Chapter 74, STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES

74-32,427. Payment of grants; times and method; disposition upon discontinued attendance of an eligible student; career technical workforce grant discontinued attendance fund. (a) Payments to an eligible student of a career technical workforce grant shall be made at times specifi…

74-32,428. Responsibilities of applicants. Each applicant for a career technical workforce grant, in accordance with rules and regulations of the board of regents, shall: (a) Complete and file an application for the award or renewal of a career technical workforce grant. (b) Repo…

74-32,429. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Community college," "technical college" and "institute of technology" have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 74-32,407, and amendments thereto. (b) "Career technical education institution" means any community co…

74-32,430. Kansas technology innovation and internship program, establishment; administration; purposes; grants, award and conditions; rules and regulations. (a) There is hereby established the Kansas technology innovation and internship program to be administered by the board. T…

74-32,431. Technical colleges, grants; certification of enrolled credit hours, when. On or before November 1 and on or before March 1 of each year, the chief administrative officer of each technical college shall certify under oath to the state board the total number of duly enro…

74-32,432. Same; proration of insufficient appropriation for non-tiered grant aid, when; overpayments; underpayments. (a) If the amount of any appropriation for non-tiered course credit hour grant aid is insufficient to pay in full the amount each technical college is eligible to…

74-32,433. Career technical education programs located outside service area. (a) Provided a particular career technical education program is not offered in a particular service area, the governing board of a community college, technical college or institute of technology located …

74-32,434. Performance-based incentive payments for certain postsecondary educational institutions; eligibility; amount of payment. (a) (1) Any eligible postsecondary educational institution may certify to the board of regents: (A) The number of individuals who received a general…

74-32,435. Dues payments to certain associations and organizations authorized; area vocational-technical schools. The board of control of any area vocational-technical school, as provided for in K.S.A. 74-32,407, upon majority vote of the members thereof, is hereby authorized to …

74-32,451. Supervision by state board; rules and regulations. Technical colleges shall be under the general supervision of the state board of regents. All rules and regulations of the state board of regents which relate to supervision of area vocational schools and area vocationa…

74-32,452. Governing body; powers and duties. (a) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), all technical colleges shall establish and maintain a plan for a governing board, which shall be separate and independent of any board of education of any school district, to operate,…

74-32,453. Contracts; indemnification or hold harmless provisions, void. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the governing body of a technical college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the governing body, p…

74-32,454. Contracts; governed by Kansas law. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the governing body of a technical college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the governing body, shall be governed by and int…

74-32,455. Contracts; mandatory provisions. (a) Except as provided by subsection (c), any contract entered into by the governing body of a technical college or any of its officers or employees acting on behalf of the governing body shall contain the mandatory contract provisions …

74-32,456. Applicability of statutes; provision of career technical vocational education courses and programs; supremacy of act. (a) The provisions of all statutes of general application to area vocational schools and area vocational-technical schools shall apply to every technic…

74-32,457. Change in designation or name of technical college. (a) As used in this section, "technical college" means a technical college designated by K.S.A. 74-32,458, 74-32,460, 74-32,461, 74-32,462, 74-32,464 or 74-32,465, and amendments thereto. (b) The governing body of a t…

74-32,458. Wichita state university campus of applied sciences and technology; official designation. (a) The Wichita area vocational school, also known as the Wichita area vocational-technical school, previously converted to and established by law as Wichita area technical colleg…

74-32,459. Wichita state university campus of applied sciences and technology; affiliation and approval thereof; designation; governing body; programs; admissions. (a) The Wichita area technical college, authorized and designated as a technical college pursuant to K.S.A. 74-32,45…

74-32,460. Flint Hills technical college; official designation. [(a)] The Flint Hills area vocational school, also known as the Flint Hills area vocational-technical school, is authorized to be converted to and established as a technical college and, upon such conversion and esta…

74-32,461. Fort Hays state university – north central Kansas technical college; official designation. (a) The north central Kansas area vocational-technical school previously converted to and established by law as north central Kansas technical college shall be officially designa…

74-32,462. Manhattan area technical college; official designation. (a) The Manhattan area vocational school, known as the Manhattan area technical center, is authorized to be converted to and established as a technical college and, upon such conversion and establishment as provid…

74-32,463. Northeast Kansas technical college; official designation. (a) The Northeast Kansas area vocational school, also known as the Northeast Kansas area technical school, is authorized to be converted to and established as a technical college and, upon such conversion and es…

74-32,464. Fort Hays state university – northwest Kansas technical college; official designation. (a) The northwest Kansas area vocational-technical school, also known as the northwest Kansas technical school, previously converted to and established by law as northwest Kansas tec…

74-32,465. Salina area technical college; official designation. (a) The Salina area technical school is authorized to be converted to and established as a technical college and, upon such conversion and establishment as provided by law, shall be officially designated as the Salin…

74-32,466. Faculty members and employees; protection of salary and benefits. (a) Any faculty member or employee of a school district whose employment is transferred to a technical college pursuant to K.S.A. 74-32,452, and amendments thereto, shall retain all accrued sick leave, v…

