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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 22 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMMISSION › Section 91-22-25 - Decision of the commission; review by state board

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(a) Following a hearing, an initial order
			 shall be entered by the commission, in accordance with the Kansas
			 administrative procedure act, specifying the commission's decision and
			 recommended action. The decision in each case shall include a recommended
			 disposition of the case, which may be any of the following:
(1) Imposition of no discipline;
(2) dismissal of the complaint, if the
			 complaint is based upon an allegation of breach of contract;
(3) denial, suspension, or revocation of the
			 respondent's license; or
(4) public
			 censure of the respondent.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 26 - NONPROFIT SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS › Section 91-26-1 - Requirements for participation

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(a) Definitions.
(1) "Attendance center" means an approved
			 school where meals are prepared, served, or both.
(2) "Child" means a person under twenty-one
			 (21) chronological years of age or a student of high school grade or under.
(3) "Preparation center" means a
			 kitchen where meals are prepared.
(4) "Board" means the board of education of a
			 school district, governing authority of any nonpublic school offering any of
			 grades kindergarten through twelve (12), or governing authority of a child care
			 institution having approval to operate school food service programs.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 26 - NONPROFIT SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS › Section 91-26-3 - Reimbursement

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(a)
Rates.
Boards shall claim reimbursement only for meals and
			 milk, if applicable, served to students enrolled in participating attendance
			 centers at the rate or rates assigned to them in their agreement or such rates
			 as may be subsequently assigned by the state board or United States department
			 of agriculture. Reimbursable meals shall be those which meet the nutritional
			 standards set by the United States department of agriculture.
(b)
Reports and claims; dates for
			 filing.
Reports and claims shall be made to the state board upon forms
			 provided by the state board. The reports and claims shall be filed on or before
			 the fifth day of each month or as otherwise specified by the state board.
			 Claims received after the tenth of the month shall be processed for payment in
			 the month following.
(c)
Disallowance.
Payment for claims which are not received during
			 the calendar month immediately following the period being reported may be
			 disallowed.
(d)
Verification.
All claims for reimbursement shall be verified
			 by the authorized representative to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
			 that the claim is true and correct in all respects, consistent with reports and
			 records on file with the state board, is in accordance with the terms of the
			 existing agreement(s) and payment has not been received.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 26 - NONPROFIT SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS › Section 91-26-5 - Assistance and donations

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(a)
Assistance.
Any board may request from the state board
			 management and technical assistance to aid in the establishment and operations
			 of child nutrition programs and may request assistance in training of
			 personnel.
(b)
Donations.
Any board may accept donations of food, equipment,
			 money and labor for use in direct connection with any of its food service
			 programs. The acceptance of any donation shall not be interpreted as an
			 obligation to do business with the donor. The acceptance of coupons or premiums
			 for personal use is prohibited.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 26 - NONPROFIT SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS › Section 91-26-6 - Food service equipment assistance

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(a)
Eligible and especially needy schools defined.
(1) "Eligible schools" mean schools which
			 draw attendance from areas in which poor economic conditions exist and have no
			 equipment to operate an adequate food service program, as determined by the
			 state board. The eligible school shall pay at least one-fourth (1/4) of the
			 equipment costs.
(2) "Especially
			 needy schools" meet the criteria for eligible schools and enroll a high
			 percentage of students as defined by the state plan for school food service,
			 who are eligible for free and reduced price meals. Especially needy schools are
			 eligible to receive one-hundred percent (100%) funding according to guidelines
			 established by the state board.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-1 - Tax sheltered annuity program

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A program and the procedures for the purchase of voluntary tax
				sheltered annuities shall be established for the eligible employees of the
				Kansas state school for the deaf and the Kansas state school for the visually
				handicapped.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-2 - Definitions

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The terms "compensation" and "employee" shall have the same
				meanings as found in K.S.A. 1975 Supp.
				74-4932 and the statutory
				references contained therein. "State board" shall mean the Kansas state board
				of education.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-3 - Maximum reduction; contracts

