parents. (a) Every pupil enrolled in a school district or an accredited nonpublic school shall be provided basic hearing screening without charge during the first year of admission and not less than once e…

72-6230. Forms and records. The board of education providing basic hearing screening in accordance with the provisions of this act shall furnish such forms, records and other materials approved or prescribed by the state board of education as may be necessary to carry out the pro…

72-6231. Application of act. The requirements of this act and the act of which this section is amendatory shall not apply to a pupil who is in the first year of admission to school and who has had a basic hearing screening examination within six months prior to July 1, 1981. Hist…

72-6241. Definitions. As used in this act*: (a) "Accredited nonpublic school" means all nonpublic elementary and secondary schools accredited by the state board of education; (b) "basic vision screening" means an age-appropriate eye testing program for each child that is implemen…

72-6242. Provision of basic vision screening eye examination encouraged for conditions; Kansas children's vision health and school readiness commission. (a) Basic vision screening shall be provided without charge in accordance with the following: (1) Annually, for every child par…

72-6251. Annual free dental inspection; exceptions. The boards of education of cities of the first and second class and school boards of school districts are hereby required to provide for free dental inspection annually for all children, except those who hold a certificate from …

72-6252. Inspectors; regulations. Said boards of education and district boards of each school shall provide a place of inspection and designate some competent, licensed dentist or dentists to make such inspection, and such boards of education and district boards may fix a compens…

72-6253. Certificate of inspection; dental work. Certificate of the result of such inspection, together with suggestions of requirements for the curing of any defects found shall be made by the party making such inspection, in duplicate, one copy of same to be furnished to the ch…

72-6261. Health tests and inoculations; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "School board" means the board of education of a school district and the governing authority of any nonpublic school; (b) "school" means all elementary, junior high, or high schools within the state; (c…

72-6262. Same; certification of completion required, alternatives; duties of school boards. (a) In each school year, every pupil enrolling or enrolled in any school for the first time in this state, and each child enrolling or enrolled for the first time in a preschool or day car…

72-6263. Same; duties of public health departments and officers; fees, exception to payment. A county, city-county or multicounty health department shall provide without delay and to the extent that funds designated by such health department for the purchase of vaccines are avail…

72-6264. Same; duties of secretary; forms and certificates; regulations. The secretary shall prescribe the content of forms and certificates to be used by school boards in carrying out this act and shall provide, without cost to the school boards, sufficient copies of this act fo…

72-6265. Exclusion of pupils from school attendance; adoption of policy; notice; hearing; compulsory attendance law not applicable. (a) The school board of every school affected by this act may exclude from school attendance, or by policy adopted by any such school board authoriz…

72-6266. Certification of health; form and contents; expense of obtaining; alternative certification. (a) Every board of education shall require all employees of the school district, who come in regular contact with the pupils of the school district, to submit a certification of …

72-6267. Health assessments; definitions; requirements, alternatives; duties of school boards. (a) As used in this section: (1) "School board" means the board of education of a school district and the governing authority of any nonpublic school; (2) "school" means all elementary …

72-6268. Information on immunizations applicable to school age children. (a) At the beginning of a school year, school boards shall provide information on immunizations applicable to school age children to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12. The informatio…

72-6271. Drug abuse, referral of pupils for assistance; immunity from civil liability. No school district, educational cooperative, interlocal educational agency or state accredited nonpublic school, no governing authority thereof, no member of any such governing authority, and n…

72-6272. Alcohol and drug abuse programs; provision authorized. The board of education of every school district may provide for programs which are designed to assist pupils at all grade levels in the identification, examination, prevention and resolution of alcohol and drug abuse…

72-6281. Eye protective devices required when participating in certain courses. Every student and teacher in all schools, colleges, and universities or other educational institutions participating in any of the following courses: (A) Vocational, technical or industrial arts shops…

72-6282. Policies to allow student to self-administer certain medications. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Medication" means a medicine prescribed by a health care provider for the treatment of anaphylaxis or asthma including, but not limited to, any medicine defined in section…

72-6283. Epinephrine kits and albuterol inhalers; definitions; requirements. (a) As used in this section, K.S.A. 65-1680 and 65-2872b, and amendments thereto: (1) "Albuterol" means a short-acting beta-2 agonist-inhaled medication, otherwise known as a bronchodilator, that is pres…

72-6284. Jason Flatt act. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Jason Flatt act. (b) The board of education of each school district shall provide suicide awareness and prevention programming to all school staff and shall notify the parents or legal guardians of …

72-6285. Tobacco products, use in school buildings prohibited; school building defined. (a) The use of tobacco products in any school building is hereby prohibited. No board of education of any school district shall allow any person to use tobacco products in any school building.…

72-6286. School district sponsored travel; overnight accommodations for students; required policy of separate accommodations by biological sex. (a) The board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy requiring that separate overnight accommodations be provided for…