History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 71; July 1.
(b) "Community college district" or "college district" means the taxing district and territory of a community college.
(c) "Trustee" or "member" means a member of the board of trustees of a community college.
(d) "Board" or "board of trustees" means the governing body of a community college.
(e) "Campus" means all or part of the buildings and facilities of a community college.
(f) "Member district" means one of the subdistricts into which a community college district is or may be divided for the purpose of a district method of election of trustees.
(g) "Member position" means one of the positions of members of a board of trustees when a district method of election is used.
(h) "Method" or "method of election" means one of the methods of election provided for in this act.
(i) "District method" means a six-district method, a three-district method, or a two-district method.
(j) "Election-at-large method" means an election at large of trustees of a community college without a division of the college district into member districts.
(k) "Election officer" or "county election officer" means the election commissioner of the county in which the community college is located, or the county clerk in counties not having an election commissioner.
(l) "Election at large" means an election of trustees at which all electors of a community college district vote on all candidates.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 72; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 5; May 17.
(b) (1) Subject to provision (2), the board of trustees of a community college shall be composed of six members.
(2) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, the board of trustees of the community college shall be composed of seven members.
(c) The members of a board of trustees may be elected by any one of the four methods provided for in this act which are: (1) Election-at-large method, (2) six-district method, (3) three-district method, (4) two-district method.
(d) No member of the board of trustees of a community college shall be an employee of the community college.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 73; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 6; May 17.
(b) In college districts where a district method of election is in effect, a seven member board of trustees plan shall provide for the seventh member to be an at-large member.
History: L. 1990, ch. 252, § 16; May 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 74; July 1.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 5; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 7; May 17.
(1) The board, by a majority vote of the members-elect thereof, may adopt a resolution to change the method of election. Such resolution shall specify the existing method of election, and the proposed method of election, together with a statement that the change will be made only after the proposed change and plan for change are first approved by the state board.
(2) The board, by a majority vote of the members-elect thereof, may adopt a resolution to change the method of election. Such resolution shall specify the existing method of election and the proposed method of election, together with a statement that the change will not be made unless approved by a majority of the electors of the community college district voting at an election at which the question is submitted. Such resolution shall state that the plan of change is filed in the office of the clerk of the board.
(b) Every plan of change shall also state the existing and proposed voting plan of the community college district, and such voting plan shall be one of the three voting plans specified in K.S.A. 71-1420, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 6; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 75; L. 1999, ch. 147, § 98; July 1.
In the six-district method the member position numbers shall correspond to the member district numbers. In the two-district method the member position numbers shall be "one," "two" and "three" for member district one, and "four," "five" and "six" for member district two. In the three-district method member position numbers shall be "one" and "four" for member district one, and "two" and "five" for member district two, and "three" and "six" for member district three.
(b) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, the at-large member may be a resident of any member district. The at-large member position shall not be numbered.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 8; May 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 8; L. 1969, ch. 341, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 76; July 1.
History: L. 1969, ch. 341, § 2; July 1.
(b) Upon receipt of a plan of change with the certified approval of the state board, the county election officer shall notify the first person listed as having submitted such plan of change of such approval. Upon receiving such notice, the person so notified may cause petitions to be prepared which set out in full the plan of change approved, and if such petitions are then approved as to form by the county election officer, such petitions may be distributed among interested electors of the community college district in as many copies as seem suitable to the person preparing the same as provided in this section. Any elector residing in the community college district may sign any such petition, and one elector signing each petition shall subscribe a certificate thereto that such elector personally observed each signer place such signer's signature thereon, and that such petition is valid as such subscribing elector verily believes. Only electors who are duly registered to vote may sign such a petition.
(c) If such petitions are filed with the county election officer and the county election officer determines that such petitions are validly signed by the number of electors provided in subsection (d) of this section, the county election officer shall upon making such determination call an election for approval of the plan of change in the manner provided in K.S.A. 71-1411, and amendments thereto.
(d) The number of valid signatures on petitions filed as provided in subsection (c) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) In any college district which had the election-at-large method in effect at the last preceding general election of members, a number equal to 10% of the total number of ballots cast and counted at such preceding election shall be the number of signatures required for a valid petition.