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(a) The maximum
			 amount of reduction in compensation to be contributed by each participating
			 employee to a tax sheltered annuity shall be as limited by the provisions of
			 the U.S. internal revenue code of 1954, as amended. Such tax sheltered
			 annuities shall be purchased by contract by the state board for those employees
			 who voluntarily reduce their salaries to provide the funds with which to
			 purchase such annuities.
Tax Sheltered Annuities
(b) The state board may contract with:
(1) Any company, firm, association,
			 corporation or financial institution, hereinafter called "company," authorized
			 to do business in this state that issues an approved annuity contract. An
			 approved annuity contract shall meet the provisions of the U. S. internal
			 revenue code of 1954, as amended, and shall qualify by reason of a
			 determination letter provided by the internal revenue service. The
			 determination letter and a specimen annuity contract shall be filed with the
			 state board of education and division of accounts and reports, department of
			 administration.
(2) Any life
			 insurance company organized and operated, without profit to any private
			 shareholder or individual, exclusively for the purpose of aiding and
			 strengthening educational institutions by issuing insurance and annuity
			 contracts only to or for the benefit of such institutions and individuals
			 engaged in the services of such institutions, whether or not such company be
			 authorized to do business in Kansas. No premium tax or income tax shall be due
			 or payable on such annuity contract or contracts for such retirement programs
			 issued by a company such as described in this paragraph, except that neither
			 the purchase nor the issuance of such retirement annuities from or by such a
			 company shall constitute the effecting of a contract of insurance.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-4 - Approval of applications

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The chief fiscal officers or their designees of the state
				schools for the deaf and the visually handicapped may, on behalf of the state
				board, approve the applications and any other legal documents of their
				respective employees as may from time to time be required to carry into effect
				the voluntary tax sheltered annuity program.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-5 - Fixed or variable annuities

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Tax sheltered annuity contracts shall provide for the purchase
				of either fixed or variable annuities or a combination thereof. Such contracts
				shall comply with sections 401(g) and 403(b) of the U.S. internal revenue code
				of 1954, as amended.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-6 - Solicitation limited to two agents of each company

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Any company engaged in the solicitation of voluntary tax
				sheltered annuity contracts shall file in the office of the chief fiscal
				officer of each state school to be solicited a list of the names of not more
				than two (2) of its agents who will solicit business. Solicitation of business
				by agents other than those listed shall be prohibited. Said list shall be
				accompanied by a statement signed by a company officer that the agents named
				are trained and authorized to do business in the state of Kansas in the sale
				and service of tax sheltered annuities.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-7 - Participating employee to select company

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It shall be the responsibility of each participating employee
				to select the company and the type of annuity contract to be purchased on his
				or her behalf and to evaluate the tax sheltered status provided by such
				contract. The state board shall not assume such responsibilities. The
				soliciting companies, through their agents, shall provide for said fiscal
				officers a maximum reduction allowance calculation for each participating
				employee.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-8 - Uniform contract form

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A uniform salary reduction contract form shall be used at the
				two state schools to effect the salary reduction and annuity purchase requests
				of the participating employees. (See
				K.A.R.
				91-29-12 ). A contract shall be made for a
				period of at least one (1) year, except that the first contract (after the
				initiation of this program) may be for the remaining portion of the calendar
				year. An employee may terminate an existing contract at any time with respect
				to amounts not yet earned, but shall not make more than one contract with the
				same employer during a calendar year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-9 - Beginning date of tax sheltered annuity program

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The tax sheltered annuity program for the state schools for the
				deaf and the visually handicapped shall be initiated on the payroll period paid
				on March 1, 1977.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-10 - Contract to be completed and signed by participant

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Any contract to reduce salary and to purchase tax sheltered
				annuities shall be completed and signed by each participant in this program.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-11 - Employee limited to one company; exception

