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Paraprofessionals (special education)                   72-962

Parent education programs                       72-3603 et seq.
 
Parent-teacher conferences, as part of                 72-1106
 
        school term
 
Parking fees on school grounds           72-9101, 72-9104
 
Parochial schools
 
        Accreditation                                                       72-7513
 
        Compulsory school law                                   72-1111
 
        Course in government and institutions of the
 
                United States                                              72-1103
 
        Food service                                                       72-5126
 
        Textbooks for                                     72-4159, 72-4160
 
        Transportation of students                              72-8306
 
Patriotic exercises, observing certain legal
 
        holidays                                                               72-5308
 
Patriotism (curriculum)                                             72-1103
 
Payment, bonds                                            10-103, 10-603
 
Payment, no-fund warrants                                        10-807
 
Payment of claims, procedure for         12-105a, 12-105b
 
Payment of salaries, when unlawful    10-1113, 72-1390
 
Payment of bonds, disorganized district          72-67,106,
 
                              72-7302(c), 72-7302, 72-7305, 72-8707
 
Payments to school districts, county treasurer 12-1678a
 
        In lieu of taxes                                        12-185, 12-186
 
Payments required to be paid in June;
 
        insufficient revenues to pay                             72-8251
 
Payroll deductions, generally                     72-8601 et seq.
 
        Group insurance                                                72-8414
 
Pensions (See Retirement)
 
"Periods of silence," permitted at opening of
 
        every school day                                              72-5308a
 
Personal financial literacy programs;
 
        development and implementation                 72-7535
 
Personal property, Lease of                                    72-8225
 
        Sale of                                                                  72-8212
 
Personnel, certificate of health                               72-5213
 
        Evaluations                                            72-9001 et seq.
 
Petitions
 
        Board of education elections, change of
 
                voting plans                                                72-8006
 
        Disorganization of district               72-7301, 72-7302
 
        Elections                                                25-3601 et seq.
 
        In opposition to capital outlay levy                  72-8214
 
                                                                     72-8216, 72-8801
 
        In opposition to local option budget               72-6433
 
        Professional negotiations                               72-5417
 
        Public recreation and playgrounds                12-1904
 
        Sufficiency of                                          25-3601 et seq.
 
        Transfer of territory                                            72-7108
 
Petty cash fund                                                           72-8208
 
Physical examinations of school personnel        72-5213
 
Physical examinations of students                        72-5214
 
Physically disabled persons
 
        Access to public buildings and facilities,   
                 
                specifications                                58-1301 et seq.
 
        Blind           39-1101 to 39-1106, 76-1101, 76-1102a
 
        Civil rights of physically
 
                handicapped                                 44-1001 et seq.
 
        Employment                                                       39-1105
 
        Exceptional children                               72-961 et seq.
 
        Guide dogs, use of                          39-1102, 39-1103
 
        Interference with rights                        39-1103 et seq.
 
        Kansas state school for the deaf      76-1001 et seq.
 
        Kansas state school for
 
                the blind                  76-1101, 76-1102a, 76-6b02
 
        Summer training program for the blind      76-1102a
 
        White cane law                              39-1101 to 39-1106
 
Physician
 
        Certification of immunization                           72-5209
 
        Health assessments                                        72-5214
 
Playgrounds (See Public recreation)
 
Pledge of allegiance to flag                                     72-5308
 
Political or taxing subdivisions, investments      12-1675,
 
                                                                                    12-1678a
 
Polls, time of opening and closing                        25-2111
 
Postsecondary savings program                75-640 et seq.
 
Practice of nursing, definition               65-1113, 65-1114,
 
                                                                                      65-1124
 
Practices commission (See Professional practices commission)
 
Prayer, silent permitted                                          72-5308a
 
Precinct (See also Elections)
 
        Boundaries                                                         19-3439
 
        Defined                                                              25-2702a
 
Prepayment of salaries or wages, limitations     75-5520
 
Preschool programs authorized                         72-67,115
 
Presentation of claims against municipality        12-105b
 
Presentment of claims not incurred,
 
        public officials                                                    75-3202
 
President of board of education                           72-8202a
 
        Call of special meetings                                  72-8205
 
Primary elections (See Elections)
 
        School districts                                                  25-2021
 
Principal
 
        Appointment by board                                    72-8202b
 
        Continuing contract law               72-5410 to 72-5412
 
        Contract nonrenewal, procedures
 
                for                                                     72-5451 et seq.
 
        Evaluation                                              72-9001 et seq.
 
