Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
In the event the resident electors of a unified school district
vote in an election conducted by the election officer to disorganize the
district, pursuant to the provisions of
K.S.A.
72-7302, the state board upon being notified
by the election officer that the majority of the electors voted in favor of
such disorganization, shall pursue the following procedures:
(a) The state board shall designate a hearing
officer to conduct one or more public hearings in the district to be
disorganized to determine the adjoining district or districts to which the
disorganized district should be attached.
(b) Following the hearings, the state board
shall issue an order disorganizing the original unified school district and
attaching it to the designated district or districts.
(c) When applicable, the order shall further
provide:
(1) Possession of and title to all
school buildings, furnishings, tangible and movable personal property located
in the territory to be attached, except school buses, shall vest in the unified
school district or districts to which it is being attached. School equipment
housed in a central location, but used in schools throughout the disorganized
district, shall be transferred to the unified school district that receives the
greatest number of pupils.
(2) If
the disorganized district is attached to more than one district, school buses
shall be equitably distributed based on the proportion the number of
transported pupils transferred bears to the total number of pupils of the
disorganized district transported on the final date of its operation.
(3) In the event the disorganized
district is attached to more than one unified district, the funds on hand and
those to be collected of the disorganized district shall be transferred to the
receiving districts as follows:
(A) One-half
(1/2) shall be distributed in the proportion that the amount of assessed
valuation of property transferred bears to the total assessed valuation of the
disorganized district.
(B)
One-half (1/2) shall be distributed in the proportion the number of pupils
transferred bears to the total enrollment of the disorganized district on the
final date of its operation.
(4) If the disorganized district is attached
to more than one unified district, the central office records of pupils and
school personnel shall be transferred to the district receiving the pupils and
school personnel. All other central office records shall be transferred to the
receiving district that acquires the greatest amount of assessed valuation of
the disorganized district.