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No participating employee shall select more than one (1)
				company for the purchase of tax sheltered annuities except current employees
				presently enrolled in TIAA/SCREF who may select one additional company.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 29 - PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE KANSAS STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES › Section 91-29-12 - Contract form; reduction of salary for tax sheltered annuity

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KSDE FORM 01 01 100
91-29-12
STATE OF KANSAS
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Contract to Reduce Salary for Tax Sheltered
Annuity Purposes
TO: Chief Fiscal Officer
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
State School
Location
Effective with respect to amounts earned on or after the first
				day of the pay period beginning on _____,
(day and month)
19__, which date is subsequent to the execution of this
				contract, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 403(b), United State
				Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and as authorized by 1976 S.B. 870,
				the State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to reduce my
				future compensation to purchase for me a non-forfeitable annuity or annuities
				as hereinafter described.
Please place an "X" in the appropriate box or
				boxes
(Box A is not applicable to non-TIAA/SCREF Participants)
Under the required 5%/5% retirement plan for employees the
				State Board of Education shall:
A.
1. Reduce my gross compensation by 5%
			 applicable each payday.
2. Pay an
			 identical amount to provide retirement benefits as described in Subsections
			 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), and (4) of
			 K.S.A.
			 74-4925; and
3. Apply said sums to the payment of deposits
			 for a retirement annuity contract selected by me in accordance with the terms
			 of the required 5%/5% retirement program and issued by TIAA/SCREF.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-31 - Definitions

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As used in this article of the department's regulations, each
				of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this
				regulation:
(a) "Accreditation" means
			 the process of documenting that an education system meets requirements
			 established by the state board.
(b)
			 "Accreditation cycle" means the period of time from the beginning of the needs
			 assessment to the point at which the state board grants an accreditation rating
			 to an education system.
(c)
			 "Accreditation rating" means the status granted by the state board upon
			 recommendation of the accreditation review council.
(d) "Accreditation review council" means the
			 body of education professionals charged with providing a recommendation of
			 accreditation rating to the state board at the end of each accreditation
			 cycle.
(e) "Accreditation year"
			 means the final year, or step, of an education system's accreditation
			 cycle.
(f) "Accredited" means the
			 status assigned to an education system that meets the following conditions
			 established by the state board:
(1) The
			 education system is in good standing.
(2) The education system provides conclusive
			 evidence of improvement in student performance.
(3) The education system provides conclusive
			 evidence of a process of continuous improvement.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-32 - Kansas education systems accreditation

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(a) The Kansas accreditation model shall be
			 the Kansas education systems accreditation model.
(b) An education system's accreditation
			 status may be changed by the state board at any time in accordance with K.A.R.
			 91-31-37 or K.A.R. 91-31-40, or both.
(c) Each school that held an accreditation
			 rating from the state board on June 30, 2017 shall retain that accreditation
			 rating subject to subsection (b) and demonstrated engagement in the Kansas
			 education systems accreditation process, until that accreditation rating is
			 superseded by the first accreditation rating granted under Kansas education
			 systems accreditation.
(d) Each
			 public education system shall participate in the Kansas education systems
			 accreditation process.
(e) Except
			 as authorized by K.A.R. 91-31-42, each private education system that
			 voluntarily participates in the Kansas education systems accreditation process
			 shall be subject to all requirements of the Kansas education systems
			 accreditation process.
(f) Before
			 an education system shall be considered for an accreditation rating above "not
			 accredited," the education system shall be in good standing.
(g) Each education system seeking
			 accreditation shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Participate in the Kansas assessment
			 program as directed by the state board;
(2) have in place a method of data collection
			 approved by the state board for collecting kindergarten-entry data;
(3) have in place a state board-approved
			 individual plan of study program for each student. The program shall begin for
			 all students by grade eight and continue through high school
			 graduation;
(4) have in place a
			 method of assessing all students' social-emotional growth;
(5) provide evidence that the foundational
			 structures for each accreditation cycle are in place;
(6) offer curricula that allow students to
			 meet the requirements of the state scholarship program;
(7) offer subjects and areas of instruction
			 approved by the state board that provide each student with the opportunity to
			 achieve at least the capacities listed in K.S.A. 72-3218, and amendments
			 thereto; and
(8) document the
			 existence, membership, training, and meetings of school site councils,
			 education system site councils, and education system leadership
			 teams.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-34 - Governing body requirements

