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Balanced budget required, exception                  79-2927
 
Balances budget not required;
 
        unexpended moneys                                    79-2927a
 
Balances, use of, budget law                                79-2934
 
Ballots (See Elections)
 
Banks and banking, code, definitions                      9-701
 
Banks, deposits of public moneys
 
                                           9-1401, 10-131,12-1675 et seq.
 
        Security for                                                           9-1402
 
Banks as fiscal agents                              10-501, 10-606
 
Banner, state                                                73-303, 73-304
 
Basic Skills Reading Program                              72-7534
 
Battered child (See Child Abuse)                                        
 
Beauty schools                                                         65-1903
 
Benefits, K.P.E.R.S                     See Pamphlet issued by
 
        K.P.E.R.S.
 
Bequests, school districts                    72-8210, 72-8212
 
Bible readings                                    72-1111(d), 72-1628
 
        “Periods of silence"                                       72-5308a
 
Bid law, amendments to bids                  75-6901 et seq.
 
Bids, sealed, required when                                 72-6760
 
Bilingual education programs          72-9501 to 72-9510
 
Birth certificates                                                    72-53,106
 
Blind, deaf, severely handicapped                          72-853
 
Blind, interference with rights                                39-1103
 
Blind, Kansas Coordinating Council for the       74-4801
 
Blind persons 39-1101 to 39-1106, 76-1101, 76-1102a
 
        (See also Kansas state school for the blind)
 
        Braille, instruction in                           72-1122 et seq.
 
        Use of guide dogs                          39-1102, 39-1103
 
Blind, purchase of products
 
        from                              72-6760, 75-3317 to 75-3321
 
Board of education
 
        Abstaining from vote                                        72-8205
 
        Acquisition of property, authorized                72-8212
 
                Bids, when                                                72-6760
 
                For Students                         72-5389 to 72-5391
 
        Activity fees                                                        72-5390
 
        Adult education programs                 72-4517 et seq.
 
        Appointment of members (when excessive             
 
                vacancies)                                               25-2022b
 
        Appointment to fill vacancy                             25-2022
 
        "At-large" member                          72-8003, 72-8009
 
        Attendance boundaries                                  72-8212
 
        Attorney fees, board of education                 72-8205
 
        Audit of accounts                         75-1117 to 75-1130
 
        Bank or other depository           9-701, 9-140 et seq.
 
        Bilingual education programs 72-9501 to 72-9510
 
        Bonds (See also Bonds) 10-105 to 10-106, 72-6761
 
        Boundaries, attendance                                 72-8212
 
        Boundaries, school board member district 72-8127
 
        Boundaries, school districts,
 
                certifying                                   72-7109, 72-7110
 
        Boundaries, ward and precinct                     19-3439
 
        Boundary, school board member district,
 
                changes by resolution
 
                (October before general election)         72-6769
 
        Boundary change, taxation           72-7103, 79-1807
 
        Breakfast programs, required                       72-5125
 
        Budget hearings            79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2933
 
        Budget law (See also Budget) 79-2925 to 79-2937
 
        Budget and summary of proposed budget;
 
                notice of availability                                72-8204c
 
        Capital outlay levy                        72-8801 to 72-8812
 
        Certification of tax levies                79-1801, 79-2930
 
        Change of residence, board members,
 
                effect                                                         25-2022a
 
        Change of voting plan, petition for                72-8009
 
        Child care authorized                                      72-8236
 
                Programs in schools                                 65-527
 
        Civil service employees may serve on
 
                school boards                                          75-2953
 
        Clerk, school district, appointment             72-8202c
 
        Closing attendance facilities                         72-8213
 
        Collective negotiations            72-5413 to 72-5403a
 
        Consolidation of districts           72-8701 to 72-8708
 
        Contingency reserve fund authorized,
 
                limitation                                                    72-6426
 
        Contracts binding on both board and
 
                teachers                                                     72-5412
 
        Contracts, continuing                                  72-5410 to
 
                                            72-5412a, 72-5436 to 72-5445
 
        Contracts, supplemental                             72-5412a
 
        Cooperative agreements
 
                Interlocal agreements           12-2904, 72-8230
 
                Sponsoring district, special education              
 
                                                                        72-968, 72-969
 
                Vocational education                               72-4421
 
        County treasurer, itemized statement
 
                from                                           19-508a, 19-508b
 
        Disaster relief programs                                72-8234
 
        Deductions from compensation,
 
                fringe benefits     72-8414, 72-8601 to 72-8603
 
        Deposit of moneys                   9-701, 9-1401 et seq.
 
