Kansas

K.S.A. § 72-7901

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 79. BOARDS OF EDUCATION -- EXISTING ELECTION METHODS

§ 72-7901. Status of boards of education of unified school districts.

The governing body of a unified school district is and shall be a board of education composed of seven (7) members, except as is specifically otherwise provided in > K.S.A. 72-5333b. The members may be elected by any combination of method of election and voting plan authorized by law, and shall serve for a term of four (4) years.

K.S.A. S 72-7902

§ 72-7902. Application of law to board of education members; interim terms; appointment of successors; time.

The provisions of law relating to the term of office of members of boards of education, including method and time of qualification and of taking office shall apply to every school district in this state. In the event no candidate is elected to a position on the board of education of a school district in a regular election, or if an elected member moves out of the school district after such member is elected and before such member takes office the following July 1, or if such member becomes ineligible to serve for any other reason during that period of time, the holdover member shall continue to sit as a voting member of the board of education of such school district until an eligible successor is appointed by the board of education to fill the position.

Such successor shall be appointed not later than November 15 next following the regular election of board members.

K.S.A. § 72-8202e

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 82. ORGANIZATION, POWERS AND FINANCES OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION

§ 72-8202e. School district officers and employees; appointment; board members to receive no compensation.

In addition to the officers provided for in this act, the board of education of any school district may appoint other officers and employees to serve at the pleasure of the board. Such officers and employees shall receive compensation fixed by the board. No member of a board of education shall receive compensation from the school district for any work or duties performed by him.

K.S.A. § 72-8207

§72-8207. Expenses of board of education members.

Board members shall be paid their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

K.S.A. § 72-9407

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 94. BASIC SKILLS--MINIMUM COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

§ 72-9407. State board consultation in identification and specification of objectives; revisions, modifications.

(a) The state board shall consult with various groups of school board members, school administrators, teachers and persons representative of the public in the identification and specification of minimum competency objectives in basic skills and in the preparation of examinations for assessment of attainment thereof by pupils.

(b) The state board may make appropriate revisions or modifications of minimum competency objectives in basic skills and in the examinations for assessing attainment thereof.

K.S.A. § 13-13a06

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 13. CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS

PART I. GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS

ARTICLE 13A. MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITIES

§ 13-13a06. Board members appointed by governor; terms of office.

(a) On the effective date of this act, the governor shall appoint two members of the board of regents as successors to two of the members who were appointed by the board of education of the school district in which the municipal university is located prior to the effective date of this act. The term of the member appointed to serve for a term expiring June 30, 1982, shall expire on the effective date of this act. The successor member shall serve for a term expiring June 30, 1983. The successor member to the member whose term expired June 30, 1981, shall serve for a term expiring June 30, 1984. The terms of the members appointed by the board of education prior to the effective date of this act to serve for terms expiring June 30, 1983, and June 30, 1984, respectively, shall expire June 30, 1982. On July 1, 1982, the governor shall appoint one successor member to serve for a term expiring June 30, 1986. The regent position held by the other member shall lapse. Upon the expiration of the terms of the three members first appointed by the governor after the effective date of this act, each successor member shall be appointed and hold office for a term of four years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified.

(b) Whenever the taxing district of the municipal university has been extended to include the entire territory of the county in which the university is located, the board of county commissioners shall meet and appoint one member to the board of regents of the municipal university to serve for a term of four years. Upon the expiration of the term of the first member appointed by the governor, the board of county commissioners shall meet and appoint a successor thereto. Such succeeding member shall be appointed for a term of four years. Upon the expiration of the terms of the remaining members, succeeding members shall be appointed for a term of four years and until a successor has been duly appointed and qualified.

K.S.A. S 19-2670

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 19. COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

ARTICLE 26. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§ 19-2670. Citizens commission on local government in counties between 170,000 and 200,000; membership; qualifications.

There shall be created and established a citizens commission on local government in every county in this state having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) and not more than two hundred thousand (200,000). Such commission shall consist of: (1) The board of county commissioners of the county; (2) the governing body of all cities of the first class located in such county; (3) the trustee of each township in such county; (4) the chairmen of the boards of education of all school districts located in such county; (5) the chairmen of boards of public utilities of all cities located in such county; (6) the chairmen of boards of all drainage districts located within such county; (7) the mayors of all cities of the second and third class located in such county; and (8) eighteen (18) persons who shall be selected and appointed by the members hereinbefore provided. Such persons shall be residents of the county and shall not be officers or employees of the county or any city, school district, township, board of public utilities or drainage district.

K.S.A. § 25-2004

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 25. ELECTIONS

ARTICLE 20. SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS

§ 25-2004. Definitions; relating to member districts and method of election.

(a) "Member district" means one of the subdistricts into which a school district is or may be divided for the purpose of election of board members.

(b) "District method" means either a six district method, three district method, or two district method.

(d) "Election at large" means an election at which all electors vote on all candidates.

K.S.A. § 25-2010

§ 25-2010. School district elections; conduct by county election officer; dates of primary and general elections specified.