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(a)
			 General. Each governing body shall ensure that its education system meets the
			 requirements of this regulation.
(b) Staff.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
			 subsection, in filling positions for which a license or certificate is issued
			 by the state board, each education system shall employ persons who hold
			 licenses or certificates with specific endorsements for the positions
			 held.
(2) If a teacher holding an
			 appropriate license or certificate is not available, the education system shall
			 use a substitute teacher holding a valid Kansas teacher or administrator
			 license or certificate at any level or in any field or subject. An education
			 system shall not allow any person holding a Kansas teaching license or
			 certificate to substitute teach for more than 140 days in the same
			 assignment.
(3) If a substitute
			 teacher holding a valid Kansas teacher or administrator license or certificate
			 is not available, the education system shall use a substitute teacher holding a
			 valid Kansas substitute teaching license or certificate. An education system
			 shall not allow a person holding a substitute teaching license or certificate
			 to teach for more than 90 days in the same assignment.
(4) If a substitute teacher holding a valid
			 Kansas substitute teaching license is not available, the education system shall
			 use a person who holds a baccalaureate degree and an emergency substitute
			 teaching license or certificate. An education system shall not allow a person
			 who holds a baccalaureate degree and an emergency substitute teaching license
			 or certificate to teach for more than 45 days in the same assignment.
(5)
(A) If a
			 person holding a baccalaureate degree and an emergency substitute teaching
			 license is not available, the education system shall use a person who has been
			 licensed or certified by the state board as an emergency substitute teacher. An
			 education system shall not allow any person who does not hold a baccalaureate
			 degree to teach for more than 25 days in the same assignment or more than 75
			 days in a semester.
(B) If a
			 governing body documents that there is an insufficient supply of substitute
			 teachers, the governing body may appeal to the commissioner for authority to
			 allow individuals holding an emergency substitute teaching license or
			 certificate to continue to teach for an additional length of time.
(6) Each education system shall
			 report the name of each licensed or certified staff member on the personnel
			 report or the supplemental personnel report required by the state board. Each
			 licensed or certified personnel staff change that occurs between September 15
			 and the end of the school year shall be reported on a form prescribed by the
			 state board within 30 days after the staff change.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-35 - Graduation requirements

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(a) Each governing
			 body shall adopt a written policy specifying that pupils are eligible for
			 graduation only after completion of at least the following graduation
			 requirements as established by the state board:
(1) Four units of English language arts,
			 which shall include reading, writing, literature, grammar, and at least
			 one-half unit of communication. The chief administrative officer may waive up
			 to one unit of this requirement if the chief administrative officer determines
			 that a pupil will benefit more by taking another subject;
(2) three units of history and government,
			 which shall include world history; United States history; United States
			 government, including the Constitution of the United States; concepts of
			 economics and geography; and, except as otherwise provided in   K.A.R. 91-31-35(e),  a course of instruction in Kansas history and government;
(3) three units of science, which shall
			 include physical, biological, and earth and space science concepts and which
			 shall include at least one unit as a laboratory course;
(4) three units of mathematics, including
			 algebraic and geometric concepts;
(5) one-half unit of physical education. This
			 requirement shall be waived if the school district is provided with a statement
			 by a licensed physician that a pupil is mentally or physically incapable of
			 participating in a regular or modified physical education program;
(6) one-half unit of health education which
			 may include safety, first aid, or physiology. This requirement shall be waived
			 if the school district is provided with a statement, signed by a lawful
			 custodian of the pupil, indicating that the requirement is contrary to the
			 religious teachings of the pupil;
(7) one-half unit of financial
			 literacy;
(8) one unit of fine
			 arts, which may include art, music, dance, theatre, forensics, and other
			 similar studies selected by the governing body;
(9) one unit of advanced science, technology,
			 engineering, advanced math or other similar studies selected by the governing
			 body;
(10) four and one-half units
			 of elective courses;
(11) two or
			 more accomplishments approved by the State Board that demonstrate the pupil
			 will be a successful Kansas high school graduate;
(12) One of the following filings, unless
			 exempted by the chief administrative officer;
(A) A free application for federal student
			 aid with the United States department of education, or;
(B) On a form created by the state board,
			 file a waiver with the governing body indicating that a parent or guardian or,
			 if the pupil is at least 18 years of age or legally emancipated, the pupil
			 understands what the free application for federal student aid is and has chosen
			 not to file an application.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-36 - Outside visitation teams