        Downtown redevelopment, generally                         
 
                                                                12-1770 to 12-1780
 
                Allocation of taxes after adoption
 
                    of plan                                                    12-1775
 
                Delivery of adopted plan                         12-1776
 
                Notice of proposed plan                         12-1771
 
        Dues to K.A.S.B., paid from general fund    72-5326
 
        Duties and powers                                          72-8212
 
        Elections (See Elections)
 
        Emergency warrants                      10-801 to 10-810,
 
                                            79-2939, 79-2939a to 79-2942
 
        Eminent domain             26-501 to 26-517, 72-8212
 
        Employees, appointment of 72-8202b to 72-8202e
 
                Evaluation of                         72-9001 to 72-9006
 
                Payment of salaries                 44-314, 74-4940
 
        Executive sessions (open meetings law)   75-4319
 
        Expenditures                                                     72-6760
 
        Expenses of board members, paid             72-8207
 
        Federal funds, application for      72-6201, 72-6202
 
        Filling vacancies                                            25-2022b
 
                Excessive vacancies                            25-2022b
 
        Fire marshal's requirements                           31-144
 
        Fiscal year                                                         72-8204
 
        Fort Leavenworth military reservation        72-5333b
 
        Gifts or bequests                            72-8210, 72-8212
 
        Group insurance                                              72-8414
 
                Premium payment, employer
 
                    contribution                                           72-8415
 
        Hearings
 
                Special education                      72-972, 72-973,
 
                                                                      72-973a, 72-974
 
                Suspension and expulsion 72-8904, 72-8906
 
                Teacher due process         72-5436 to 72-5445
 
        Interdistrict agreements                                                
 
                For education programs                         72-8233
 
                For personnel                                           72-8235
 
        Itemized statement from county
 
                treasurer                                                    19-508b
 
        Leasing of real or personal property            72-8225
 
        Legal counsel                                                   72-8205
 
        Meeting place                                                   72-8205
 
        Meetings, regular and special                       72-8205
 
                Agenda                                                       75-4318
 
                Cameras and recording devices          75-4318
 
                Closed or executive sessions               75-4319
 
                Defined                                                    75-4317a
 
                Enforcement of the law                         75-4320a
 
                Notice of time, date and place               75-4318
 
                Open meetings required                        75-4318
 
                Penalties for violation                              75-4320
 
                Secret ballots prohibited                        75-4318
 
        Member, change of residence, effect        25-2022a
 
        Member district method of election              72-8009
 
        Member to reside in district represented    72-8009
 
                Change of residence, effect                25-2022a
 
        Member's appointment (when excessive
 
        vacancies)                                                       25-2022b
 
        Members, swearing in or taking oath         25-2023,
 
                                                                                     25-2024
 
        Motor vehicle insurance                                  72-8404
 
        No-fund warrants (See also Emergency warrants)
 
                For emergencies in districts adjoining
 
                    military posts                       79-2941, 79-2942
 
                For failure to receive motor vehicle
 
                    taxes                                                     79-2939b
 
                For emergencies                    79-2938, 79-2940
 
                For shortages in revenue            79-2939-2940
 
        Notice of boundary changes to county election
 
                officer                                                          72-6769
 
        Oath of member               25-2023, 25-2024, 54-106
 
                Filing                                                           25-2024
 
        Open meetings                         75-4317 to 75-4320a
 
        Petition, change of voting plan                      72-8006
 
        Petition, protest, requirements         25-3601 et seq.
 
        Petty cash funds authorized                           72-8208
 
        Powers and duties                         72-8205, 72-8212
 
        President and vice president, election      72-8202a
 
        Procedure for closing school, fire marshal's
 
                order                                                             31-144
 
                Generally                                                   72-8213
 
        Professional negotiations act 72-5413 to 72-5430a
 
        Public meetings                          75-4317 to 75-4320
 
        Quorum                                                              72-8205
 
        Revenue bonds                                                76-6a13
 
        Sale of school property                                   72-8212
 
        School lunch programs             72-5112 to 72-5123
 
        Security officers                                                72-8222
 
        Seven members                                              72-7901
 
        Special meetings                                             72-8205
 
        Superintendent, appointment and
 
                powers                                                     72-8202b
 
        State fire marshal's recommendations         31-144
 
        Supplemental contracts with employees 72-5412a
 
        Suspension and expulsion procedures
 
                                                                72-8901 to 72-8906
        Tax levy for school districts                                           
                                                72-6431, 72-6433, 72-8204a
 
        Tax levy for capital outlay            72-8801 to 72-8810
 
        Tax sheltered annuities                                  72-8603
 
        Teacher’s salaries, when payable               74-4940
 
        Term of office                                   25-2023, 72-7901
 
        Transfer of territory                      72-7101 to 72-7110
 
                Procedure for                                            72-7108
 
        Treasurer, appointment of                           72-8202d
 
        Use of school buildings                72-1033, 72-8212
 
        Vacancies, how filled                  25-2022, 25-2022a,
 
                                                                                  25-2022b
 
        Vocational education, generally       72-4408 et seq.
 