Election of board members and question submitted elections shall be conducted by the county election officer of the home county of the school district. Board member general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each odd-numbered year. If a primary election is required to be held, such primary election shall be held on the Tuesday preceding by five weeks the first Tuesday in April of odd-numbered years.

K.S.A. § 72-8009

§ 72-8009. Member districts, numbering; members, residence.

When a school district has a member district method of election the unified school district shall be divided into two member districts for the two district method, into three member districts for the three district method, and into six member districts for the six district method. Each member district shall be represented on the board by one or more persons residing in the member district. In the six district method, one member shall reside in each member district. In the three district method two members shall reside in each member district. In the two district method three members shall reside in each member district.

The member at-large may reside anywhere within the school district. In the two district method the member district numbers shall be "one" and "two." In the three district method the member district numbers shall be "one," "two" and "three." In the six district method the member district numbers shall be "one," "two," "three," "four," "five" and "six."

In the six district method member position numbers shall correspond to the member district numbers. In the two district method the member position numbers shall be "one," "three" and "five" for member district one, and "two," "four" and "six" for member district two. In the three district method member position numbers shall be "one" and "four" for member district one, and "two" and "five" for member district two, and "three" and "six" for member district three.

The at-large member position shall not be numbered.

K.S.A. § 72-8114

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 81. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVISIONS OF LIMITED APPLICATION

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§ 72-8114. Initial board of education of certain unified districts including a city of the second class.

The first board of any unified school district established pursuant to a petition filed after the effective date of this act by a board of education of a city of the second class under the provisions of > K.S.A. 72-6768 shall consist of the members of the board of education of such city holding office at the time of the approval of the petition by the state superintendent, hereinafter referred to as "holdover" members. In the spring of 1967, three members shall be elected to the board of education of the unified school district to fill the terms of the three holdover members having the least amount of time remaining in the term for which they were elected or appointed.

At the school board election in the year 1969, three members shall be elected to the board of education of the unified school district to fill the terms of the three remaining holdover members. Thereafter, board members shall be elected in the same manner as is provided for other unified school districts. In his order establishing any unified school district under the provisions of this act, the state superintendent of public instruction shall specify the date of first publication of notice of election and the date and hour when any person may last file to be a candidate for member of the board of education of such unified school district. The city clerk of the second-class city within any such unified school district shall conduct the election of board members in the year 1967 and thereafter, unless hereafter otherwise provided by law.

K.S.A. § 72-8118a

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 81. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVISIONS OF LIMITED APPLICATION

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§ 72-8118a. Same; election of board of education members; positions of members.

The board of education of any school district in which there is located more than one-half ( 1/2 ) of the territory of a city having a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) and less than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) shall be composed of seven (7) members. The three (3) members whose terms expire on July 1, 1973, shall have position numbers 1, 2 and 3 with the member who received the greatest number of votes when elected having position 1, the next greatest number of votes position 2 and the least number of votes position 3. The four (4) members whose terms expire on July 1, 1975, shall have position numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 with the member who received the greatest number of votes when elected having position 4, the next greatest number of votes position 5, the next greatest number of votes position 6 and the least number of votes position 7. Candidates for the board of education shall specify on the petition or declaration of intent filed under > K.S.A. 25-2020 the position for which such person is a candidate. Whenever there are more than two (2) qualified candidates for any position, there shall be held a primary election. If there are not more than two (2) qualified candidates for any position, that position shall not appear on the primary election ballots. When there is a primary election, the names of the two (2) candidates for each position who receive the greatest number of votes shall appear on the ballots in the general election, together with the names of candidates for positions which did not appear on the primary election ballots. At the general election the candidate for each position receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to that position for a term of four (4) years commencing on the next following July 1. Elections under this section shall be conducted by the county election officer. Election laws applicable to school districts shall apply to elections hereunder to the extent that the same are not in conflict herewith.

K.S.A. § 72-8123

§ 72-8123. Same; board of education, election of members.

The board of education of any unified school district established under the provisions of this act shall have seven (7) members as herein provided. Subject to > K.S.A. 72-8128, two members of the board of education shall be nominated and elected by the electors in all of the territory of the unified school district, and one member of the board of education shall be nominated and elected by the electors in each of the five member districts of the unified school district. The members of the board of education shall each have a position number such that the board member from each member district shall have the same number that his member district bears. Subject to said > K.S.A. 72- 8128, each member district shall be given one of the numbers one, two, three,

four or five and board member positions of members elected in the entire unified school district shall be given position number six (6) and seven (7).

Candidates for member of the board of education shall be qualified electors and reside in the member district bearing the same number as the member position for which the candidate files, except that candidates for position numbers six (6) and seven (7), or the position-at-large only if said > K.S.A. 72-8128 becomes operative, shall reside at any place in the unified school district. Upon the death or resignation of a board member, or upon the removal of his residence from a member district, a vacancy shall occur in the board member position of such board member.

K.S.A. § 72-8202e

KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED

CHAPTER 72. SCHOOLS

ARTICLE 82. ORGANIZATION, POWERS AND FINANCES OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION

§ 72-8202e. School district officers and employees; appointment; board members to receive no compensation.