As Amended by House Committee
Session of 1999
HOUSE BILL No. 2236
By Committee on Health and Human Services
(By Request of SRS Transition Oversight Committee)
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11 AN ACT concerning school records of children in the custody of the
12 secretary of social and rehabilitation services; transfer of pupil records;
13 amending K.S.A. 72-5386 and repealing the existing section.
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15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
16 Section 1. K.S.A. 72-5386 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
17 5386. (a) This act shall apply to all school districts and to every pupil of
18 any school district.
19 (b) All school district property in the possession of any pupil shall be
20 returned to the proper school district authority or paid for by the pupil
21 upon transfer of the pupil from the school district. Except as otherwise
22 provided by this section, the school records of any such pupil shall not
23 be forwarded until the pupil has complied with the provisions of this
24 section. Any school district authority withholding any pupil records under
25 the requirements of this section shall advise, upon receipt of any request
26 for such records, the requesting party that the records are being withheld
27 under the requirements of this section and shall provide with such advice
28 a fully itemized statement of the school district property and its value for
29 which the pupil is charged. In the event that such school district authority
30 receives an affidavit stating that the pupil's parents are unable to pay for
31 or return the school district property which is lost or missing, such school
32 district authority shall forward the pupil's records as requested and note
33 in the school records that the pupil has complied with the provisions of
34 this section. In the event that such school district authority receives an
35 affidavit from the board of education of another school district or from
36 the governing authority of a nonpublic school stating that the pupil's re-
37 cords are being requested as proof of identity of the pupil pursuant to
38 the provisions of K.S.A. 72-53,106, and amendments thereto, such school
39 district authority shall forward a certified copy of that part of the pupil's
40 records which provides information regarding the identity of the pupil.
41 (c) Notwithstanding any provisions of this statute or any other statute
42 to the contrary, upon the request of the secretary of social and rehabili-
43 tation services, or the secretary's authorized agent, a school district au-
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1 thority shall immediately prepare and send a certified copy of all re-
2 quested school records of any pupil who is in the custody of the secretary
3 of social and rehabilitation services, or the secretary's authorized agent,
4 directly to the school district or nonpublic school specified in such request
5 and. A school district shall not require any prior return of property or
6 payment or other compliance with the provisions or requirements of this
7 statute or any other statute as a condition precedent to sending the school
8 records as requested.
9 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-5386 is hereby repealed.
10 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
11 publication in the Kansas register.