§ 72-2215 Definitions
§ 72-2216 Contracts bind both teachers and board of education; suspension of license, when; insufficient budget, effect
§ 72-2217 Supplemental contracts of employment authorized
§ 72-2218 Definitions
§ 72-2219 Professional employees’ rights; representation of employees and school boards; negotiations
§ 72-2220 Exclusive representation of negotiating units; any employee or group may present its position or proposal
§ 72-2221 Recognition of employees’ organization as representative; exceptions to required recognition
§ 72-2222 Same; determination by secretary of human resources upon petition
§ 72-2223 Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when
§ 72-2224 Same; conduct of election for determination; conditions; run-off election
§ 72-2225 Criteria for determining appropriate unit of employees’ organization
§ 72-2226 Agreements; ratification; election; absentee ballots
§ 72-2227 Savings clause for existing agreements
§ 72-2228 Rights and duties of boards of education reserved; recognition and negotiation required; terms and conditions subject to negotiation; applicability of open meetings law, exceptions; strikes not authorized; adoption of agreements by reference
§ 72-2229 Agreements may provide for arbitration of disputes; enforcement of arbitration agreements
§ 72-2230 Severability
§ 72-2231 Impasse during negotiation; determination of existence; statutory declaration date, joint notice; negotiation during impasse resolution proceedings
§ 72-2232 Mediation; request for appointment of fact-finding board; time limitations; memorandum describing issues and final position of parties; confidentiality
§ 72-2233 Fact finding; report of findings and recommendations of board; meeting required after report; report to be made public, exceptions; final action by board of education
§ 72-2234 Costs for mediation and fact-finding
§ 72-2235 Prohibited practices; evidence of bad faith
§ 72-2236 Prohibited practices, determination of existence; procedure; hearing
§ 72-2237 Secretary of labor; rules and regulations; subpoena power
§ 72-2238 Unilateral contracts prohibited prior to completion of negotiation
§ 72-2239 Savings clause for existing agreements; administrative employees exempted
§ 72-2240 Equal access act
§ 72-2241 Deductions; authorization thereof; continuation of authorization; conditions; limitations
§ 72-2242 Same; disbursement of funds deducted
§ 72-2243 Retirement accounts; contracts with community colleges or school boards; procedures; contributions by employer
§ 72-2244 Employment incentive or retention bonuses for teachers
§ 72-2251 Notice of termination or nonrenewal of certain teacher contracts; change of terms
§ 72-2252 Due process hearing procedures for certain postsecondary teachers; definitions
§ 72-2253 Due process hearing procedures for certain postsecondary teachers; notice of nonrenewal or termination, contents; request for hearing; hearing officers, list, selection, qualifications, eligibility
§ 72-2254 Same; commencement of hearing, when; procedural requirements
§ 72-2255 Witnesses, fees and mileage; hearing officer, compensation and expenses; testimony, recording and transcription; attorney fees; costs
§ 72-2256 Testimony by affidavit or deposition; interrogatories; time, extension
§ 72-2257 Powers of hearing officer; rules of evidence not binding; burden of proof; admissibility of evidence
§ 72-2258 Opinion of hearing officer; findings of fact and determination of issues; decision final; appeal to district court
§ 72-2259 Contractual rights; limitation on creation; not impaired
§ 72-2260 Same; application of act; years of employment requirements, waiver
§ 72-2261 Severability
§ 72-2262 Abridgment of constitutional right; procedure for determination
§ 72-2281 Definitions; superintendents excepted
§ 72-2282 Notice of nonrenewal or rejection of administrator’s contract; change of terms
§ 72-2283 Meeting with board; request; time limitations; executive session; reasons for nonrenewal; reconsideration; final decision
§ 72-2284 Contractual rights; limitation on creation; not impaired
§ 72-2285 Application of act; two years of employment required; waiver, when
§ 72-2291 Early retirement incentive programs; establishment authorized; purposes; payment limitations; program report required
§ 72-2292 Same; budget authorization
§ 72-2293 Same; rights creation, limitation

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 72 > Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts

  • Administrative employee: means , in the case of a school district, any person who is employed by a board of education in an administrative capacity and who is fulfilling duties for which an administrator's certificate is required under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Administrator: means any employee of a board who is required to hold a school administrator's certificate, or who is designated in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-2281
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Board: means the governing body of any technical college or the institute of technology at Washburn university, and the board of trustees of any community college. See Kansas Statutes 72-2252
  • board of education: shall mean the board of education of any public school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-2215
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • early retirement incentive program: is a program that provides cash payments, either in the form of a lump-sum payment at the beginning of the fiscal year, or in regular payments during the fiscal year. See Kansas Statutes 72-2291
