As Amended by House Commettee
Session of 1997
HOUSE BILL No. 2147
By Committee on Education
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AN ACT concerning teachers and administrators of
school districts, area
11 vocational-technical
schools and community colleges; relating to con-
12 tract nonrenewal or
termination notification dates; amending K.S.A.
13 1996
1997 Supp. 72-5411, 72-5437 and 72-5452 and repealing
the
14 existing sections.
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16 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
17 Section 1. K.S.A.
1996 1997 Supp. 72-5411 is hereby amended
to
18 read as follows: 72-5411. (a) All contracts
of employment of teachers in
19 the public schools in the state shall
continue in full force and effect during
20 good behavior and efficient and competent
service rendered by the
21 teacher, and all contracts of employment
shall be deemed to continue for
22 the next succeeding school year unless
written notice of intention to ter-
23 minate a contract of employment is served
by a board of education upon
24 any a teacher on or
before May 1, unless the teacher has used family and
25 medical leave benefits as provided by
Public Law 103-03, as amended, at
26 any time in the portion of the calendar
year prior to that includes
May
27 1, in which case, written notice of
intention to terminate the contract of
28 employment shall be served by the board
of education upon the teacher
29 on or before the following
August 1 not later than 90 days after com-
30 mencement of the teacher's use of family
and medical leave ben-
31 efits. Written notice of
intention to terminate a contract may not
32 be served by a board upon a teacher
during any period of time in
33 which the teacher is using family and
medical leave benefits. A
34 teacher shall give written notice to the
board of education of a school
35 district that the teacher does not desire
continuation of a contract of
36 employment on or before May 15 or, if
applicable, not later than 15 days
37 after final action is taken by the board of
education upon termination of
38 professional negotiation absent a binding
agreement under article 54 of
39 chapter 72 of Kansas Statutes Annotated,
whichever is the later date.
40 (b) Terms of a contract
may be changed at any time by mutual con-
41 sent of both a teacher and the board of
education of a school district.
42 Sec. 2. K.S.A.
1996 1997 Supp. 72-5437 is hereby amended
to read
43 as follows: 72-5437. (a) All contracts of
employment of teachers, as de-
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1 fined in K.S.A. 72-5436, and
amendments thereto, except contracts en-
2 tered into under the provisions of
K.S.A. 72-5412a, and amendments
3 thereto, shall be deemed to continue
for the next succeeding school year
4 unless written notice of termination
or nonrenewal is served as provided
5 in this subsection. Written notice to
terminate a contract may be served
6 by a board upon any teacher prior to
the time the contract has been
7 completed, and
except that written notice to terminate a contract may
8 not be served by a board upon a
teacher during any period of time in
9 which the teacher is using family
and medical leave benefits as provided
10 by Public Law 103-03, as amended.
Written notice of intention to non-
11 renew a contract shall be served by a board
upon any teacher on or before
12 May 1, unless a teacher has used family
and medical leave benefits as
13 provided by Public Law 103-03, as
amended, at any time in the portion
14 of the calendar year
prior to that includes May 1, in
which case, written
15 notice of intention to nonrenew a
contract shall be served by a board upon
16 the teacher on or before
the following August 1 not later than 90
days
17 after commencement of the teacher's use
of family and medical
18 leave benefits. A teacher shall give
written notice to a board that the
19 teacher does not desire continuation of a
contract on or before May 15
20 or, if applicable, not later than 15 days
after final action is taken by the
21 board upon termination of professional
negotiation absent a binding
22 agreement under article 54 of chapter 72 of
Kansas Statutes Annotated,
23 whichever is the later date.
24 (b) Terms of a contract
may be changed at any time by mutual con-
25 sent of both a teacher and a board.
26 Sec. 3. K.S.A.
1996 1997 Supp. 72-5452 is hereby amended
to read
27 as follows: 72-5452. (a) Written notice of
a board's intention to not renew
28 the contract of employment of an
administrator shall be given to the
29 administrator on or before May 1 of the
year in which the term of the
30 administrator's contract expires. If the
administrator has used family and
31 medical leave benefits as provided by
Public Law 103-03, as amended, at
32 any time in the portion of the calendar
year prior to that includes
May
33 1, the written notice of the board's
intention to not renew the contract of
34 employment of the administrator shall be
given to the administrator on
35 or before the following August
1 not later than 90 days after com-
36 mencement of the administrator's use of
family and medical leave
37 benefits. Written notice
of intention to not renew a contract of
38 employment may not be served by a board
upon an administrator
39 during any period of time in which the
administrator is using fam-
40 ily and medical leave benefits. An
administrator shall give written no-
41 tice to a board on or before May 15 of the
administrator's rejection of
42 renewal of a contract of employment.
43 (b) Terms of a contract
may be changed at any time by mutual con-
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1 sent of both an administrator and a
board.
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Sec. 4. K.S.A. 1996 1997 Supp.
72-5411, 72-5437 and 72-5452 are
3 hereby repealed.
4 Sec. 5. This
act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
5 publication in the Kansas
register.
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