Article 80.--BOARDS OF EDUCATION-- CHANGE OF METHOD OF ELECTION
72-8006.Petition for change of method of election or voting plan;procedure and requirements; approval by state board of education.(a) Ten or more electors of any school district may prepare a plan ofchange showing the information required by K.S.A. 72-8002,and amendments thereto. Copies of such plan shall be submitted to thestate board and to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict. If any such plan of change is so submitted and filed, thestate board may consider the same, and if it finds such plan of changeis complete, sufficient and timely, and that such plan of change is incompliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-8004, it shall promptly socertify to the county election officer of the home county of the schooldistrict, to the board of education of the school district and to thefirst person listed as having submitted such plan, but it shall notconsider or certify a plan of change under this section if another planof change is pending determination by election. The certification of thestate board shall show the name of the first person listed as havingsubmitted such plan of change. Whenever the state board certifies a planof change, it shall transmit at the same time a copy of itscertification to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict affected.
(b) Upon receipt of a plan of change with the certified approval ofthe state board, the county election officer shall notify the firstperson listed as having submitted such plan of change of such approval.Upon receiving such notice, the person so notified may causepetitions to be prepared which set out in full the plan of changeapproved, and if such petitions are then approved as to form by thecounty election officer, such petitions may be distributed amonginterested electors of the unified school district in as many copies asseem suitable to the person preparing the same as provided inthis section. Any elector residing in the unified school district maysign any such petition, and one elector signing each petition shallsubscribe a certificate thereto that he or she personally observed eachof the signers place his or her signature thereon, and that suchpetition is valid as he or she verily believes. Only electors who areduly registered to vote may sign such a petition.
(c) If such petitions are filed with the county election officer andhe or she determines that such petitions are validly signed by thenumber of electors provided in subsection (d) of this section, thecounty election officer shall upon making such determination call anelection for approval of the plan of change in the manner provided by K.S.A.72-8007 and amendments thereto.
(d) The number of valid signatures on petitions filed as provided insubsection (c) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) The county election officer of any such school district whichhad the election at large method at the last preceding election ofmembers shall determine the total number of ballots cast and counted insuch general school election. In any such school district, a numberequal to twenty percent (20%) of the number of ballots cast and countedat such preceding general election determined as provided in thissubpart (1), shall be the number of signatures required for a validpetition.
(2) In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, the number of signaturesrequired for a valid petition shall be computed as provided in subpart(1) of this subsection, if one or more members were elected in each ofthe member districts of the school district, or if voting plan-B was ineffect. In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, if members were not elected inall the member districts of the school district and if voting plan-C wasin effect at such preceding election, the number of valid signaturesrequired shall be computed as follows: Divide the total number ofballots cast and counted in the general school election by the number ofmember districts in which members were elected and multiply the resultby number of member districts in the school district; then, multiply theamount so determined by twenty-hundredths (.20).
(3) Within ten (10) days after the filing of petitions as providedin this subsection, the county election officer shall determine thevalidity thereof.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 18; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 4; L. 1977,ch. 256, § 4; July 1.
Article 80.--BOARDS OF EDUCATION-- CHANGE OF METHOD OF ELECTION
72-8006.Petition for change of method of election or voting plan;procedure and requirements; approval by state board of education.(a) Ten or more electors of any school district may prepare a plan ofchange showing the information required by K.S.A. 72-8002,and amendments thereto. Copies of such plan shall be submitted to thestate board and to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict. If any such plan of change is so submitted and filed, thestate board may consider the same, and if it finds such plan of changeis complete, sufficient and timely, and that such plan of change is incompliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-8004, it shall promptly socertify to the county election officer of the home county of the schooldistrict, to the board of education of the school district and to thefirst person listed as having submitted such plan, but it shall notconsider or certify a plan of change under this section if another planof change is pending determination by election. The certification of thestate board shall show the name of the first person listed as havingsubmitted such plan of change. Whenever the state board certifies a planof change, it shall transmit at the same time a copy of itscertification to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict affected.
(b) Upon receipt of a plan of change with the certified approval ofthe state board, the county election officer shall notify the firstperson listed as having submitted such plan of change of such approval.Upon receiving such notice, the person so notified may causepetitions to be prepared which set out in full the plan of changeapproved, and if such petitions are then approved as to form by thecounty election officer, such petitions may be distributed amonginterested electors of the unified school district in as many copies asseem suitable to the person preparing the same as provided inthis section. Any elector residing in the unified school district maysign any such petition, and one elector signing each petition shallsubscribe a certificate thereto that he or she personally observed eachof the signers place his or her signature thereon, and that suchpetition is valid as he or she verily believes. Only electors who areduly registered to vote may sign such a petition.
