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KS Stat § 72-2157 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2157 Issuance, renewal, reinstatement and registration of licenses; rules and regulations; requirements.

72-2157. Issuance, renewal, reinstatement and registration of licenses; rules and regulations; requirements. (a) The state board of education, in accordance with law, is authorized to adopt rules and regulations providing for the issuance, renewal, reinstatement and registration of licenses for teachers and other personnel in the state department of education and in schools and institutions under the general supervision of the state board of education.(b) In addition to other requirements and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 72-2164, and amendments thereto, the rules and regulations of the state board of education shall include after May 1, 1986, the requirement that applicants for initial issuance of licenses to teach shall take and satisfactorily pass an examination prescribed by the state board.(c) The privilege to teach at any level or in any field or subject, if such privilege is or has been granted when a license is issued, may not be withheld during the term for which the license is issued except as provided in K.S.A. 72-2155 or 72-2216, and amendments to such sections.History: L. 1947, ch. 362, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 264, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 238, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2158 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2158 Signature and registration of licenses.

72-2158. Signature and registration of licenses. Before a teacher's license is issued, it shall be signed by appropriate personnel of the state department of education designated by the state board of education and such licenses shall be registered in the state department of education. Nothing in this act shall invalidate a certificate or license issued prior to July 1, 2005.History: L. 1947, ch. 362, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 5; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2159 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2159 Payment of salaries unlawful, when.

72-2159. Payment of salaries unlawful, when. It shall be unlawful for the board of education of any school district to issue an order for payment of the salary of any employee required by law to be licensed who does not hold a license which is valid in the state of Kansas for the particular kind of work to be performed.History: L. 1947, ch. 362, § 3; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 6; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2160 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2160 Student teaching licenses; contracts for student teachers; cost.

72-2160. Student teaching licenses; contracts for student teachers; cost. The board of education of any school district may enter into contracts with colleges and universities for the use of student teachers in the public schools. The state board of education, by rules and regulations, shall provide for the issuance of student teaching licenses and may authorize persons holding such student teaching licenses to assume responsibilities of teachers in schools within limitations prescribed by the state board. Student teaching licenses shall be issued without the charge of any fee or cost by the state board of education.History: L. 1970, ch. 278, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 226, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2161 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2161 Prohibition from adoption of certain rules and regulations concerning licensure of administrators, teachers or instructors or conditions of employment at two-year colleges or community junior colleges.

72-2161. Prohibition from adoption of certain rules and regulations concerning licensure of administrators, teachers or instructors or conditions of employment at two-year colleges or community junior colleges. The state board of education is hereby prohibited from adopting rules and regulations which require licensure of administrators, teachers or instructors in any community college or which require any such administrators, teachers or instructors to meet any other conditions for qualification for employment in any such community college.History: L. 1975, ch. 360, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 359, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2162 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2162 Examination for licensure; duties of state board; confidentiality; availability of specifications and results.

72-2162. Examination for licensure; duties of state board; confidentiality; availability of specifications and results. (a) The state board of education shall prescribe an examination designed to insure that the licensure of a person as a teacher is a reliable indicator that the person has the basic knowledge and qualifications necessary to engage in the profession of teaching in this state.(b) In order to comply with the requirements of subsection (a), the state board of education shall select an examination which will measure the basic knowledge and qualifications of applicants for licensure as teachers and shall provide for administration and validation of the examination. The examination shall be administered to applicants at least two times each calendar year at various locations within the state.(c) The state board of education shall adopt rules and regulations to guarantee the confidentiality of the examination, but shall make available to applicants information regarding examination specifications and shall prescribe the method by which persons who take the examination may obtain the results thereof.History: L. 1984, ch. 264, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2163 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2163 Same; application; passing score determined by state board; passage requirement.

72-2163. Same; application; passing score determined by state board; passage requirement. Any applicant who is seeking a license to teach in this state and who is required to take the examination required by this act may apply for and take the examination without limitation as to the frequency of applications or testing, subject to any limit imposed by the state board. The state board of education shall determine the passing score for the examination which will be required to be attained by applicants as a prerequisite for licensure. An applicant shall not be required to pass the examination more than once.History: L. 1984, ch. 264, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2164 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2164 Same; exemptions.