                Cooperative agreements                       72-4421
 
                Residency                                               72-4417a
 
                Tuition                   72-4417, 72-4417a, 72-4419
 
Board of Health, duties                              65-101, 65-119
 
Board of Regents (See State Board of Regents)
 
Board of tax appeals, no-fund warrants             79-2938,
 
                                                79-2939, 79-2939a, 79-2940
 
Boards, election (See Elections)
 
Board, library           12-1222 et seq., 12-1242, 72-1033a
 
Board's duties, professional negotiation act      72-5423
 
Boiler insurance                                                       72-8401
 
Bond and interest fund, state aid                          75-2319
 
Bond elections (See also Bonds)                        72-6761
 
        Board of education            25-2315 et seq., 72-6761
 
        Frequency limitation                                        25-2019
 
Bond, labor and materials (public works bond) 60-1111
 
Bond limitation, exceeding (USDs) 75-2315 to 75-2318
 
Bond maturity                                               10-103, 10-428
 
Bond proceeds, disorganized district 72-7302, 72-7306
 
Bonded indebtedness assumed, consolidation of    
     
        districts                                                              72-8707
 
Bonded indebtedness assumed, disorganization of     
 
        district                                                72-7304, 72-7305
 
Bonded indebtedness, unified school district
 
        Capital improvement fund, state                   75-2319
 
        Generally                                                           72-6761
 
        State Aid                                                             75-2319
 
Bonds, Generally                                           10-101 et seq.
 
        Assignments                                                       10-602
 
        Attestation                                                            10-105
 
        Bond and interest fund                                   75-2319
 
        Buildings (USDs)                           72-6761, 75-2319
 
        Buses                                                                72-6761
 
        Call before maturity                                            10-129
 
        Capital improvement fund, state                   75-2319
 
        Capital outlay fund, bonds in lieu of tax
 
                levies                       72-8805, 72-8806, 72-8810
 
        Cancellation                                                        10-111
 
        Change of territory                                              10-119
 
        Commission                                                       10-505
 
        Consolidation, indebtedness assumed     72-8707
 
        Corporate surety                                  78-111, 78-112
 
        Cost limitation of improvement                       10-104
 
        Coupons, redemption                                       10-130
 
        Defined                                                                 10-102
 
        Denominations                                                   10-103
 
        Deposit, exemption from liability      9-1405, 9-1406
 
        Destroyed or lost                                 10-704, 10-706
 
        Destruction when paid                                      10-111
 
        Disorganization of district                               72-8226
 
        Disorganized district, payment of                 72-8707
 
        Diversion of interest                       10-118a, 10-118b
 
        Diversion not basis of protest                       10-118b
 
        Duplicates when lost or destroyed 10-704, 10-706
 
        Election
                Frequency limitation                                25-2019
 
                Publication notice                                 25-2018(f)
 
                Question submitted election                                
 
                                                              25-2007(a), 25-2018
 
        Execution of                                                         10-105
 
        Fees, assignments                                           10-604
 
        Financial statement to state auditor               10-110
 
        Fiscal agent, generally                         10-501 et seq.
 
                State treasurer, redemption                     10-130
 
        General obligation                                           72-6761
 
                Fire marshal's requirements                   31-144
 
                School sites (includes $20,000 bonds
 
                    without election)                                   72-6761
 
        Illegal use of bond proceeds prohibited        10-117
 
        Improvement bonds, limitations                     10-104
 
        Indemnifying (lost destroyed bonds)              10-704
 
        Installment payments                         10-130, 10-429
 
        Interest
 
                Coupons, redemption                               10-130
 
                Increase allowed                                     10-1009
 
                Maximum rate                                           10-1009
 
        Investment of proceeds                                    10-131
 
        Issuance, proceedings leading to                  10-108
 
        Levies for sinking fund                       10-113, 10-118
 
        Limitations                                                           10-104
 
        Maturity                                                  10-103, 10-428
 
        Modification of bond debt limitation
 
                (USDs)                                  75-2315 to 75-2318
 
        Nonlitigation certificate                                   10-108a
 
        Official corporate surety bonds         78-111, 78-112
 
        Payment                                                               10-603
 
        Proprietary schools (indemnity bonds)       72-4932
 
        Public building commission        12-1761, 12-1767
 
        Recitals                                                                10-112
 
        Records, state auditor                                       10-110
 
        Redemption of                                     10-130, 10-607
 
        Refunding of indebtedness                10-427 et seq.
 
        Refunding for judgment                       10-427 et seq.
 
