Statute 72-5412: Contracts bind both teachers and board of
education;
suspension of license, when; insufficient budget, effect.
All contracts shall be binding on both the teacher and board of
education of the school district until the teacher has been legally
discharged from such teacher's teaching position or until
released by the board of
education from such contract. Until such teacher has been discharged or
released, such teacher shall not have authority to enter into a
contract with the
board of education of any school district for any period of time covered in
the original contract. If upon written complaint, signed by 2/3 of the
members of the board of education of the school district, any
teacher who is reported to have entered into a contract with another school or
board of education without having been released from such former contract,
or for other reasons fails to fulfill the provisions of such contract, such
teacher, upon being found guilty of such charge at a hearing
held before
the state board of education, shall have such teacher's
license suspended for the
remainder of the term for which such contract was made. The hearing
before the state board shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this section, any contract of employment made by
the board of education of any school district prior to the public hearing
on the budget of such school district shall be voidable in case adequate
funds are not available in such budget for the compensation provided for in
such contracts.
History: L. 1951, ch. 413, § 3; L. 1969, ch. 317, § 8;
L. 1988, ch. 356, § 277;
L. 2005, ch. 69, § 20; July 1.