CHAPTER 17 SENATE BILL No. 118 An  Act concerning the state board of education; relating to rules and regulations; amending
K.S.A. 72-7514b and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 72-7514a. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 72-7514b is hereby amended to read as follows: 72-
7514b. (a) Every rule and regulation which is adopted by the state board
of education whether pursuant to statutory authority of the board or
pursuant to authority granted to the board under section 2 of article 6 of
the constitution of the state of Kansas and which is not adopted pursuant
to statutory authority of the board, shall be adopted and filed by the state
board of education and filed as a rule and regulation as provided in this
section in the manner provided by the rules and regulations filing act.

      (b) Prior to the adoption of such rule and regulation, the state board
of education shall give at least 30 days' notice of its intended action in
the Kansas register and hold a public hearing thereon. The notice shall
be published in the Kansas register and shall contain a summary of the
substance of the proposed rule and regulation along with the full text of
any such rule and regulation to be considered at the hearing. Such notice
shall state the time and place of the public hearing to be held thereon
and the manner in which interested parties may present their views
thereon. Publication of such notice in the Kansas register shall constitute
notice to all parties affected by the rule and regulation. On the date of
the hearing, all interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity
to present their views or arguments on adoption of the rule and regula-
tion, either orally or in writing.

      (c) The rule and regulation shall be adopted at a meeting which is
open to the public and shall not be adopted unless it receives approval
by roll call vote of a majority of the total membership of the state board
of education.

      (d) Each rule and regulation adopted by the state board of education
shall be filed in triplicate with the secretary of state and shall indicate that
such rule and regulation was adopted pursuant to authority granted to
the state board of education under section 2 of article 6 of the constitution
of the state of Kansas. The state board of education shall number each
section with a distinguishing number. Upon filing, the secretary of state
shall assign a distinguishing number to each section for purposes of pub-
lication in the annual supplement to the Kansas administrative regula-
tions.

      (e) All rules and regulations adopted and filed with the secretary of
state in accordance with the provisions of this section on or before De-
cember 31 in any year shall be published in the annual supplement to the
Kansas administrative regulations which is published during the next suc-
ceeding year after the year in which such rules and regulations were filed
unless otherwise directed by the state rules and regulations board.

      (f) As used in this section, ``rule and regulation'' means a standard,
statement of policy, procedure or practice or general order, including
amendments or revocations thereof, of general application which is
adopted by the state board of education pursuant to authority granted to
the board under section 2 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of
Kansas and which is not adopted pursuant to statutory authority of the
board.

 Sec.  2. K.S.A. 72-7514a and 72-7514b are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 26, 2003.
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