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(a) Each education system shall select an
			 outside visitation team, which shall be approved by the education system's
			 governing body. The outside visitation team's composition and number of members
			 shall be determined by the education system leadership team according to
			 guidelines established by the state board.
(b) Each member of an outside visitation team
			 shall receive specific training determined by the state board. Each person
			 serving as an outside visitation team chair shall attend additional, specific
			 training to be determined by the state board.
(c) One meeting between the outside
			 visitation team and the education system leadership team shall occur during
			 each year of the accreditation cycle.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-37 - Accreditation recommendation and appeal

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(a) Upon completion of the accreditation
			 process during or before the education system's originally scheduled
			 accreditation year, a recommendation from the accreditation review council
			 regarding the accreditation rating to be assigned to the education system shall
			 be communicated to the education system. Each recommendation shall include a
			 statement of the reasons for the recommendation.
(b) The education system's governing body may
			 file an appeal with the commissioner within 15 days after receipt of the
			 recommendation. The education system's governing body may raise any issue and
			 present any additional information that is relevant to its appeal.
(c) If the governing body files an appeal, a
			 consultation shall be ordered by the commissioner and shall be conducted by an
			 appeal team appointed by the commissioner.
(1) If there is agreement on the
			 recommendation following the appeal, the appeal team shall forward the
			 accreditation recommendation to the commissioner for submission to the state
			 board.
(2) If there is not
			 agreement on a recommendation following the appeal, the appeal team shall
			 request the commissioner to appoint a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and
			 forward an accreditation recommendation to the state board.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-38 - Accreditation rating

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(a) Each
			 education system shall be classified as one of the following:
(1) Accredited;
(2) conditionally accredited; or
(3) not accredited.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-40 - Sanctions

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(a) Sanctions may
			 be applied by the state board to a public education system in response to any
			 of the following circumstances:
(1) The
			 public education system's accreditation rating of "not accredited";
(2) the public education system's failure to
			 move from "not accredited" to "conditionally accredited" after state technical
			 assistance has been in place for one year; or
(3) failure to remain in good
			 standing.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-41 - Public disclosure

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Each education system participating in KESA shall at all times
				provide, on the home page of the education system's official web site, a link
				to the KSDE report card.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-42 - Waiver

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(a) Any education
			 system may request a waiver from one or more accreditation requirements imposed
			 by the state board. Each request for a waiver shall meet the following
			 requirements:
(1) The education system shall
			 submit the request, in writing, to the commissioner.
(2) The chief administrative officer of the
			 education system shall sign the request. If the request is made by a public
			 education system, both the superintendent and the president of the governing
			 body shall sign the request.
(3) In
			 the request, the education system shall state each specific requirement for
			 which the education system is requesting a waiver and shall indicate how the
			 granting of the waiver would enhance improvement in the education
			 system.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 31 - ACCREDITATION › Section 91-31-43 - Child abuse and neglect mandated reporter training