72-2164. Same; exemptions. (a) Any person holding a teaching license valid in the state of Kansas which was issued prior to May 1, 1986, is exempt from the examination required by this act.(b) The following persons, or any class or classes thereof, may be exempted by the state board of education from the examination required by this act:(1) Any person holding a teaching license valid in any other state if the requirements under which the license was issued are comparable, in the opinion of the state board, to the requirements of this state, other than examination, for issuance of a teaching license.(2) Any person applying for a one-year, nonrenewable license if the person meets all requirements for licensure, other than examination, for issuance of a teaching license.(3) Any person applying for licensure by the state board to provide services in a position for which the state board deems the examination is inappropriate or unnecessary if the person meets the licensure requirements which have been established by the state board as appropriate and necessary for the position.History: L. 1984, ch. 264, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 238, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 13; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2167 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 21 - Teacher Licensure|72-2167 Licensure without teacher preparation program requirements; qualifications; limitations.

72-2167. Licensure without teacher preparation program requirements; qualifications; limitations. (a) As used in this section:(1) "Applicant" means a person who:(A) Is seeking licensure as a teacher at the secondary level in the state of Kansas; and(B) has provided documentation to the state board verifying that the applicant has secured a commitment from the board of education of a school district to be hired as a teacher in such school district subject to receiving such licensure as a teacher.(2) "Career technical education" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in K.S.A. 74-32,407, and amendments thereto.(3) "Teacher preparation program" means professional education pedagogy coursework provided at an accredited college or university engaged in teacher preparation.(4) "State board" means the state board of education.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an applicant shall not be required to complete a teacher preparation program prior to licensure as a teacher if such applicant satisfies one of the following:(1) The applicant holds a valid teaching license from another jurisdiction and has obtained the required scores on the praxis series tests as required by the state board for licensure;(2) the applicant has obtained an industry-recognized certificate in a technical profession; has at least five years of work experience in such technical profession; and has secured a commitment from the board of education of a school district to be hired as a teacher to teach a career technical education course related to such technical profession; or(3) the applicant has obtained at least a bachelor's degree in the subject matter area of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, finance or accounting; has at least five years of work experience in such subject matter area; and has secured a commitment from the board of education of a school district to be hired as a teacher to teach in such subject matter area.(c) An applicant shall only be authorized to teach in the subject or subjects specified on the face of the license.(d) The state board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 21 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2014, ch. 93, § 30; May 1.
KS Stat § 72-2215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2215 Definitions.

72-2215. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Teacher" shall mean and include teachers, supervisors, principals, superintendents and any other professional employees who are required to hold a teacher's or school administrator's certificate in any public school.(b) "Governing body" and "board of education" shall mean the board of education of any public school district.History: L. 1951, ch. 413, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 410, § 28; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 7; Apr. 25.
KS Stat § 72-2216 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2216 Contracts bind both teachers and board of education; suspension of license, when; insufficient budget, effect.

72-2216. Contracts bind both teachers and board of education; suspension of license, when; insufficient budget, effect. All contracts shall be binding on both the teacher and board of education of the school district until the teacher has been legally discharged from such teacher's teaching position or until released by the board of education from such contract. Until such teacher has been discharged or released, such teacher shall not have authority to enter into a contract with the board of education of any school district for any period of time covered in the original contract. If upon written complaint, signed by 2/3 of the members of the board of education of the school district, any teacher who is reported to have entered into a contract with another school or board of education without having been released from such former contract, or for other reasons fails to fulfill the provisions of such contract, such teacher, upon being found guilty of such charge at a hearing held before the state board of education, shall have such teacher's license suspended for the remainder of the term for which such contract was made. The hearing before the state board shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, any contract of employment made by the board of education of any school district prior to the public hearing on the budget of such school district shall be voidable in case adequate funds are not available in such budget for the compensation provided for in such contracts.History: L. 1951, ch. 413, § 3; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 8; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 277; L. 2005, ch. 69, § 20; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2217 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2217 Supplemental contracts of employment authorized.

72-2217. Supplemental contracts of employment authorized. The board of education of any school district may enter into a supplemental contract of employment with any employee of the district. As used in this section "supplemental contract" means a contract for services other than those services covered in the principal or primary contract of employment of such employee, and shall include but not be limited to such services as coaching, supervising, directing and assisting extra curricular activities, chaperoning, ticket taking, lunch room supervision and other similar and related activities. The provisions of article 22 of chapter 72 of [the] Kansas Statutes Annotated which relate to the continuation of teacher contracts and to the due process procedure upon termination or nonrenewal of a teacher's contract do not apply to any supplemental contract of employment entered into under this section.History: L. 1972, ch. 261, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 14; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2219 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2219 Professional employees' rights; representation of employees and school boards; negotiations.

