Kansas Statutes 74-3262. Defunct educational institutions; student records; definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-3262
- Community college: means any community college organized and operating under the laws of this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
- Defunct institution of postsecondary education: means any institution of postsecondary education which has made a determination that it should be dissolved or disorganized, or which has been dissolved or disorganized prior to the effective date of this act, or which ceases to award academic degrees or has ceased awarding academic degrees prior to the effective date of this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
- Institution: means the university of Kansas, university of Kansas medical center, Kansas state university of agriculture and applied science, Wichita state university, Emporia state university, Pittsburg state university, Fort Hays state university and Kansas state university polytechnic campus;
(b) "governing authority" means the state board of regents or the chief executive officer of an institution if such officer has been designated by the state board to act on its behalf in exercising the authority of the board to care for, control, maintain and supervise all roads, streets, driveways and parking facilities for vehicles on the grounds of the institution; and
(c) "vehicle" means motor vehicle, motorized bicycle and bicycle. See Kansas Statutes 74-3209
- Institution of postsecondary education: means any college, university, community college, junior college, technical institute, or the equivalent thereof, which is or was chartered, incorporated or otherwise organized in this state and the main campus of which is or was located in this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Successor institution: means an institution of postsecondary education which has custody of all property, records, files and data of a defunct institution of postsecondary education. See Kansas Statutes 74-3262
- Term: means one of two or more substantially equivalent divisions of the academic year of an eligible institution. See Kansas Statutes 74-3284
As used in this act: (a) “Institution of postsecondary education” means any college, university, community college, junior college, technical institute, or the equivalent thereof, which is or was chartered, incorporated or otherwise organized in this state and the main campus of which is or was located in this state.
(b) “Defunct institution of postsecondary education” means any institution of postsecondary education which has made a determination that it should be dissolved or disorganized, or which has been dissolved or disorganized prior to the effective date of this act, or which ceases to award academic degrees or has ceased awarding academic degrees prior to the effective date of this act.
(c) “Successor institution” means an institution of postsecondary education which has custody of all property, records, files and data of a defunct institution of postsecondary education. The term successor institution includes within its meaning any institution of postsecondary education which is defunct because of its cessation of the awarding of academic degrees but which continues in existence under restated and amended articles of incorporation.
(d) “Academic degree” means any associate, bachelor’s, first professional, master’s, intermediate (specialist), or doctor’s degree.
(e) “Student records” means the records, files and data of all students who are in attendance at a defunct institution of postsecondary education at the time of dissolution or disorganization or cessation of the awarding of academic degrees, or who have attended a defunct institution of postsecondary education.