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Each accredited education system shall develop and implement
				written policies for annual child abuse and neglect mandated reporter training
				of all employees. The training shall address child abuse and neglect reporting
				requirements when any individual has reason to suspect that a student attending
				the accredited education system has been harmed as a result of physical,
				mental, or emotional abuse or neglect or sexual abuse. Each accredited
				education system shall maintain documentation that each employee has met the
				annual training requirement. (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section
				2(a) of the Kansas Constitution and K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 72-5170; effective Oct.
				8, 2021.)
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 37 - PARENTS AS TEACHERS GRANTS › Section 91-37-1 - Definitions

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(a) "Board" means
			 the board of education of any school district.
(b) "Infant" and "toddler" means a child who
			 has not attained the age of three years.
(c) "Parent education program grant" means an
			 award of state money to a school district for the development and operation of
			 a program to provide expectant parents and parents of infants or toddlers, or
			 both, with information, advice, assistance, resource materials, guidance and
			 learning experiences regarding such measures as parenting skills and the
			 various styles of parenting; the processes and principles of growth and
			 development of children; home learning activities designed for infants and
			 toddlers; techniques emphasizing a positive approach to discipline; effective
			 methods of communicating and interacting with children to foster the
			 development of self-esteem; strategies for structuring behavioral limits and
			 increasing mutual positive regard; and other elements of effective parenting
			 that are conducive to the structuring of a home environment in which children
			 are encouraged to be successful and productive learners.
(d) "School district" means any public school
			 district organized and operating under the laws of the state.
(e) "State board" means the state board of
			 education.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 37 - PARENTS AS TEACHERS GRANTS › Section 91-37-2 - Parent education program grant application

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(a) Any board
			 seeking a parent education program grant shall submit an application to the
			 state board. Each application shall include the following information:
(1) The name and number of the district or,
			 if the application is being made by a consortium of districts, the name of the
			 interlocal agency or school district which will receive grant funds and
			 administer the program and a listing of participating districts;
(2) the mailing address and phone number of
			 the district or interlocal agency administering the grant;
(3) the name and signature of the
			 superintendent or interlocal agency director; and
(4) the name, title, address, phone number
			 and signature of the person who will be responsible for directing the program
			 for the district or interlocal agency.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 37 - PARENTS AS TEACHERS GRANTS › Section 91-37-3 - Parent education program plan

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(a) Each board
			 applying for a parent education program grant shall submit a parent education
			 program plan to the state board with the application required by K.A.R.
			 91-37-2. The plan shall include the following information:
(1) An abstract;
(2) a general description of the program;
(3) proposed program outcomes;
(4) proposed program activities;
(5) a method for evaluation of the
			 program; and
(6) a budget.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 37 - PARENTS AS TEACHERS GRANTS › Section 91-37-4 - Parent education program reports

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(a) Each board that
			 is awarded a parent education program grant shall submit a statistical and
			 financial mid-year report to the state board that shall include information
			 from July 1 through December 1. Each such report shall include the following
			 information:
(1) The date services began;
(2) the number of families and
			 children participating;
(3) a
			 description of progress made toward accomplishing intended outcomes;
(4) an indication of any problems with the
			 program; and
(5) an itemized
			 statement of expenditures of state and local funds.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-1 - Definitions