(2) In any college district which had a member district method in effect at the last preceding general election of members, the number of signatures required for a valid petition shall be computed as provided in subpart (1) of this subsection if one or more members were elected in each of the member districts of the college district or if voting plan-A or voting plan-B was in effect. In any college district which had a member district method in effect at the last preceding general election of members, if members were not elected in all the member districts of the college district and if voting plan-C was in effect at such preceding general election, the number of valid signatures required shall be computed as follows: Divide the total number of ballots cast and counted in the general election by the number of member districts in which members were elected and multiply the result by the number of member districts in the college district; then, multiply the amount so determined by .10.
(e) Within 10 days after the filing of petitions as provided in this section, the county election officer shall determine the validity thereof.
History: L. 1969, ch. 341, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 77; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 9; May 17.
History: L. 1969, ch. 341, § 4; July 1.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 9; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 10; May 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 10; L. 1968, ch. 59, § 43; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 78; L. 1983, ch. 123, § 6; Jan. 27.
(A) Any person who is an elector of any member district may petition to be a candidate for member from the member district in which such person resides. Any such person shall file with the election officer a petition for such person's candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in such person's member district.
(B) Any person who is an elector of any member district may become a candidate for member from the member district in which such person resides by filing with the election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $5.
(C) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, any person who is an elector of the college district may petition to be a candidate for the at-large member position. Any such person shall file with the county election officer a petition for such candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in such college district.
(D) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, any person who is an elector of the college district may become a candidate for the at-large member position by filing with the county election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $5.
(2) Every petition or declaration of intent filed under this subsection must specify the member position for which the person is a candidate.
(b) In college districts where the election-at-large method of election is in effect, a person may become a candidate for election to trustee of a community college by either one of the following methods:
(1) Any person who is an elector of the college district may petition to be a candidate for trustee. Any such person shall file with the election officer a petition for such person's candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in the college district.
(2) Any person who is an elector of the college district may become a candidate for trustee by filing with the election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $5.
(c) Every petition or declaration of intent filed under this section must be filed on or before 12 o'clock noon on the Tuesday which precedes by 10 weeks the first Tuesday in April of any odd-numbered year. No such petition or declaration shall be filed sooner than the second Tuesday of the December which next precedes the community college election.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 11; L. 1969, ch. 342, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 363, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 79; L. 1983, ch. 123, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 11; May 17.
(b) In any college district having the election-at-large method and in which there are more than two times the number of candidates as there are trustees to be elected, the election officer shall call, and there shall be held, a primary election. The names of twice the number of candidates as there are trustees to be elected who receive the greatest number of votes in the primary shall appear on the ballots in the general election.
(c) In the general election, there shall appear on the ballots a line appropriate for write-in candidates. No lines for write-in candidates shall appear on the primary election ballots.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 12; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 12; May 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 13; Feb. 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 14; Feb. 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 15; Feb. 17.
(b) Except as is provided in (a) above, laws applicable to local elections, including voter registration laws, occurring at the same time as election of trustees shall apply to the election of trustees to the extent that the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this act. The provisions of this subsection (b) shall not apply to election notices.
(c) Ballots for election of trustees shall be canvassed by the members of election boards canvassing ballots in other local elections insofar as is practicable, and where it is not practicable, the county election officer shall provide for such canvass by other appropriate means.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 16; L. 1968, ch. 59, § 44; L. 1980, ch. 207, § 80; July 1.
(a) Voting plan-A: All qualified electors who reside in the college district may vote in both the primary and general elections of trustees.
(b) Voting plan-B: All qualified electors who reside in a member district may vote in the primary election of trustees for the member position or positions of such member district and, if the community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, for the at-large member position. All qualified electors who reside in the college district may vote in the general election of trustees.
(c) Voting plan-C: All qualified electors who reside in a member district may vote in both the primary and general elections of trustees for the member position or positions of such member district and, if the community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, for the at-large member position.
History: L. 1967, ch. 407, § 18; L. 1990, ch. 252, § 13; May 17.
History: L. 1967, ch. 378, § 1; Repealed, L. 1980, ch. 207, § 84; July 1.