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, continuance, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of teachers' and school administrators' licenses and render initial orders for disposition thereof, and the State Board of Education shall review such initial orders in accordance with the provision of K.S.A. 77-527. The Professional Practices Commission may conduct, upon request and at the direction of the State Board of Education, investigations of departures from the code of professional responsibility and competency which may be adopted by the State Board of Education upon recommendation made under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 72-2312, and amendments thereto, and report findings thereon to the State Board

During its March meeting, the Kansas State Board of Education will conduct a public hearing to consider the adoption of proposed amendments to regulations K.A.R. 91-22-1a, 91-22-1b, 91-22-2, 91-22-5a, 91-22-9, 91-22-22, and 91-22-25.  The amendments are proposed to bring Professional Practices Commission regulations up to date with actual State Board practices as well as to provide better notice to applicants and licensees of the type of actions it considers to be misconduct for which discipline may be imposed.  The public hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., March 12, 2024 in the Board Room of the Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson St. in Topeka. 

PPC Regulations for March 2024 Public Hearing