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(a) 'Activity bus"
			 means any bus utilized by a governing body only to transport students to and
			 from school activities as authorized by
			 K.S.A.
			 72-8301(c)(3), and
			 amendments thereto. An activity bus may be a color other than school bus
			 yellow.
(b) "Bus" means any motor
			 vehicle that is designed for transporting more than 10 passengers in addition
			 to the driver.
(c) "Driver-trainer"
			 means any person who is assigned by a transportation supervisor to provide
			 instruction and training to other school transportation providers, including
			 knowledge of vehicles used to provide student transportation, safe driving
			 practices, emergency procedures, and passenger control. The driver-trainer
			 shall maintain current licensure to operate the largest vehicle about which the
			 driver-trainer is to provide instruction and shall have experience as a school
			 bus driver.
(d) "Governing body"
			 means the local board of education or other entity having authority over a
			 school district.
(e) "Multipurpose
			 passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 8-126 and amendments thereto, that is
			 designed to transport 10 or fewer persons, in addition to the driver, and that
			 is constructed on a truck chassis.
(f) "School bus" means school bus as defined
			 in K.S.A.
			 72-8301, and amendments thereto. A school bus
			 may be owned by a school district, a private school, or a private company. The
			 term shall include any van or other vehicle rated by the manufacturer, or
			 having a door label, as a bus.
(g)
			 "School bus driver" means any person employed by a school district or school
			 bus contractor to drive a school bus or activity bus.
(h) "School district" means any unified
			 school district or private school.
(i) "School passenger vehicle" means any
			 passenger car or multipurpose passenger vehicle that is owned or leased by a
			 school district or private individual and is used regularly to provide student
			 transportation on behalf of a school district.
(j) "School passenger vehicle driver" means
			 any person employed by a school district primarily to provide transportation
			 for students in a school passenger vehicle.
(k) "School transportation provider" means
			 either a school bus driver or a school passenger vehicle driver.
(l) "School vehicle" means any activity bus,
			 school bus, or school passenger vehicle.
(m) "Short-term leased vehicle" means any
			 school vehicle that is leased by a school district for a period of 30 or fewer
			 days.
(n) "Substitute driver" means
			 any person who is not assigned to a regular route but is employed to serve as a
			 school transportation provider when necessary due to driver absences or
			 emergencies.
(o) "Transportation
			 supervisor" means a person designated by a governing body to be responsible for
			 transportation activities within a school district.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-2 - General limitations and requirements

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(a) No governing body shall have a school bus
			 in service after July 1,1992, unless the school bus was manufactured after
			 April 1, 1977 and either is no more than 25 years old or has been modified to
			 meet current standards. Each school bus shall meet the standards specified by
			 law and this article of the department's regulations.
(b) The owner's name shall be displayed on
			 each side of any school bus.
(c)
			 Activity buses shall not be utilized to provide student transportation from any
			 student's home to school or from school to any student's home.
(d) Each school bus, activity bus, and school
			 passenger vehicle shall be equipped with a two-way communication
			 system.
(e)
(1) Each bus shall contain the following
			 emergency supplies:
(A) At least one 2A-10BC
			 fire extinguisher;
(B) at least one
			 readily identifiable first-aid kit in a removable, waterproof, and dustproof
			 container;
(C) at least one readily
			 identifiable body fluid clean-up kit in a removable, waterproof, and dustproof
			 container;
(D) at least three
			 reflectorized triangle warning devices, securely stored but in an accessible
			 location; and
(E) at least one
			 emergency seat belt cutter.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-3 - School transportation supervisor; duties and responsibilities

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(a) Appointment and
			 general responsibilities.
(1) Each governing
			 body shall designate an employee to be the transportation supervisor.
(2)
(A) The
			 transportation supervisor shall be responsible for supervision and maintenance
			 of the school district's transportation system.
(B) The transportation supervisor shall act
			 as liaison between the school district and any contracted bus transportation
			 service.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-4 - Compliance with chassis and body construction standards

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in
			 subsection (c), a governing body shall not allow students to be transported on
			 any school bus acquired or leased after the effective date of this regulation
			 until the governing body has on file a verified statement, as prescribed by the
			 state board, from the seller or lessor of the school bus attesting that the
			 school bus meets the following requirements:
(1) The school bus chassis and body
			 construction standards promulgated by the United States department of
			 transportation that apply to the particular bus; and
(2) the bus chassis and body construction
			 standards, including standards for specially equipped school buses, if
			 applicable, prescribed in the national school transportation specifications
			 adopted by the national congress on school transportation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-5 - Annual inspection of school vehicles