Prior service credit, KPERS             See pamphlet issued
 
                                                                               by K.P.E.R.S
 
Prisoner of war dependents, tuition waived        73-1216,
 
                                                                                      73-1217
 
Privacy, right to, generally                                         72-6214
 
        Access to students by career counselors    72-5399
 
Private school pupils
 
        Auxiliary school services             72-5392 to 72-5394
 
        Immunization                                         72-5208 et seq.
 
        Transportation                                  72-8306, 72-8316
 
Private schools (accredited)
 
        Courses of study             72-1101, 72-1103, 72-1117
 
        Evaluation of teachers                         72-9001 et seq.
 
        Food service                                                       72-5126
 
        Immunization of students                   72-5208 et seq.
 
        Textbooks for                                                      72-4159
 
        Transportation of students             72-8306, 72-8316
 
Probationary period, tenure (Due process)          72-5445
 
Professional negotiation act               72-5413 to 72-5425
 
        Administrative employees exempt 72-5413, 74-5431
 
        Agreements become part of teachers'
 
                contracts                                                      72-5423
 
        Agreements between boards and
 
                representatives                     72-5421 to 72-5424
 
        Arbitration authorized                                        72-5424
 
        Board's duties unchanged except for
 
                negotiation                                                  72-5423
 
        Costs                                                                   72-5429
 
        Decision of state department of human resources
 
                on appropriate local unit                          72-5420
 
        Definitions                                                           72-5413
 
        Employees' right to organize and negotiate 72-5414
 
        Exceptions of board to recognition request  72-5416
 
        Exclusive representative designated             72-5415
 
        Fact-finding board,          
                                                 
                Appointment of                                           72-5427
 
                Report of                                                      72-5428
 
        Federal mediation and conciliation service 72-5427
 
        Final action by board                     72-5428, 72-5428a
 
        Impasse                                                              72-5426
 
                Failure to resolve                                       72-5427
 
                Final meeting required                             72-5428
 
        Investigations by state department of human
 
                resources                               72-5417 to 72-5420
 
        Mediation                                                             72-5427
 
        Petition for investigation to state department of
 
                human resources                                      72-5417
 
                Grounds for dismissing                           72-5418
 
                Hearing                                                        72-5418
 
        Prohibited practices                                          72-5430
 
                Hearings                                                   72-5430a
 
        Recognition of employees  organizations    72-5416
 
        Request for recognition to the board             72-5416
 
        Secret ballot election by state department of
 
                human resources                                      72-5419
 
        Strikes prohibited                                              72-5423
 
        Unilateral contracts                                         72-5428a
 
                Final order, judicial review                     72-5430a
 
        Unit, local, defined                                             72-5420
 
        Written notices to negotiate                             72-5423
 
Professional nurse, definition                                 65-1113
 
Professional practices act (See also Professional
 
         practices commission)                      72-8501 et seq.
 
Professional standards advisory board
 
        Appointment of members                              72-8502a
 
        Establishment of                                             72-8502a
 
        Expenses of members, rules                         72-8510
 
        Responsibilities and duties                          72-8505a
 
        Terms of member                                             72-8508
 
Professional practices commission
 
        Appointment of members                                72-8504
 
        Establishment of                                               72-8503
 
        Officers, meetings, rules                                  72-8510
 
        Qualifications                                                     72-8503
 
        Removal of members                                       72-8509
 
        Terms of members                                           72-8508
 
Profile of school district; contents;
 
        notice of availability                                         72-8204d
 
Programs
        Alcohol and drug abuse programs for
 
                pupils                                                        72-53,105
 
        Employee assistance programs                    72-5398
 
Prompt payment of claims act                   75-6401 et seq.
 
Proof of identity                                                       72-53,106
 
Property
 
        Controlled by board                                           72-8212
 
        Exempt from taxation                            79-201, 79-210
 
        Interlocal cooperation         12-2901 et seq., 72-8230
 
        Leases of                                                            72-8225
 
        Return or payment for                                       72-5386
 
        Sale of                                                                  72-8212
 
        Textbooks, title in board                                   72-4146
 
        Withholding student's records                        72-5386
 
Property valuation, extension of deadline      79-1404(17)
 
Property tax exemption                                                79-210
 
Proprietary schools
 
        Advisory commission on                                  72-4922
 
        Bond requirements                                           72-4932
 
        Certificates of approval                72-4924 to 72-4931
 
                Application                                                  72-4925
 
                Criteria for                                                   72-4926
 
                Denial of application                                 72-4928
 
                    Appeal                                                      72-4930
 
                Form and renewal of                                 72-4927
 
                Nontransferable                                         72-4927
 
                Revocation                                                  72-4929
 
                    Appeal                                                      72-4930
 
        Definitions                                                           72-4919
 
        Exemptions                                                         72-4920
 
        Fees, certification and registration                 72-4938
 
        Injunction                                                             72-4935
 

 

