Chapter 76, STATE INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES; HISTORICAL PROPERTY

76-7,126. State educational institution project delivery construction procurement act; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context expressly provides otherwise: (a) "State educational institution" or "institution" means Fort Hays state university, Kansas state university…

76-7,127. Same; projects financed with non-state moneys; exempt from certain statutory requirements. (a) Each state educational institution may initiate and complete construction projects on state-owned property of the state educational institution from any non-state moneys grant…

76-7,128. Same; contracts; bids; duties of state board and institutions. (a) The procedure established in this section shall be used unless the use of the alternative project delivery process is determined appropriate as provided by K.S.A. 76-7,131, and amendments thereto. (b) Al…

76-7,129. Same; contracts, change orders. Each change order to a contract entered into under the provisions of this act shall be related to an item or a matter that was included within the original program statement which was prepared and submitted with the capital improvement bu…

76-7,130. Same; local building codes, fees, building permits and zoning requirements, exemptions. (a) Construction projects shall not be subject to any building permit requirement or building code of any county, township, district, city or other political subdivision of this stat…

76-7,131. Same; alternative project delivery program; construction management at-risk procurement processes; procurement committee; notice requirements. (a) As an alternative to the procedure established in K.S.A. 76-7,128, and amendments thereto, the state board may establish an…

76-7,132. Same; construction management at-risk project delivery procedures; construction manager, selection of; construction services bid, notice requirements. Construction management at-risk project delivery procedures shall be conducted as follows: (a) The state board shall de…

76-7,133. Same; rules and regulations. The state board may adopt any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. History: L. 2009, ch. 86, § 9; April 23.

76-7,136. Citation of the act. K.S.A. 76-7,136 through 76-7,143, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the university engineering initiative act. History: L. 2011, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.

76-7,137. University engineering initiative act; purpose. (a) The legislature of the state of Kansas hereby finds and declares that: (1) Engineering intensive industries represent approximately one-third of the statewide payroll and tax base; (2) under the university engineering …

76-7,138. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and phrases have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the content: (a) "Board of regents" means the state board of regents of the state of Kansas established by K.S.A. 74-3202a, and …

76-7,139. State education institutions, plans; secretary of commerce, board of regents duties; report required. (a) The secretary, the board of regents and the state educational institutions shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provision…

76-7,140. Constructing, equipping, repairing, remodeling engineering facilities; state educational institutions, annual report. (a) The board of regents and the state educational institutions are authorized to acquire, construct and equip engineering facilities on state-owned pro…

76-7,141. Kan-grow engineering funds, state educational institutions; purposes. (a) (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Kan-grow engineering fund – KU. The secretary shall remit all moneys received under the university engineering initiative act for engineering …

76-7,142. Sales tax exemption, expenditures for engineering initiative facilities. Purchases by the board of regents or the state educational institutions relating to engineering initiative facilities shall not be subject to sales tax under K.S.A. 79-3601 et seq., and amendments …

76-7,143. Liberal construction of act. This act shall be liberally construed. Except as otherwise expressly provided, nothing contained in this act is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the secretary, the board of regents or the state educa…

76-7,151. Expenditure of state moneys; limitations; remedial courses. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (a)(2), no funds appropriated from the state general fund for any state educational institution shall be expended for the purposes of providing remedial courses. (2) Fun…

76-7,152. Sale of real property gifted to state educational institutions; policies of board of regents; reports to legislature; exemption. (a) Upon specific authorization of the state board of regents and in accordance with policies adopted pursuant to this section, a state educa…

76-7,153. Citation and purpose of act; definitions. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 76-7,153 through 76-7,160, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas campus restoration act. (b) The purpose of the Kansas campus restoration act is to reduce d…

76-7,154. Kansas campus restoration fund; expenditures; matching requirement, exceptions; interest earnings. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the Kansas campus restoration fund. The Kansas campus restoration fund shall be administered by the board of regents.…

76-7,155. Transfers of moneys from the state general fund to the Kansas campus restoration fund. On July 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as moneys are available, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $7,000,000 from the state general fund to the Kansas campus restora…

76-7,156. Kansas campus restoration plan. (a) Each state educational institution shall develop and submit to the board of regents a plan for the purpose of rehabilitating, remodeling or renovating existing facilities or building new facilities that are mission-critical of such st…

76-7,157. Distribution of moneys to deferred maintenance accounts of state educational institutions in accordance with Kansas campus restoration plan. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), commencing in fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2031, the board of regents shall dis…

76-7,158. Rules and regulations; requirements. The board of regents is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and administer the provisions of the Kansas campus restoration act and shall adopt rules and regulations to define: (a) "Educational miss…

76-7,159. Annual reports. Annually on or before the first day of the regular session of the legislature: (a) The board of regents shall submit a report on the progress of the Kansas campus restoration plan to the senate committee on ways and means, the house of representatives co…

76-7,160. Expiration of the act. The provisions of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 76-7,153 through 76-7,160, and amendments thereto, shall expire on July 1, 2031. History: L. 2024, ch. 71, § 8; July 1.

