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KS Stat § 71-201a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-201a Contracts; indemnification or hold harmless provision, void.

71-201a. Contracts; indemnification or hold harmless provision, void. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the board of trustees of a community college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board, provide that the community college and board of trustees shall be responsible solely for the community college's or board's actions or failure to act under a contract.(b) The board of trustees of a community college and any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board shall not have the authority to enter into a contract under which the community college or board agrees to, or is required to, indemnify or hold harmless against damages, injury or death resulting from the actions or failure to act on the part of any party to a contract other than the board or the community college.(c) The provisions of any contract entered into in violation of this section shall be contrary to the public policy of the state of Kansas and shall be void and unenforceable.History: L. 2005, ch. 158, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-201b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-201b Contracts; governed by Kansas law.

71-201b. Contracts; governed by Kansas law. (a) It is the public policy of the state of Kansas that all contracts entered into by the board of trustees of a community college, or any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board, shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state of Kansas.(b) The board of trustees of a community college and any of its officers or employees acting on behalf of the board shall have no power to enter into a contract which provides that the contract shall be governed by or interpreted in accordance with the laws of a state other than the state of Kansas.(c) The board of trustees of a community college and any officers or employees thereof acting on behalf of the board shall have no power, pursuant to a contract, to submit to the jurisdiction of any court other than a court of the state of Kansas.(d) The provisions of any contract entered into in violation of this section shall be contrary to the public policy of the state of Kansas and shall be void and unenforceable.History: L. 2005, ch. 158, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-201c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-201c Contracts; mandatory provisions.

71-201c. Contracts; mandatory provisions. (a) Except as provided by subsection (c), any contract entered into by the board of trustees of a community college or any of its officers or employees acting on behalf of the board shall contain the mandatory contract provisions prescribed by the department of administration in form DA-146a, as amended.(b) Except as provided by subsection (c), any contract entered into after the effective date of this act shall be deemed to have incorporated the mandatory contract provisions prescribed by the department of administration in form DA-146a, as amended, even if such provisions are not specifically contained in such contract.(c) The board of trustees of a community college may omit any of the mandatory contract provisions prescribed by the department of administration in form DA-146a, as amended, upon the affirmative recorded vote of a majority of the members of the board. The board shall not have the authority to waive or omit from the provisions of any contract the provisions of K.S.A. 71-201a or 71-201b, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2005, ch. 158, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-203 Scholarships; limitations on use of public funds.

71-203. Scholarships; limitations on use of public funds. The board of trustees of a community college shall not authorize or permit the expenditure of any public funds, either directly or indirectly, for scholarships for students who reside outside of the community college district. No public funds shall be expended for athletic scholarships. For the purpose of this section, moneys received from sale of admissions to activities which the community college sponsors and moneys received from private sector persons or organizations shall not be deemed to be public funds. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a community college may use student fees to grant student scholarships if such use is approved by the board of trustees and acknowledged by student government representatives.History: L. 1968, ch. 211, § 20; L. 1969, ch. 340, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 83, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-204 Tax levy authorization; determination of amount; budget.

71-204. Tax levy authorization; determination of amount; budget. (a) For the purpose of community college maintenance and operation, the board of trustees is authorized to levy a tax on the taxable tangible property of the community college district.Such tax levy shall be the amount determined by the board of trustees to be sufficient to finance that part of the budget of the community college which is not financed from any other source provided by law. The budget of the community college shall be prepared and adopted as provided by law, and the tax levy therefor shall be certified to the county clerk of every county a part of the territory of which is in the community college district.(b) The tax levy authorized by subsection (a) shall be reduced (1) in the 2001 fiscal year by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of state aid received by the community college in the 2000 fiscal year less an amount equal to 25% of the amount of out-district tuition received by the community college in such fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the 2001 fiscal year and (2) in fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004 by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of the state grant received by the community college in the preceding fiscal year less an amount equal to 25% of the amount of out-district tuition received by the community college in the 2000 fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the current fiscal year and (3) in each fiscal year after the 2004 fiscal year by an amount equal to 80% of the amount of the difference between the amount of the state grant received by the community college in the preceding fiscal year and the amount of the state grant to which the community college is entitled in the current fiscal year.History: L. 1965, ch. 417, § 15; L. 1967, ch. 408, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 299, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 27; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-205 Off-campus instruction at Fort Leavenworth military reservation.

71-205. Off-campus instruction at Fort Leavenworth military reservation. For the purpose of offering and providing off-campus instruction and courses of study at the Fort Leavenworth military reservation, any community college board of trustees is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States of America or any department or agency thereof. Credit for such study shall be given and accredited in the same manner and to the same extent as other community college credit is given and accredited.History: L. 1968, ch. 247, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-206 Same; disposition of funds.