        Notes and contracts                        72-4936, 72-4937
 
        Prohibitions, penalty                                         72-4934
 
        Registration of representatives     72-4931, 72-4932
 
        Rules and regulations by state board          72-4921,
 
                                                                                      72-4923
 
        Tuition                                                                  72-4933
 
Psychologists
 
        Board of examiners                                           74-5310
 
        Certification                      74-5301, 74-5302, 74-5310
 
        Definitions                                                           74-5302
 
        Requirements, certification                             74-5310
 
Public accountants, licensing of                             75-1119
 
Public budget hearings                                            79-2929
 
Public building commissions,
 
        offices for school districts           12-1757 to 12-1766
 
Public employees' insurance, old age and
 
                survivors                                         40-2301 et seq.
 
        Contributions by state                                       40-2306
 
        Contributions by state employees                 40-2304
 
        Definitions                                                           40-2302
 
        Extension of benefits of federal system        40-2303
 
        Fund                                                                     40-2307
 
        Rules and regulations                                      40-2308
 
        School employees                                          40-2305a
 
 
Public employee organizations (meet and confer-       
    
                employment conditions)             75-4321 et seq.
 
        Membership                                                       75-4327
 
        Recognition requirements                               75-4327
 
Public employee relations board
 
                (P.E.R.B.)                                        75-4327 et seq.
 
        Arbitration                                                            75-4330
 
        Definitions                                                           75-4322
 
        Grievance procedure                                        75-4330
 
Public funds (See Public moneys)                         75-4201
 
Public health
 
        Communicable diseases                   65-118, 65-119
 
                Isolation and quarantine                            65-128
 
                Schools, nonadmissions and exclusions 65-122
 
        County health funds                                            65-204
 
        County health officers                                         65-202
 
        Garbage and trash disposal                             65-204
 
        Secretary of health and environment, health
 
                supervision                                                   65-101
 
Public information (Open records act)        45-215 et seq.
 
Public library (See also Libraries)            12-1215 et seq.,
 
                                                                                      72-8115
 
Public meetings, open                         75-4317 to 75-4322
 
Public moneys, definitions                                           9-701
 
        Deposit of                                                              9-1401
 
        Investment of                                                      12-1675
 
        Misuse of                                                             21-3910
 
        Security for deposits                                            9-1402
 
                Exemption during peak deposit periods 9-1403
 
Public officers and employees,
 
        Oath of office                                  75-4308 to 76-4314
 
Public officials
 
        Open meetings law                              75-4317 et seq.
 
        Recall of local                                        25-4301 et seq.
 
        Uniform facsimile of signatures act  75-4001 et seq.
 
Public records
 
        Destruction of school records       72-5369, 72-5370
 
        Open to public                                         45-215 et seq.
 
        Right of privacy                                                   72-6214
 
Public recreation and playgrounds           12-1922 et seq.
 
        Budget, annual                                                   12-1927
 
        Commission                                                      12-1926
 
        Petition, election, tax levies                              12-1925
 
Public use of schoolhouse                                      72-8212
 
Public television commission                    75-4901 et seq.
 
Public works bond                                                     60-1111
 
Publication; legal, in newspapers               64-101 et seq.
 
Publication of salary of superintendent, cities
 
        of first class                                                        72-1623
 
Publicly-owned motor vehicles (See Motor vehicles)
 
Pupils
 
        Age for attending school (eligibility law)        72-1107
 
        Compulsory school attendance law             72-1111,
 
                                                                                      72-1113
 
        Identification required                                    72-53,106
 
        Records of, transfer                                          72-5386
 
        Residence of (See also Residence)             72-1046
 
Purchase of benefits and credits, KPERS     
                     
                                      See pamphlet issued by K.P.E.R.S.
 
Purchase of products from blind       75-3317 to 75-3322
 
Purchase orders, cancelable                                  10-1113
 
Purchases
 
        Bids required, exemptions                              72-6760
 
        From blind persons required                         72-6760,
 
                                                                         75-3317 et seq.
 
        Items for student use                                        72-5389
 
                Fees                                                             72-5390
 
                    Waiver of                                                  72-5391
 
Qualification of voters                                   25-409, 25-410
 
Qualified admission to state
 
        universities                                             72-116, 76-717
 
Quality performance accreditation                         72-6439
 
Quarantine                                                                                            65-119
 
Quarterly statement, county treasurer                      19-520
       
 

 

 

 

 

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