An Act concerning school districts; relating to boundary changes of board member districts; amending K.S.A. 72-6769 and repealing the existing section.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 72-6769 is hereby amended to read as follows: 72- 6769. The board of education of any school district may change the boundaries of board member districts, if any, within its the school district, including any territory added thereto. The board is directed to make any appropriate changes in the member districts of the school district by res- olution duly adopted at a meeting of the board in the month of October next preceding every regular election of board members of the school district. Such resolution shall be published one time in a newspaper hav- ing general circulation in the district, and such publication shall be made within two (2) weeks after the adoption of such resolution. No action shall be brought in any court to contest the location of the boundaries of any member district except within sixty (60) 60 days immediately following the publication of such resolution. Any such action shall be filed in the name of the state by a county or district attorney or the attorney general in a district court of competent jurisdiction. Such a court is authorized to advance any such action on its docket for early determination to facilitate the conduct of elections to be held in the unified district.

Amendments to member district boundaries may be made to correct errors therein or to make the territory thereof more practicable. In the event of transfer of any territory into a school district, such territory shall be assigned to one or more member districts, if any, by the board of education by resolution duly adopted no later than sixty (60) 60 days prior to any regular election in the school district. In the event of transfer of any territory out of the school district, member districts shall be adjusted, if needed, by the board by resolution duly adopted no later than sixty (60) 60 days prior to any regular election in the school district.

Whenever the boundaries of any member district are changed, the board of education shall immediately notify, in writing, the county elec- tion officer of the home county of the school district and the state board of education. Such notice shall describe the boundaries as changed.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 72-6769 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.

Approved February 19, 1996.