71-206. Same; disposition of funds. Any community college board shall receive, deposit and disburse all funds due or to become due for off-campus instruction at Fort Leavenworth military reservation in the same manner as other funds belonging to the board, and all funds so received, or which have been so received, shall be available and expended for such off-campus instruction and other lawful purposes of the board without regard to any restrictions or limitations contained in the budget law.History: L. 1968, ch. 247, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-210 Affiliation with certain organizations and associations; payment of dues, membership fees authorized.

71-210. Affiliation with certain organizations and associations; payment of dues, membership fees authorized. The board of trustees of any community college, upon majority vote of the members thereof, is hereby authorized to pay dues or membership fees from the general fund of such community college for affiliation with any organization or association the purpose and function of which is to provide for: (a) Accreditation necessary to enable the community college to fulfill its educational mission; or (b) eligibility for participation by the community college in formal athletic competition; or (c) the exchange of information and cooperation among community and junior colleges for the strengthening of programs for the benefit of its member community and junior colleges; or (d) information, education and assistance to boards of trustees on curriculum or in solving problems peculiar to community and junior college operation.History: L. 1976, ch. 302, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-211 Standardized and uniform chart of accounts; use required.

71-211. Standardized and uniform chart of accounts; use required. The director of accounts and reports, with the advice of the state board of regents, the senate committee on education and the house of representatives committee on education, shall prescribe a standardized and uniform chart of accounts for use by all community colleges. Such chart of accounts shall be compatible with the revenues and expenditures classification system developed by the national association of college and university business officers. The chart of accounts shall be adaptable to manual or automated systems, and use of such chart of accounts is hereby required for all community colleges.History: L. 1973, ch. 293, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 300, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 217, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 12; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 88; L. 2013, ch. 134, § 25; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-212 Early retirement incentive programs; establishment authorized; purposes; payment limitations; program report required.

71-212. Early retirement incentive programs; establishment authorized; purposes; payment limitations; program report required. (a) The board of trustees of any community college may establish an early retirement incentive program for the benefit of the employees of the community college for retirement of employees prior to the normal retirement age of 65 years. As used in this act, an "early retirement incentive program" is a program that provides cash payments, either in the form of a lump-sum payment at the beginning of the fiscal year, or in regular payments during the fiscal year. No payment pursuant to an early retirement incentive program as provided in this section shall be made prior to the retirement under the provisions of the Kansas public employees retirement system of any such employee of the community college.(b) Commencing in the fiscal year that commenced in calendar year 2002 and every three years thereafter, each board that has established an early retirement incentive program shall prepare and submit a report to the state board of regents related to such early retirement incentive program. Such report shall contain: (1) Three years of budget data of such program, including actual costs, and a current year and future years' budget data for three to five years; (2) current costs and benefits of such program and projected costs and benefits of such program for three to five years; (3) current and projected number of participants in such program; and (4) such other information as required by the state board of regents. The state board of regents shall design and distribute forms to carry out the provisions of this act to the board of trustees of each community college that has established an early retirement incentive program. The state board of regents shall compile and prepare a summary report which shall be submitted to the joint committee on pensions, investments and benefits no later than January 1 of the year that follows the end of the fiscal year in which the reporting is required as provided in this subsection.History: L. 1981, ch. 267, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 293, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 266, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 171, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 63, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-213 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-213 Same; budget authorization.

71-213. Same; budget authorization. The board of trustees is hereby authorized to budget and expend such amounts for early retirement incentive programs as the board may deem to be necessary and desirable.History: L. 1981, ch. 267, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-214 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-214 Same; limitation on rights creation.

71-214. Same; limitation on rights creation. Nothing in this act 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.History: L. 1981, ch. 267, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-215 Evaluation of employees; definitions.

71-215. Evaluation of employees; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 71-216 through 71-218, and amendments thereto:(a) "Board" means the board of trustees of a community college.(b) "Employees" means all full-time employees of community colleges.(c) "Full-time employees of community colleges" means instructional and administrative employees who are under contract for services to a community college for a term of not less than nine months and whose services to a community college are considered their principal employment.(d) "School year" means the period from July 1 to June 30.History: L. 2006, ch. 45, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-216 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-216 Policy of personnel evaluation; adoption; forms; contents; time.

71-216. Policy of personnel evaluation; adoption; forms; contents; time. Each board shall adopt a written policy of personnel evaluation procedure in accordance with this act. Every policy so adopted shall:(a) Be prescribed in writing at the time of original adoption and at all times thereafter when any amendments are adopted.(b) Include evaluation procedures applicable to all employees.(c) Provide that all evaluations are to be made in writing and that evaluation documents and responses thereto are to be maintained in a personnel file for each employee for a period of not less than three years from the date each evaluation is made.(d) Except as provided herein, provide that every employee in the first two consecutive school years of employment shall be evaluated at least one time per semester. Any employee who is not employed for the entire semester shall not be required to be evaluated. During the third and fourth years of employment, every employee shall be evaluated at least one time each school year. After the fourth year of employment every employee shall be evaluated at least once in every three years.History: L. 2006, ch. 45, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-217 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-217 Same; evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluation required prior to contract renewal.