76-7,165. Requirements concerning diversity, equity or inclusion at postsecondary educational institutions; postings on institutions' website; violations of act; complaint procedure; duties of the institutions, board of regents and attorney general; actions in district court; civ…

76-711. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "State educational institution" means the university of Kansas, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state uni…

76-712. Operation and management under control and supervision of state board of regents; closure, combination or merger subject to legislative authorization. Except as otherwise provided by act of the legislature, the state educational institutions are separate state agencies an…

76-713. Lawsuits by or against board of regents, state educational institutions; representation by attorney general; exception. The board of regents may sue in its own name or in the name of any state educational institution, or may authorize suit to be brought by the chief execu…

76-714. Chief executive officers; titles; appointment; compensation. The chief executive officer of the university of Kansas shall have the title of chancellor. The chief executive officers of other state educational institutions shall have the title of president. The chief execu…

76-715. Appointment of employees; compensation. The chief executive officer of each state educational institution shall appoint such employees as are authorized by the board of regents. Employees in the unclassified service shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive offic…

76-715a. Conversion of certain employees to the unclassified service. (a) The state board of regents, in accordance with the provisions of this section, may authorize any state institution of higher education to convert all classified staff employee positions or any portion there…

76-715b. Leave time for classified employees of state education institutions, authorization. (a) As used in this section: (1) "State board" means the state board of regents. (2) "State educational institution" has the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments ther…

76-716. Determination of programs offered and degrees to be granted. The state board of regents shall determine the programs which shall be offered and the degrees which may be granted by each state educational institution. In the case of honorary degrees the board of regents sha…

76-717. Admission of students. (a) The board of regents may adopt rules and regulations for the admission of students at the state educational institutions. Except as provided by subsection (f), the rules and regulations shall include the following: (1) Each Kansas resident who h…

76-717a. Report to legislature. The state board of regents shall conduct a study regarding the retention and graduation rates of students who are accepted into state universities through the exceptions to the minimum admissions standards prescribed in K.S.A. 76-717, and amendment…

76-717b. Entitlement to admission to state educational institutions; requirements. (a) Any person who graduates from any high school accredited by the state board of education and who meets the admission requirements established by the state board of regents pursuant to K.S.A. 76…

76-718. Dedication of certain moneys. All moneys received from the rent or sale of property, interest on endowment funds, moneys from the federal government, or from any other source by state educational institutions or their employees under the law or the order of the board of r…

76-718a. Investment of moneys in certain funds by investing agents for certain state educational institutions. The Kansas university endowment association is hereby authorized to act as the investing agent for the permanent university fund referred to in K.S.A. 76-308, and the am…

76-718b. Gifts of personal property; acceptance and administration of; university foundations and foundation subsidiaries. (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) "Property" means any tangible, intangible or other personal property. (B) "Property" does not mean real property. (2) "U…

76-719. Fixing tuition, fees and charges; student-activity fees, required use; interest earnings on funds. (a) Subject to K.S.A. 76-742, and amendments thereto, the board of regents shall fix tuition, fees and charges to be collected by each state educational institution. If a st…

76-719a. Fellowships and scholarships for graduate students; legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares that the provision of post graduate education for persons who desire such an education and are properly qualified therefor is important to the welfare of this sta…

76-719b. Same; definitions. Words and terms defined in K.S.A. 76-711 shall have the same meaning when used in this act as is ascribed thereto in said 76-711. As used in this act, scholarships and fellowships are awards for which no service is to be performed and for which moneys …

76-719c. Fellowships, scholarships, tuition and fee waivers; authority to grant; standards, conditions, requirements. (a) Within the limitations of appropriations therefor, the state board of regents may authorize any state educational institution to award grants to students in t…

76-720. Local deposit of certain funds; exemption from disbursement requirements; annual report of receipts and expenditures. Athletic funds, student union funds and funds of student publications which were regularly published prior to July 1, 1955, may be deposited in local bank…

76-721. Authority to contract; contracts with controlled corporations to have certain provisions; contracts subject to K.S.A. 75-3711b. The board of regents, or any state educational institution with the approval of the board of regents, may enter into contracts with any party or…

76-721a. Contracts for guaranteed admission and continued enrollment of students in programs not offered by Kansas institutions under state board of regents; conditions of agreements. The state board of regents is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate of…

76-721b. State board of regents to endeavor to add additional dental students; such students to provide services in underserved areas. On and after July 1, 2012, the state board of regents shall endeavor to add additional seats at the university of Missouri-Kansas City school of …

76-722. Holding property and executing trusts. The board of regents may hold property and receive and execute trusts for any or all state educational institutions and authorize expenditures for the interest of any or all state educational institutions as may in its judgment be ne…