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(a)
(1)
			 Each governing body that either owns or leases and that operates any school bus
			 or activity bus shall have each of those buses inspected annually in accordance
			 with this regulation.
(2) Each
			 person or entity that contracts with any governing body to provide bus
			 transportation services to students shall have each school bus or activity bus
			 used to transport students inspected annually in accordance with this
			 regulation.
(3) Except for new
			 buses, which shall be inspected upon delivery and before being used to
			 transport students, the inspection process shall be conducted between June 1
			 and September 30. No school bus or activity bus shall be used to transport
			 students until the inspection process has been completed and the bus is in
			 proper working order.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-6 - School transportation driver qualifications

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(a) Driver's licensing and age requirements.
			 Each person employed by a school district or by a school bus contractor who, at
			 any time, will provide student transportation shall be licensed pursuant to
			 K.S.A.
			 8-234b and amendments thereto, or the
			 appropriate licensing statutes of the person's state of residence. Each person
			 also shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Each driver of a school bus or activity
			 bus with a gross weight of over 26,000 pounds shall maintain a commercial class
			 A or B driver's license, with passenger and school bus endorsements.
(2) Each driver of a school bus or activity
			 bus that has a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less and is designed for
			 transporting 16 passengers or more shall maintain a commercial class A, B, or C
			 driver's license, with passenger and school bus endorsements.
(3) Each driver of a school passenger vehicle
			 or a school bus or activity bus that has a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or
			 less and is designed to transport fewer than 16 passengers shall maintain an
			 appropriate noncommercial operator's license.
(4) Each driver's license shall be valid
			 within the driver's state of residence.
(5) Each driver of an activity bus shall be
			 21 years of age or older.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 91 - KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Article 38 - SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION › Section 91-38-7 - Driver's duties and responsibilities

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(a) Each school transportation provider shall
			 inspect a school vehicle before its use to ascertain that the vehicle is in a
			 safe condition and equipped as required by law and that all required equipment
			 is in working order. The school transportation provider shall document each
			 inspection.
(b) If any defect is
			 discovered, students shall not be transported in the vehicle until the defect
			 is corrected.
(c) Documentation of
			 the inspections of each school vehicle shall be kept on file for at least one
			 year following the vehicle inspection.
(d) A school transportation provider shall
			 not drive a school vehicle for more than 10 consecutive hours or for more than
			 a total of 10 hours in any 15-hour period.
(e) Each school transportation provider shall
			 ensure that all doors are closed before the vehicle is put into motion and
			 remain closed while the vehicle is moving.
(f) Each school transportation provider shall
			 ensure that openings for the service door, emergency exits, and aisles are kept
			 clear of any obstructions.
(g) Each
			 school transportation provider shall utilize the driver's safety belt at all
			 times while the vehicle is in motion.
(h) If the school transportation provider
			 leaves the driver's seat, the parking brake shall be set, the motor turned off,
			 and the keys removed. However, drivers of specially equipped buses may leave
			 the motor running to operate a power lift after setting the parking
			 brake.
(i) If a school vehicle is
			 refueled during any trip when passengers are being transported, the school
			 transportation provider shall unload all passengers from the vehicle and turn
			 off the vehicle's motor before beginning refueling procedures. Fuel shall not
			 be transported in any manner, except in the vehicle's fuel tank.
(j) Following the completion of any trip,
			 each school transportation provider shall perform a walk-through inspection of
			 the school bus or activity bus or a visual check of the school passenger
			 vehicle that the provider was driving, to ensure that all passengers have
			 disembarked.
(k) A driver of a
			 school bus or activity bus shall not tow any trailer or other vehicle with the
			 bus, while any passenger is on the bus.