71-217. Same; evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluation required prior to contract renewal. Evaluation policies adopted under K.S.A. 71-216, and amendments thereto, shall meet the following guidelines or criteria:(a) Consideration shall be given to the following employee attributes: Efficiency, personal qualities, professional deportment, ability, results and performance and such other matters as may be deemed material.(b) Community attitudes toward, support for and expectations with regard to educational programs shall be reflected.(c) The original policy and any amendments thereto shall be developed by the board in cooperation with the persons responsible for making evaluations and the persons who are to be evaluated, and, to the extent practicable, consideration shall be given to comment and suggestions from other community interests.(d) Evaluations of the chief administrator employed by a board shall be made by the board. The board shall place primary responsibility upon members of the administrative staff in making evaluations of other employees.(e) Persons to be evaluated shall participate in their evaluations, and shall be afforded the opportunity for self-evaluation.(f) The contract of any person subject to evaluation shall not be nonrenewed on the basis of incompetence unless an evaluation of such person has been made prior to notice of nonrenewal of the contract and unless the evaluation is in substantial compliance with the board's policy of personnel evaluation procedure.History: L. 2006, ch. 45, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-218 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-218 Same; evaluation documents; presentation to employee; acknowledgment; limited availability.

71-218. Same; evaluation documents; presentation to employee; acknowledgment; limited availability. Whenever any evaluation is made of an employee, the written document thereof shall be presented to the employee, and the employee shall provide written acknowledgment of such presentation. At any time not later than two weeks after such presentation, the employee may respond thereto in writing. Except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, evaluation documents and responses thereto shall be available only to the evaluated employee, the board, the appropriate administrative staff members designated by the board, the community college attorney upon request of the board, the board and the administrative staff of any community college to which such employee applies for employment, and other persons specified, in writing, by the employee to the employee's board.History: L. 2006, ch. 45, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 71-221 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 2 - Organization, Powers And Finances Of Boards Of Trustees|71-221 Identification of courses that transfer to all state educational institutions; publication thereof.

71-221. Identification of courses that transfer to all state educational institutions; publication thereof. The board of trustees of each community college shall identify those courses offered by such community college that transfer to all state educational institutions, as that term is defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto. All such courses shall be prominently identified on such community college's website and shall be accessible through a link on the state board of regent's website.History: L. 2019, ch. 41, § 1; July 1, 2020.
KS Stat § 71-301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 3 - Out-district And Student Tuition|71-301 Student tuition and fees; purpose and expenditure of fees charged.

71-301. Student tuition and fees; purpose and expenditure of fees charged. (a) The board of trustees shall charge to and collect from each student tuition at rates per credit hour enrolled which shall be established by the board of trustees.(b) In addition to tuition, the board of trustees may charge to and collect from each student fees at rates and for purposes established by the board of trustees. Any fee charged pursuant to this section shall be for a specific purpose, which shall be clearly stated on the community college's website. Any billing statements or other information provided to students regarding student fees shall guide students to such website address. Revenues from all fees shall only be expended for that purpose for which the fee is charged.History: L. 1965, ch. 417, § 16; L. 1968, ch. 211, § 11; L. 1970, ch. 287, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 270, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 274, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 361, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 300, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 278, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 208, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 209, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 270, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 282, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 257, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 234, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 256, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 273, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 274, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 66, § 47; L. 1993, ch. 265, § 8; L. 1995, ch. 207, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 152, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 176, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 28; L. 2001, ch. 83, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 41, § 3; July 1, 2020.
KS Stat § 71-406 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 71 - Schools - Community Colleges|Article 4 - Residence Determination|71-406 State residence; determination for state entitlements; rules and regulations.

71-406. State residence; determination for state entitlements; rules and regulations. (a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 71-407, and amendments thereto, persons enrolling in a community college who, if adults, have not been, or if minors, whose parents have not been residents of the state of Kansas for at least six months prior to enrollment for any term or session are nonresidents of the state for the purpose of determining state entitlements.(b) For the purpose of determining the residence of persons enrolling as a student in a community college, residence of minors shall be determined as provided in K.S.A. 72-1046, and amendments thereto, and of adults as provided in subpart Twenty-third of K.S.A. 77-201, and amendments thereto. The state board of regents may adopt rules and regulations governing the determination of residence of students.History: L. 1972, ch. 271, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 23; L. 1996, ch. 152, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 11, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 37; July 1.