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KS Stat § 72-514 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-514 Name and style of district; application of laws.

72-514. Name and style of district; application of laws. The name and style of every unified school district established under this act shall be "unified school district No. ____, __________ county, state of Kansas," and all laws applicable uniformly to unified school districts established under the school unification acts shall apply to unified school districts established under this act: Provided, however, The provisions of K.S.A. 72-6756 shall not apply to such districts established under this act.History: L. 1967, ch. 403, § 3; May 2.
KS Stat § 72-515 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-515 City annexation; effect.

72-515. City annexation; effect. No annexation by any city governing body shall effect any change in the boundaries of any unified district or other school district.History: L. 1965, ch. 420, § 21; Feb. 23.
KS Stat § 72-518 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-518 Validating certain unified school districts.

72-518. Validating certain unified school districts. The orders of the state superintendent of public instruction issued after unified district No. 449 of Leavenworth county and before February 23, 1965, headed "order organizing unified school districts and disorganizing nonunified school districts" are hereby declared to be operative and effective to the extent and at the time specified in such orders except as may be otherwise specifically provided in any of the school unification acts. The above orders of the state superintendent hereby validated are made in substantially the form set out in section 2 of the second unification act, and the same are filed in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction. The unified districts validated by this section are designated by the name and style of "Unified School District No. ____, __________ County, State of Kansas"; and the numbers and counties of such unified districts are as follows: No. 450 of Shawnee county; No. 451 of Nemaha county; No. 452 of Stanton county; No. 453 of Leavenworth county; Nos. 454 and 456 of Osage county; No. 455 of Republic county; and No. 457 of Finney county.History: L. 1965, ch. 410; § 10; May 17.
KS Stat § 72-521 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-521 Definitions.

72-521. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) "District" means any school district except a community junior college;(b) "Board" and "board of education," mean the board of education or other governing body of a district;(c) "Receiving district," means a school district receiving territory by transfer thereof from another school district;(d) "Giving district," means a school district from which school territory is transferred to another school district;(e) "State board," means the state board of education created by article 6 of the constitution of Kansas.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-522 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-522 Adjustment of property rights and claims.

72-522. Adjustment of property rights and claims. Whenever any territory of a school district is transferred to another school district, the property rights and claims between such school districts shall be adjusted as provided in this act.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-523 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-523 Effective dates of school territory transfers; various purposes.

72-523. Effective dates of school territory transfers; various purposes. All transfers of school territory shall be effective on the June 1 following the date of such transfer, except as otherwise provided by this act. (a) The territory transferred and the taxable tangible property therein shall be subject to taxes levied, except for bonds and other indebtedness incurred theretofore, by the receiving district as of the last day of December of the year preceding such first day of June, and (b) for election purposes the transfer of school territory shall be effective on the date specified in the transfer order of the state board of education.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 3; L. 1968, ch. 126, § 1; Mar. 23.
KS Stat § 72-524 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-524 Voting rights when property transferred; tax liability upon transfer.

72-524. Voting rights when property transferred; tax liability upon transfer. (a) When a transfer of school territory is effective for election purposes as provided in K.S.A. 72-523, electors residing in the territory transferred shall be entitled to vote, if otherwise qualified, in elections of the receiving district and may not vote in elections of the giving district.(b) For the purpose of determining tax liability for bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred under the provisions of K.S.A. 10-119, the effective date of the transfer of school territory for bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred shall be the same as the effective date for election purposes as provided in subsection (a) of this section. Residents of the territory transferred shall be liable for bonds issued and other indebtedness incurred by the receiving district on such date or thereafter. Residents of the territory transferred shall not be liable for bonds issued and other indebtedness incurred by the giving district on or after such date.History: L. 1968, ch. 126, § 2; Mar. 23.
KS Stat § 72-525 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-525 Qualifications of candidates for elective office upon transfer.

72-525. Qualifications of candidates for elective office upon transfer. When a transfer of school territory is effective for election purposes as provided in K.S.A. 72-523, any elector residing in the territory transferred shall be entitled to be a candidate for and hold office in the receiving district but shall be disqualified to be a candidate or hold office in the giving district.History: L. 1968, ch. 126, § 3; Mar. 23.
KS Stat § 72-526 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-526 Receiving district takes property in territory transferred; assumption of bond debt; tax levy.

72-526. Receiving district takes property in territory transferred; assumption of bond debt; tax levy. On the effective date of any transfer of school territory, the right to possession of and the title to all school buildings, furnishings, and school tangible personal property located in the territory transferred shall vest in the receiving district, and the receiving district shall assume payment of the unpaid bonded indebtedness incurred prior to the transfer in acquiring the school property and in acquiring, constructing and furnishing the school buildings located within its new territorial limits, except the giving district shall remain solely liable for and shall make the principal and interest payments on such bonds which are due or may become due on or before the December 1 following the effective date of this transfer. It shall be the duty of the board of education of the receiving district to make the levy for the annual payment of principal and interest on all such bonds maturing after December 1 following the effective date of transfer, but the original territory on which such bonded indebtedness was imposed as a primary liability shall retain liability for payment of such bonds in the event of the failure of the receiving district to make such levy. The giving district or its successor may recover a judgment against the receiving district for any payments so made. The unpaid bonded indebtedness assumed under this section shall not be counted in arriving at any limitation on bonded indebtedness of either the giving or the receiving district.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-527 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-527 Agreements to adjust claims.