72-2219. Professional employees' rights; representation of employees and school boards; negotiations. Professional employees shall have the right to form, join or assist professional employees' organizations, to participate in professional negotiation with boards of education through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, protecting or improving terms and conditions of professional service. Professional employees shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of the foregoing activities. In professional negotiations under this act the board of education may be represented by an agent or committee designated by it.History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2220 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2220 Exclusive representation of negotiating units; any employee or group may present its position or proposal.

72-2220. Exclusive representation of negotiating units; any employee or group may present its position or proposal. (a) When a representative is designated or selected for the purposes of professional negotiation by the majority of the professional employees in an appropriate negotiating unit, such representative shall be the exclusive representative of all the professional employees in the unit for such purpose.(b) Nothing in this act or in acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto shall be construed to prevent professional employees, individually or collectively, from presenting or making known their positions or proposals or both to a board of education, a superintendent of schools or other chief executive officer employed by a board of education.History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 3; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2221 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2221 Recognition of employees' organization as representative; exceptions to required recognition.

72-2221. Recognition of employees' organization as representative; exceptions to required recognition. (a) If professional employees of a board of education are not represented by a professional employees' organization for the purpose of professional negotiation, any professional employees' organization may file a request with the board of education alleging that a majority of the professional employees in an appropriate negotiating unit wish to be represented for such purpose by such organization and asking the board of education to recognize it as the exclusive representative under K.S.A. 72-2220. Such request shall describe the grouping of jobs or positions which constitute the unit claimed to be appropriate and shall include a demonstration of majority support through verified membership lists. Notice of such request shall immediately be posted by the board of education on a bulletin board at each school or other facility in which members of the unit claimed to be appropriate are employed.(b) A request for recognition under subsection (a) shall be granted by the board of education unless:(1) The board of education has a good faith doubt as to the accuracy or validity of the evidence demonstrating majority support; or(2) another professional employees' organization files with the board of education within ten (10) calendar days after the posting of notice of the original request a competing request alleging majority support and asking the board of education to recognize it as the exclusive representative; or(3) one or more of the professional employees included in the unit claimed to be appropriate files with the board of education within ten (10) calendar days after the posting of notice of the original request a competing request alleging majority support and asking the board of education to deny the request for recognition; or(4) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully denied or withdrawn the recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative of the professional employees included in the unit claimed to be appropriate; or(5) the secretary, within the previous twelve (12) months, has conducted a secret ballot election under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this section is amendatory, and the election resulted in a majority vote for no representation.History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2222 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2222 Same; determination by secretary of human resources upon petition.

72-2222. Same; determination by secretary of human resources upon petition. (a) A petition may be filed with the secretary, asking the secretary to investigate and decide the question of whether (1) professional employees in an appropriate negotiating unit have designated a professional employees' organization for recognition as an exclusive representative for purposes of K.S.A. 72-2220; (2) a professional employees' organization which is the recognized exclusive representative should be replaced by another professional employees' organization; (3) recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative should be withdrawn.(b) A petition under subsection (a) may be filed by:(1) A board of education alleging that it has received a request for exclusive recognition from a professional employees' organization and has a good faith doubt as to the accuracy or validity of the claims made in the request; or(2) a professional employees' organization; or(3) one or more professional employees seeking withdrawal of recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative.History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 5; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-2223 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts|72-2223 Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when.

72-2223. Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when. (a) Upon receipt of a petition under K.S.A. 72-2222 and except as provided in subsection (b), the secretary or a person or persons designated by the secretary may direct and conduct a secret ballot election in order to decide the questions raised by the petition.(b) The secretary shall dismiss, without determining the questions raised therein, any petition filed under K.S.A. 72-2222, if:(1) The petition is filed by a professional employees' organization and is not supported by credible evidence that at least thirty percent (30%) of the professional employees in the appropriate unit are members of the professional employees' organization filing the petition; or(2) the petition is filed by one or more professional employees, asks the secretary to determine the question of whether recognition of a professional employees' organization should be withdrawn, and is not supported by credible evidence that at least thirty percent (30%) of the professional employees in the appropriate unit support the request; or(3) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully recognized a professional employees' organization other than the petitioner as the exclusive representative of any professional employees included in the unit described in the petition; or(4) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully denied or withdrawn the recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative of the professional employees included in the unit described in the petition; or(5) the secretary, within the previous twelve (12) months, has conducted and certified the result of a secret ballot election under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this section is amendatory.History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 6; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 5; July 1.