        Registration of                     10-107, 10-601, 10-604,
 
                                                                        10-606, 10-607
 
        Registration, refusal by state treasurer         10-127
        Revenue Bonds
 
                Area vocational schools                         76-6a13
 
                                                                   76-6a15, 76-6a17
 
                Defined                                                      76-6a13
 
                Negotiable, installment payments       76-6a17
 
                Public building commission 12-1761, 12-1767
 
                Refunding of                            10-116a, 10-118a
 
                State institutions                     76-6a13, 76-6a15
 
                                                  12-1761, 12-1767, 12-1769
 
        Sale of property encumbered by (disposition of
 
                proceeds)                                                  72-8216
 
        Sale or exchange                                               10-432
 
        School-building bonds, limitation 72-6761, 79-5037
 
        Modification by state board of
 
                education                              75-2315 to 75-2318
 
        Security for deposit of public money               9-1402
 
        Signing and execution                                       10-105
 
        Sinking fund                        10-113, 10-118, 10-118a
 
                Investment of                                               10-122
 
                Limitation                                                   79-1963
 
                Used to purchase bonds                       10-1006
 
        Sites, building, repairs and  improvements,
 
                bonds for                                                   72-6761
 
        Surety
 
                School officials                        72-8202d, 78-111
 
                Temporary notes                       10-123, 72-6761
 
        Surplus proceeds                                              10-132
 
        Surrender of                                                        10-427
 
        Tax exemption                                                  79-1407
 
        Terms, installments, maturity dates               10-428
 
        $20,000 without election (USDs)                  72-6761
 
        Unlawful issue                                  10-117, 10-1112
 
        Without election, $20,000 maximum (USDs) 72-6761
 
Bonds, revenue                                                        76-6a13
 
Bonds for buildings, school districts                   72-6761
 
Boundaries
 
        Official school district, adjustment of
 
                     board member district                       72-6769
 
                Certification to county officials               72-7109
 
                Correction of                                             72-7110
 
        Unified school district, adjustment of board
 
                member districts                                      72-6769
 
        Ward and precinct                                            19-3439
 
Boundary, member district, changes by resolution,
 
        notice to election officer                                  72-6769
 
Boundary changes, certified by clerk of board 25-2017a
 
Boundary changes, effect on bonds     10-119, 72-7104
 
        Effect on elections                                           72-7103
 
        Effect on taxes                                 72-7103, 79-1807
 
Boundary lines, elections                                       19-3439
 
Breakfast programs                                                72-5125
 
Budget, generally                    72-8204a, 79-2925 et seq.
 
        Amendment of adopted budget                  79-2929a
 
        Annual, certification of               72-7053, 72-8204a,
                                                                                     79-1801
        Appropriation of funds                                     79-2934
 
        Audits, unified school districts districts                     
                                                                        75-1120 et seq.
 
        Budget forms                                                    79-2926
 
        Budget hearing required                                79-2929
 
                Time for                                                      79-2933
 
        Definitions                                                         79-2925
        Diversion of funds, prohibited                       79-2934
 
 
        Exceeding budget limitations, penalty for   72-6432
 
        Forms prescribed by state                             79-2926
 
        Hearings                         79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2933
 
                Deadline, August 1                                  79-2927
 
        Indebtedness exceeding budget unlawful 79-2935
 
                Exceptions                                                 79-2935
 
                Violation, removal from office                79-2936
 
        Itemized budget, required to balance          79-2927
 
        Insufficient, effect on teacher contracts
 
                (USDs)                                                       72-5412
 
        Notice of proposed budget                            79-2929
 
        Submission of adopted budget to
 
                    county clerk                                           79-2930
 
                Duties of county clerk                              79-2930
 
                Duties of school board clerk                  79-2934
 
                Limitation on tax levy                               79-2930
 
                Recreation facilities                                 79-2925
 
Budget law (See Budget)
 
Building code standards    31-150, 58-1301 to 58-1305
 
Buildings
 
        Accessibility to handicapped
        persons                                         58-1301 to 58-1305
 
        Bond election                                                    72-6761
 
        Control by school board                                 72-8205
 
        Community, joint city and school district     12-1769
 
        Construction of                                72-6760, 72-6761
 
        Open to public                                                  72-8212
 
        Revenue bonds, defined, area vocational
 
                schools                                                      76-6a13
 
        Selling, unified school district                       72-8212
 
        State aid                                                             75-2319
 
        Tax levy, capital outlay                        72-8801 et seq.
 
        Vocational education projects, selling of    72-8232
 
Bus (See School bus)
 
Bus drivers, license restrictions                8-237 to 8-238
 
Buying goods, materials and wares                    72-6760
       
 

 

 

 

 

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