72-527. Agreements to adjust claims. The boards of education of the receiving district and of the giving district may enter into a written agreement, which shall include the provisions of K.S.A. 72-526 and 72-258, and may further provide for an adjustment of the claims of the respective school districts. Such agreement may also provide for the disposition to be made of movable personal property and may determine the amount due from one district to the other. No such agreement shall be valid or effective until a copy thereof has been filed with the state board and approved in writing by it.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 273, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-528 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-528 Payments to defray cost of education of transferred pupils; determination by state board of education; appeals.

72-528. Payments to defray cost of education of transferred pupils; determination by state board of education; appeals. Whenever any transfer order issued under the authority of K.S.A. 72-532 shall provide for the transfer of territory in excess of one square mile, or any territory which includes a building that is an attendance center, the state board of education shall include in any such order, a provision establishing an amount which the giving district shall pay to the receiving district to defray the cost of education applicable to the pupils in such transferred territory during the first six months of the school year next following the date on which transfer order is made. The state board of education shall determine the amount of tax revenue which is on hand or in process of collection, and the amount of any other revenue which has been, or will be available to the giving district for the purpose specified in this section and make its order according thereto. Within ninety (90) days after the date upon which the transfer is effective the payment provided to be made under this section shall be made. Any order made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the appeal provisions of K.S.A. 72-529. Words and terms defined in K.S.A. 72-521 shall have the meaning when used in this act as is ascribed thereto in said K.S.A. 72-521.History: L. 1972, ch. 273, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-530 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-530 Transfer of territory; mediation process.

72-530. Transfer of territory; mediation process. (a) The state board, in accordance with this section, shall implement procedures to allow districts to discuss any proposal for the transfer of territory pursuant to K.S.A. 72-521 et seq., and amendments thereto, through a mediation process.(b) The procedures implemented by the state board shall ensure that any mediation is conducted by a qualified and impartial mediator who is trained in effective mediation techniques. The state board shall maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators.(c) Any district proposing a transfer of territory first shall seek an agreement to transfer the territory. If an agreement is not obtained, the proposal for the transfer shall be abandoned or the district seeking the transfer shall file a written request with the state board for the appointment of a mediator.(d) When a request to appoint a mediator is received, the state board shall appoint a mediator and shall notify the school districts of the appointment of the mediator.(e) Each session in the mediation process shall be scheduled in a timely manner and shall be held in a location that is convenient to the districts. Each district involved in a proposed transfer of territory shall be required to participate in at least one mediation session. The district requesting the transfer shall bear the cost of the mediation process.(f) If mediation fails to result in an agreement between the districts, a petition for transfer of territory may be submitted to the state board pursuant to K.S.A. 72-532, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2004, ch. 13, § 1; Apr. 8.
KS Stat § 72-531 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-531 Same; judgments; tax levy, use of proceeds.

72-531. Same; judgments; tax levy, use of proceeds. If a judgment is entered as provided in K.S.A. 72-7106, the clerk of the district court shall certify to the county clerk the amount due from one district to the other. The county clerk shall annually levy a tax of not to exceed two mills upon the taxable tangible property within the territory in the district from which the amount is due for as many years as may be necessary to pay the amount due and for the purpose of paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district, and when said taxes are collected they shall be paid to the treasurer of the district to which it is due. Said tax levies may be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law and shall not be subject to nor within any tax levy limitation prescribed by law. In lieu of such taxes, the district from which the amount is due may pay the amount due at any time out of its general fund, if said payment has been provided for in its budget.History: L. 1967, ch. 368, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 179; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-533 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-533 Official school district boundaries; certification to county officers.

72-533. Official school district boundaries; certification to county officers. Once each year, as of the thirty-first day of December, the state board of education shall prepare and issue orders describing the boundaries of school districts which have been altered by land transfer, disorganization or consolidation in such year. Such orders shall include complete descriptions of the boundaries of the school districts as the same exist on the date of issue of such order. On or about the fifteenth day of January the order so issued shall be certified to the county clerk of every county and to the county appraiser and election commissioner of counties having such officers. The territory of school districts as defined, described and constituted as of the date of issue of any such order and of orders defining and describing the boundaries of school districts which have not been altered, which orders were issued under this section prior to its amendment by this act, shall be the official territory and boundaries of the school districts and the same shall remain as so defined and described until changed by an order of the state board of education issued as provided by law.History: L. 1965, ch. 420, § 7; L. 1969, ch. 310, § 53; L. 1978, ch. 298, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-534 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 5 - School District Organization|72-534 Amendatory and supplementary orders of state board; district organization; territory transfers; boundary descriptions.

