Chapter 76, STATE INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES; HISTORICAL PROPERTY

76-1001. Name of institution. Whenever the "Kansas institution for the education of the deaf," "school for the deaf," "state school for the deaf," or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall b…

76-1001a. State board of education; control and supervision; rules and regulations. The Kansas state school for the deaf is a state institution under the control and supervision of the state board of education. For such control and supervision, the state board of education may en…

76-1001b. Admission of students; rules and regulations; eligibility requirements; residence. (a) The state board of education may adopt rules and regulations for the admission of students to the Kansas state school for the deaf. Such students may be admitted as day students or as…

76-1002. Chief executive officer; title; appointment; salary; powers and duties. (a) The chief executive officer of the Kansas state school for the deaf shall have the title of superintendent and shall be appointed by the state board of education. The superintendent shall serve a…

76-1002a. Employees, classified and unclassified; annual salaries. Subject to the other provisions of this act, unclassified employees of the Kansas state school for the deaf shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent, subject to policies approved by the state board of edu…

76-1002b. Cottage parents in unclassified service. Persons employed as cottage parents at the Kansas state school for the deaf shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. History: L. 1981, ch. 362, § 3; July 1.

76-1006. Tuition, fees and charges; residents and nonresidents of state. (a) The state board of education shall fix tuition, fees and charges for maintenance to be collected from each student attending the Kansas state school for the deaf who is not a resident of the state. (b) E…

76-1013. Training program; tuition, fees and charges. The state board of education is hereby authorized to establish and conduct at the Kansas state school for the deaf, a training program for deaf persons. Tuition, fees and charges for services provided shall be set by the state…

76-1101. Name of institution. Whenever the "Kansas institution for education of the blind" or "Kansas state school for the visually handicapped" or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be …

76-1101a. State board of education; control and supervision; rules and regulations. The Kansas state school for the blind is a state institution under the control and supervision of the state board of education. For such control and supervision, the state board of education may e…

76-1101b. Admission of students; rules and regulations; eligibility requirements; residence. (a) The state board of education may adopt rules and regulations for the admission of students to the Kansas state school for the blind. Such students may be admitted as day students or a…

76-1102. Tuition, fees and charges; residents and nonresidents of state. (a) The state board of education shall fix tuition, fees and charges for maintenance to be collected from each student attending the Kansas state school for the blind who is not a resident of the state. (b) …

76-1102a. Training program; tuition, fees and charges. The state board of education is hereby authorized to establish and conduct at the Kansas state school for the blind, a training program for blind persons. Tuition, fees and charges for services provided shall be set by the st…

76-1115. Chief executive officer; title; appointment; salary; powers and duties. (a) The chief executive officer of the Kansas state school for the blind shall have the title of superintendent and shall be appointed by the state board of education. The superintendent shall serve …

76-1116. Employees, classified and unclassified; annual salaries. Subject to the other provisions of this act, unclassified employees of the Kansas state school for the blind shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent, subject to policies approved by the state board of edu…

76-1117. Cottage parents in unclassified service. Persons employed as cottage parents at the Kansas state school for the visually handicapped shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. History: L. 1981, ch. 363, § 3; July 1.

76-1118. State school for the blind; special bequest fund. Whenever there is provision in any statute, contract or other document for moneys to be deposited in, credited to or accepted for the benefit of the scholarship fund for the blind, or words of like effect, such moneys sha…

76-11a03. Tax sheltered annuities; rules and regulations of state board of education. The state board of education may establish a procedure whereby any person employed by the Kansas state school for the deaf or the Kansas state school for the blind may request in writing, subjec…

76-11a04. Employment contracts of teachers; continuation, termination, nonrenewal; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Teacher" means any unclassified employee of a state school who is required to hold a certificate to teach. The term "teacher" does not include within its mean…

76-11a05. Teachers' contracts; continuation; notice of termination or nonrenewal, when; change of terms. All contracts of employment of teachers shall be deemed to continue for the next succeeding school year unless written notice of termination or nonrenewal is served as provide…

76-11a06. Same; contents of notice of nonrenewal or termination; request for hearing; hearing officers, selection. (a) Whenever a teacher is given written notice of intention by the state board to nonrenew or to terminate the contract of the teacher as provided in K.S.A. 76-11a05…

76-11a07. Same; procedural due process requirements of hearing. The hearing provided for under K.S.A. 76-11a06, and amendments thereto, shall commence within 45 calendar days after the hearing officer is selected unless the hearing officer grants an extension of time. The hearing…

76-11a08. Same; witnesses at hearings, fees and mileage; hearing officers, compensation and expenses; recording and transcribing testimony, when; costs of hearing. (a) For appearing before the hearing officer at a hearing, witnesses who are subpoenaed shall receive $5 per day and…

76-11a09. Same; affidavits, depositions, interrogatories. When either party desires to present testimony by affidavit or by deposition, that party shall furnish to the hearing officer the date on which the testimony shall be taken. A copy of the affidavit or the deposition shall …

76-11a10. Same; powers of hearing officer; rules of evidence not binding; burden of proof; admissibility of evidence. (a) The hearing officer may: (1) Administer oaths; (2) issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers and docum…

