72-2308. Teaching and school administration declared professions. It is the intent and purpose of the legislature that the practice of teaching and its related services, including school administration and supervisory services, shall be designated as professional services. Teaching and school administration are hereby declared to be professions in Kansas with all the similar rights, responsibilities, […]
72-2309. Teaching and school administration professional standards advisory board; establishment; composition; qualifications. (a) There is hereby established the teaching and school administration professional standards advisory board, referred to in this act as the professional standards board. The professional standards board shall have 21 members who shall be appointed by the state board of education. (b) […]
72-2310. Professional practices commission; establishment; composition; qualifications. (a) There is hereby established a professional practices commission to consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the state board of education. (b) Candidates for the practices commission shall have the following qualifications: (1) Be certificated and actively practicing in Kansas; and (2) have at least […]
72-2311. Subsequent appointments to professional standards board and practices commission. After appointment of the initial members as soon as practicable after the effective date of this act, later appointments to full or unexpired terms of members to the professional standards board and the professional practices commission shall be made by the state board of education […]
72-2312. Responsibilities and duties of professional standards board. The professional standards board shall have the following responsibilities and duties: (a) To develop through the professions of teaching and school administration and recommend for adoption, or amendment and adoption, by the state board of education the rules and regulations for professional standards governing teacher and school […]
72-2313. Responsibilities and duties of professional practices commission. The professional practices commission shall exercise disciplinary and advisory functions and shall hear cases arising under rules and regulations adopted by the state board of education involving the issuance, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of teachers’ and school administrators’ certificates and render initial orders for disposition thereof, and […]
72-2314. Same; investigations; hearings. (a) The professional practices commission shall have responsibility, power and authority to investigate problems relating to the matters specified in K.S.A. 72-2313, and amendments thereto. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the state board of education from initiating and adopting rules and regulations on matters relating to the […]
72-2315. Terms of members of professional standards board and practices commission. Members of the professional standards board and the professional practices commission shall be appointed for three-year terms, and no person shall be appointed to serve longer than two full terms in addition to any term of a period less than three years. The initial […]
72-2316. Removal of members of professional standards board and practices commission; hearing. The state board of education, either on its own initiative or on the recommendation of the professional standards board or the professional practices commission, may remove a member of such standards board or practices commission. Prior to removal of a member, the member […]
72-2317. Officers, meetings and rules of professional standards board and practices commission. The professional standards board and the professional practices commission shall each select a chairperson and such other officers as shall be respectively determined by such board and such commission. The professional standards board and the professional practices commission shall meet independently, but may […]
72-2318. Application of standards adopted under act. The standards adopted pursuant to this act shall apply to all practicing teachers and administrators in schools under the general supervision of the state board of education. History: L. 1969, ch. 339, § 11; L. 1979, ch. 232, § 12; L. 1984, ch. 271, § 10; July 1.
72-2319. Expenses of members of professional standards board and practices commission. Members of the professional standards board attending meetings of the board, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the board, shall receive amounts provided for in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendments thereto. Members of the professional practices commission attending meetings of […]
72-2320. Abolishment of professional teaching standards advisory board, school administrator professional standards advisory board, professional teaching practices commission. (a) On July 1, 1984: (1) The professional teaching standards advisory board established by K.S.A. 72-2309, and amendments thereto, prior to its amendment by this act, shall be and is hereby abolished. (2) The school administrator professional […]