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Fact-finding: means the investigation by an individual or board of a dispute concerning terms and conditions of professional service which arose in the course of professional negotiation, and the submission of a report by such individual or board to the parties to such dispute which includes a determination of the issues involved, findings of fact regarding such issues, and the recommendation of the fact-finding individual or board for resolution of the dispute. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lockout: means action taken by a board of education to provoke interruptions of or prevent the continuity of work normally and usually performed by the professional employees for the purpose of coercing professional employees into relinquishing rights guaranteed by this act and the act of which this section is amendatory. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Mediation: means the effort through interpretation and advice by an impartial third party to assist in reconciling a dispute concerning terms and conditions of professional service which arose in the course of professional negotiation between a board of education or its representatives and representatives of the recognized professional employees' organization. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • persons: includes one or more individuals, organizations, associations, corporations, boards, committees, commissions, agencies, or their representatives. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Professional employee: means any person employed by a board of education in a position which requires a certificate issued by the state board of education or employed by a board of education in a professional, educational or instructional capacity, but shall not mean any such person who is an administrative employee and, commencing in the 2006-2007 school year, shall not mean any person who is a retirant from school employment of the Kansas public employees retirement system, regardless of whether an agreement between a board of education and an exclusive representative of professional employees that covers terms and conditions of professional service provides to the contrary. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Professional negotiation: means meeting, conferring, consulting and discussing in a good faith effort by both parties to reach agreement with respect to the terms and conditions of professional service. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Representative: means any professional employees' organization or any person it authorizes or designates to act in its behalf or any person a board of education authorizes or designates to act in its behalf. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Secretary: means the secretary of labor or a designee thereof. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statutory declaration of impasse date: means July 31 in the current school year. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Strike: means an action taken for the purpose of coercing a change in the terms and conditions of professional service or the rights, privileges or obligations thereof, through any failure by concerted action with others to report for duty including, but not limited to, any work stoppage, slowdown, or refusal to work. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Supplemental contracts: means contracts for employment duties other than those services covered in the principal or primary contract of employment of the professional employee and shall include, but not be limited to, such services as coaching, supervising, directing and assisting extracurricular activities, chaperoning, ticket-taking, lunchroom supervision, and other similar and related activities. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Teacher: shall mean and include teachers, supervisors, principals, superintendents and any other professional employees who are required to hold a teacher's or school administrator's certificate in any public school. See Kansas Statutes 72-2215
  • Terms and conditions of professional service: means : (A) Salaries and wages, including pay for duties under supplemental contracts; hours and amounts of work; vacation allowance, holiday, sick, extended, sabbatical and other leave, and number of holidays; retirement; insurance benefits; wearing apparel; pay for overtime; jury duty; grievance procedure, including binding arbitration of grievances; disciplinary procedure; resignations; termination and nonrenewal of contracts; reemployment of professional employees; terms and form of the individual professional employee contract; probationary period; professional employee appraisal procedures; each of the foregoing being a term and condition of professional service, regardless of its impact on the employee or on the operation of the educational system; (B) matters which relate to privileges to be granted the recognized professional employees' organization, including, but not limited to, voluntary payroll deductions; dissemination of information regarding the professional negotiation process and related matters to members of the bargaining unit on school or college premises through direct contact with members of the bargaining unit; reasonable leaves of absence for members of the bargaining unit for organizational purposes, such as engaging in professional negotiation and partaking of instructional programs properly related to the representation of the bargaining unit; any of the foregoing privileges which are granted the recognized professional employees' organization through the professional negotiation process shall not be granted to any other professional employees' organization; and (C) such other matters as the parties mutually agree upon as properly related to professional service including, but not limited to, employment incentive or retention bonuses authorized under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-2218
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.