74-32,467. Technical schools; plans for accreditation or merger with postsecondary educational institution. (a) On or before July 1, 2008, the governing bodies of the northeast Kansas technical college, Kansas City area technical school, Kaw area technical school, Salina area tec…

74-32,468. Technical colleges; quality performance grants, eligibility and amount. (a) In each fiscal year, commencing with the 2012 fiscal year, each technical college, as defined in K.S.A. 71-1802, and amendments thereto, is eligible for a grant from the state general fund, in …

74-32,469. Fort Hays state university – northwest Kansas technical college and Fort Hays state university – north central Kansas technical college; affiliation and approval thereof; industry or regional advisory boards; governing body; programs; admissions. (a) Northwest Kansas t…

74-32,470. Kansas technical college operating grant fund; expenditures. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Kansas technical college operating grant fund, which shall be administered by the state board of regents. All expenditures from the Kansas technical c…

74-3201a. Kansas higher education coordination act; citation and purpose. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas higher education coordination act. (b) The purpose of this act is to provide for the general improvement of postsecondary education in the state of…

74-3201b. Definitions. As used in the Kansas higher education coordination act: (a) "Adult basic education program" and "adult supplementary education program" mean the same as defined in K.S.A. 74-32,253, and amendments thereto. (b) "Community college" means any community colleg…

74-3202a. State board of regents; establishment; composition; appointment; terms; qualifications; meetings; compensation and expenses. (a) There is established the state board of regents. The state board of regents shall be composed of nine members appointed by the governor, subj…

74-3202b. Same; meetings; quorum. The state board of regents shall meet at least quarterly each year in Topeka on dates fixed by the state board. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson or upon the petition to the chief executive officer of the state board b…

74-3202c. Same; powers, duties and functions; preservation of certain powers, duties and functions of community college boards of trustees. (a) In the exercise of its leadership role, the state board of regents shall be an advocate for the provision of adequate resources and suff…

74-3202d. Same; performance indicators, review; core indicators of quality performance; selection of determinants for state moneys; institutional improvement plans; performance agreements; new state funds, requirements for receipt. (a) During the 2000 fiscal year, the state board…

74-3203a. Chief executive officer of state board; appointment; salary; duties. The state board of regents shall appoint a chief executive officer. The chief executive officer of the state board shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act, shall serve a…

74-3204a. Treasurer of state board. The state treasurer shall be the treasurer of the state board of regents. History: L. 1999, ch. 147, § 5; May 20.

74-3205d. Commission for higher education coordination; meetings; powers and duties; expiration date, certain provisions; powers and duties transferred to state board; other advisory bodies authorized. (a) The commission for higher education coordination shall meet at Topeka at l…

74-3206. Acceptance of money and land for 4-H club camps and similar camps. The state board of regents is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and hold in trust, grants of money or land for the use of 4-H club camps or camps of other similar organizations in the state, subje…

74-3209. Traffic and parking at state educational institutions; control, maintenance, supervision; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Institution" means the university of Kansas, university of Kansas medical center, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, …

74-3210. Same; issuance of permits and allocation of space; fees; removal and impounding of vehicles, when; lien. (a) All roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of each institution shall be under the care, control, maintenance and supervision…

74-3211. Same; rules and policies, adoption and enforcement. The governing authority of an institution may adopt and enforce through authorized institution agents rules and policies governing the parking of vehicles upon the roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities of the…

74-3212. Same; application of city ordinances, when; prosecutions in municipal court. In those instances where an institution is located within the corporate limits of a city, the governing authority of the institution may agree or consent that ordinances of such city pertaining …

74-3213. Same; fees; disposition. The governing authority of an institution may provide for the charging and collection of fees for the use of parking facilities and for campus transportation systems at the institution, and these and all fees for misuse of parking areas so collec…

74-3215. Same; unlawful acts; penalty. Any person, firm, association or corporation which violates any of the provisions of this act or any rule or policy made thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25. Hist…

74-3216. Same; prosecutions. All prosecutions commenced for violations of this act shall be brought in a court in the county where the violation occurred which has jurisdiction of misdemeanors committed in said county, and said court shall proceed in such cases as it would in any…

74-3219. Reciprocal agreements with colleges and universities of other states for mutual utilization of educational facilities. The state board of regents, hereafter called the board, may enter into and implement reciprocal agreements with colleges and universities, hereafter cal…

74-3220. Certain reciprocal agreements with colleges and universities of other states for mutual utilization of educational facilities; approval thereof. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be approved by the attorney general. History: L. 1963, ch. 436, § 2;…

74-3221. Reciprocal agreements by board of regents with governing boards of colleges and universities in other states or countries for pursuing courses of collegiate, graduate or professional study; terms; cancellation; approval of governor. (a) The state board of regents may mak…

74-3229. Students' advisory committee; establishment; composition; terms; powers and duties; expenses. (a) There is hereby established the students' advisory committee to the state board of regents. Prior to July 1, 1996, the students' advisory committee shall be composed of seve…