76-11a11. Same; hearing officer opinion, findings of fact, recommendations; effect; appeal. (a) Unless otherwise agreed to by both the state board and the teacher, the hearing officer shall render a written decision not later than 30 days after the close of the hearing, setting f…

76-11a12. Same; construction of act. Nothing in this act, or in any act amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, 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. Not…

76-11a13. Same; application of act; years of employment requirements, waiver. (a) (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the provisions of K.S.A. 76-11a06 through 76-11a11, and amendments thereto, apply only to: (A) Teachers who have completed not less than three consec…

76-11a14. Same; abridgement of constitutional right, procedure for determination. In the event that any teacher alleges that the teacher's contract has been nonrenewed or terminated by reason of the teacher having exercised a constitutional right, the following procedure shall be…

76-11a15. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of the act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, parag…

76-11a16. Compensation of teachers and licensed personnel at Kansas state school for the blind. (a) On and after July 1, 2007, each person employed by the Kansas state school for the blind as a teacher or licensed personnel during a school year shall be paid compensation for such…

76-11a17. Compensation of teachers and licensed personnel at Kansas state school for the deaf. (a) On and after July 1, 2007, each person employed by the Kansas state school for the deaf as a teacher or licensed personnel during a school year, shall be paid compensation for such …

76-1201. Topeka state hospital and Osawatomie state hospital. The institutions heretofore known as the state insane asylums shall be designated as the state hospitals, that at Topeka being known as the Topeka state hospital, and that at Osawatomie as the Osawatomie state hospital…

76-1201b. Topeka state hospital fee fund created; deposits and expenditures, how made; remittance required. The superintendent of Topeka state hospital shall remit all moneys received by or for him or her from charges made under K.S.A. 59-2006 and other operations of such institu…

76-1201c. Osawatomie state hospital fee fund created; deposits and expenditures, how made; remittance required. The superintendent of Osawatomie state hospital shall remit all moneys received by or for the superintendent from charges made under K.S.A. 59-2006, and amendments ther…

76-1202. Records. A full abstract of all correspondence relating to the admission of patients and the replies thereto shall be kept by the superintendent. He or she shall also cause to be kept a complete record of each case and the treatment thereof, a prescription record, and su…

76-1236. Right-of-way for public road. Laws 1917, chapter 337, section 1, included by reference. [Grants right-of-way for a public road and highway across the grounds of the Topeka state hospital to Shawnee county, giving the location of said right-of-way.] History: R.S. 1923, 76…

76-1237. Supply of water at Osawatomie state hospital. The Kansas department for aging and disability services, subject to the approval of the governor, is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the city of Osawatomie for supplying water for domestic purposes, at a reaso…

76-1238. Same; act cumulative. This act is cumulative, and is intended to give authority to the Kansas department for aging and disability services to enter into new contract with the city of Osawatomie for such water supply upon the termination of like contract about to expire. …

76-1240. Razing of "The Pines" at Topeka state hospital authorized. L. 1953, ch. 417, § 1, included by reference. [The state department of social welfare authorized to raze a building in Topeka, Kansas.] History: L. 1953, ch. 417, § 1; April 10.

76-1241. Sale of certain land in Shawnee county by board of social welfare to highway commission for certain purposes; amount; deed; disposition of proceeds. L. 1959, ch. 329, § 1, included by reference. [The state board of social welfare authorized to sell certain land in Shawne…

76-1242. Sale and conveyance of right-of-way easements by social welfare board to highway commission; purposes; location; consideration; disposition of proceeds. L. 1959, ch. 330, § 1, included by reference. [The state board of social welfare authorized to sell and convey right-o…

76-12a01. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Secretary" means the secretary for aging and disability services. (b) "Institution" means the following institutions: Osawatomie state hospital, Larned state hospital, south central regional m…

76-12a02. Superintendents; appointment; salary; acting superintendents. The commissioner shall appoint the superintendent of each institution. Such superintendents shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act. Any such superintendent may be removed at any …

76-12a03. Physicians; appointment; salary; assignments. The director shall appoint all of the physicians of all of the institutions. All such physicians shall be in the unclassified service of the Kansas civil service act, and shall receive annual salaries fixed by the director w…

76-12a04. Staff personnel of mental health and developmental disabilities. The director shall appoint all staff and other personnel of the division of mental health and developmental disabilities who are not assigned to a particular institution. All such staff and other personnel…

76-12a05. Employees of institutions; appointment; class of service. Employees of each institution, except physicians, shall be appointed by the superintendent of the institution. All employees so appointed shall be in the classified service of the Kansas civil service act, except…

76-12a06. Authority over and supervision of institutions. All jurisdiction, powers, functions and duties relating to institutions as defined in this act are conferred and imposed upon the secretary to be administered within the division of mental health and developmental disabili…

76-12a07. Rules and regulations; operation of institutions; admissions; restrictions on secretary for aging and disability services. The secretary may adopt rules and regulations for the government, regulation and operation of institutions. The secretary may adopt rules and regul…

76-12a08. Special projects; acceptance of grants; receipt and expenditure of moneys; personnel appointments; salaries. (a) Whenever any money is granted or given by any person, firm, corporation or association, or by the United States or any department, instrumentality or agency …