72-534. Amendatory and supplementary orders of state board; district organization; territory transfers; boundary descriptions. The state board may make and issue amendatory or supplementary orders at any time to correct errors, supply detail, clarify or complete any transfer or organization order heretofore or hereafter made under any of the school unification acts or acts amendatory thereof or K.S.A. 72-532. Such an order may also be made by the state board as to any boundary description declared under K.S.A. 72-533.History: L. 1965, ch. 420, § 20; L. 1968, ch. 52, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 298, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-634 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 6 - Disorganization Of School Districts|72-634 Petition by board of education; order by state board; effective dates.

72-634. Petition by board of education; order by state board; effective dates. (a) Any unified school district may be disorganized under the following circumstances in the manner provided in this act.Upon petition of the board of education of any unified school district for the disorganization of such school district and attachment of the territory thereof to one or more other unified school districts, the state board of education shall consider the same and if it finds that there is only one high school in the district and that it cannot meet the 30 unit minimum accreditation requirements, or if it finds that such unified school district fails to meet minimum requirements for establishment of a unified district, and if in addition it finds that the educational system of the state and of the area in which such school district is located will be improved by such disorganization, the state board of education shall issue its order disorganizing the same effective on the July 1 following the date of such petition. Such order thereon shall attach the territory of the unified school district being disorganized to one or more appropriate unified school districts, and said order shall specify the disposition of any property owned by the school district being dissolved and such disposition shall be consonant with the school unification acts. School districts to which the territory of any disorganized district is attached under the provisions of this act shall, for the purpose of taxation, include in their taxable territory, the territory so attached as of the December 31 preceding the July 1 upon which the disorganization is effective. For the purpose of elections and the purposes specified in K.S.A. 10-119, and amendments thereto, such disorganization shall be effective on the date of the order of the state board of education.(b) Any unified school district which has discontinued any grade, course or unit of instruction under authority of K.S.A. 72-13,101, and amendments thereto, and has entered into an agreement with another unified school district for the provision of such grade, course or unit of instruction has complied with the accreditation requirements of this section.History: L. 1967, ch. 367, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 347, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 253, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 261, § 13; L. 1984, ch. 262, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-636 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 6 - Disorganization Of School Districts|72-636 School district disorganization; contracts for maintenance and operation authorized, conditions; certain contracts void.

72-636. School district disorganization; contracts for maintenance and operation authorized, conditions; certain contracts void. The board of education of a school district disorganized under the provisions of this act may enter into contracts necessary for maintenance and operation of the school district until the disorganization is effective for school instruction and attendance purposes. Any such contract entered into by the board of education shall contain a provision that the contract must be fully executed prior to the July 1 upon which the disorganization is effective and that on and after such date the contract is void. Any such contract entered into by the board of education after the disorganization is effective for school instruction and attendance purposes is void. Any other contract entered into by the board of education after the date on which the state board of education issues its order disorganizing the school district is void.History: L. 1969, ch. 347, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 288, § 1; Apr. 6.
KS Stat § 72-639 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 6 - Disorganization Of School Districts|72-639 Unexpended bond funds of disorganized districts; use of funds; investment of funds.

72-639. Unexpended bond funds of disorganized districts; use of funds; investment of funds. The proceeds of any bonds of any school district disorganized under the provisions of either K.S.A. 72-7304 or 72-7305, which proceeds are not encumbered by contractual obligations of such school district being disorganized, shall be transferred to and deposited in a special fund in the office of the county treasurer of the home county of the school district being disorganized not later than the July 1 that such disorganization is effective for school instructions and attendance purposes. All moneys in any such fund shall be appropriated and used by such county treasurer to pay the principal, interest, and other charges on the bonds from which such funds were produced, and the tax levy provided for under chapter 10 of Kansas Statutes Annotated for payment of such principal, interest, and other charges shall be reduced accordingly, so long as there remains a balance in such fund. Such county treasurer shall make a levy in accordance with chapter 10 of Kansas Statutes Annotated on the assessed taxable tangible property in the territory of the school district disorganized under K.S.A. 72-7304 or 72-7305, to pay the principal, interest, and other charges on any such bonds to the extent not paid from bond proceeds as provided above. Any such bond proceeds shall be invested by the county treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 10-131 to the extent not needed for current payment of principal, interest, and other charges on such bonds, and the interest on such investments shall be deposited in such special fund with such bond proceeds and shall be used for the same purpose.History: L. 1971, ch. 238, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 72-640 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 72 - Schools|Article 6 - Disorganization Of School Districts|72-640 Hearings by hearing officers authorized but not required.

72-640. Hearings by hearing officers authorized but not required. For the purpose of affording a hearing upon any matter provided in this act to be determined by the state board of education when such determination requires exercise of substantial discretion by the state board of education, the state board of education may appoint one or more hearing officers. Any such hearing officer shall be an officer or employee of the state department of education. Any such appointment shall apply to a particular hearing or to a set or class of hearings as specified by the state board of education in making such appointment. Whenever a hearing officer appointed under the authority of this act hears any matter, such hearing officer shall, after hearing the same, prepare a written report thereon to the state board of education. After receiving such report the state board of education shall determine the matter with or without additional hearing. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require a hearing to be held on any matter determined by the state board of education.History: L. 1971, ch. 238, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 281; L. 1989, ch. 283, § 15; July 1.