(c) If such petitions are filed with the county election officer andhe or she determines that such petitions are validly signed by thenumber of electors provided in subsection (d) of this section, thecounty election officer shall upon making such determination call anelection for approval of the plan of change in the manner provided by K.S.A.72-8007 and amendments thereto.
(d) The number of valid signatures on petitions filed as provided insubsection (c) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) The county election officer of any such school district whichhad the election at large method at the last preceding election ofmembers shall determine the total number of ballots cast and counted insuch general school election. In any such school district, a numberequal to twenty percent (20%) of the number of ballots cast and countedat such preceding general election determined as provided in thissubpart (1), shall be the number of signatures required for a validpetition.
(2) In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, the number of signaturesrequired for a valid petition shall be computed as provided in subpart(1) of this subsection, if one or more members were elected in each ofthe member districts of the school district, or if voting plan-B was ineffect. In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, if members were not elected inall the member districts of the school district and if voting plan-C wasin effect at such preceding election, the number of valid signaturesrequired shall be computed as follows: Divide the total number ofballots cast and counted in the general school election by the number ofmember districts in which members were elected and multiply the resultby number of member districts in the school district; then, multiply theamount so determined by twenty-hundredths (.20).
(3) Within ten (10) days after the filing of petitions as providedin this subsection, the county election officer shall determine thevalidity thereof.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 18; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 4; L. 1977,ch. 256, § 4; July 1.
Article 80.--BOARDS OF EDUCATION-- CHANGE OF METHOD OF ELECTION
72-8006.Petition for change of method of election or voting plan;procedure and requirements; approval by state board of education.(a) Ten or more electors of any school district may prepare a plan ofchange showing the information required by K.S.A. 72-8002,and amendments thereto. Copies of such plan shall be submitted to thestate board and to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict. If any such plan of change is so submitted and filed, thestate board may consider the same, and if it finds such plan of changeis complete, sufficient and timely, and that such plan of change is incompliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 72-8004, it shall promptly socertify to the county election officer of the home county of the schooldistrict, to the board of education of the school district and to thefirst person listed as having submitted such plan, but it shall notconsider or certify a plan of change under this section if another planof change is pending determination by election. The certification of thestate board shall show the name of the first person listed as havingsubmitted such plan of change. Whenever the state board certifies a planof change, it shall transmit at the same time a copy of itscertification to the clerk of the board of education of the schooldistrict affected.
(b) Upon receipt of a plan of change with the certified approval ofthe state board, the county election officer shall notify the firstperson listed as having submitted such plan of change of such approval.Upon receiving such notice, the person so notified may causepetitions to be prepared which set out in full the plan of changeapproved, and if such petitions are then approved as to form by thecounty election officer, such petitions may be distributed amonginterested electors of the unified school district in as many copies asseem suitable to the person preparing the same as provided inthis section. Any elector residing in the unified school district maysign any such petition, and one elector signing each petition shallsubscribe a certificate thereto that he or she personally observed eachof the signers place his or her signature thereon, and that suchpetition is valid as he or she verily believes. Only electors who areduly registered to vote may sign such a petition.
(c) If such petitions are filed with the county election officer andhe or she determines that such petitions are validly signed by thenumber of electors provided in subsection (d) of this section, thecounty election officer shall upon making such determination call anelection for approval of the plan of change in the manner provided by K.S.A.72-8007 and amendments thereto.
(d) The number of valid signatures on petitions filed as provided insubsection (c) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) The county election officer of any such school district whichhad the election at large method at the last preceding election ofmembers shall determine the total number of ballots cast and counted insuch general school election. In any such school district, a numberequal to twenty percent (20%) of the number of ballots cast and countedat such preceding general election determined as provided in thissubpart (1), shall be the number of signatures required for a validpetition.
(2) In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, the number of signaturesrequired for a valid petition shall be computed as provided in subpart(1) of this subsection, if one or more members were elected in each ofthe member districts of the school district, or if voting plan-B was ineffect. In school districts in which the last preceding election ofmembers was by a member district method, if members were not elected inall the member districts of the school district and if voting plan-C wasin effect at such preceding election, the number of valid signaturesrequired shall be computed as follows: Divide the total number ofballots cast and counted in the general school election by the number ofmember districts in which members were elected and multiply the resultby number of member districts in the school district; then, multiply theamount so determined by twenty-hundredths (.20).
(3) Within ten (10) days after the filing of petitions as providedin this subsection, the county election officer shall determine thevalidity thereof.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 18; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 4; L. 1977,ch. 256, § 4; July 1.
