History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 13; L. 1977, ch. 256, § 1; July 1.
(a) The territory, numbering and estimated population of each of the proposed member districts into which the school district will be divided, unless the proposed method is election at large.
(b) The territory, numbering and estimated population of each of the existing member districts of the school district, unless the existing method is election at large.
(c) The proposed voting plan.
(d) The existing voting plan.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 14; L. 1977, ch. 256, § 2; July 1.
(a) Voting plan-A: All electors, who are otherwise qualified according to law, and who reside in the school district may vote in both the primary and general election for all member positions.
(b) Voting plan-B: All electors, who are otherwise qualified according to law, and who reside in the member district may vote in the primary election for the member positions of such member district and for the at-large member position. All electors, who are otherwise qualified according to law, and who reside in the school district may vote in the general election for all member positions, including the at-large member position, to be filled.
(c) Voting plan-C: All electors, who are otherwise qualified according to law, and who reside in a particular member district may vote in both the primary and general election for the member positions of such member district and for the at-large member position.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 15; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 185, § 5; L. 1977, ch. 256, § 3; July 1.
(a) The proposed member districts shall (1) each be comprised of one contiguous compact area, (2) have equal population as nearly as is practicable, and (3) exclude no territory of the school district in the proposed change, and (4) no territory shall be included in more than one member district.
(b) The proposed member districts shall be so planned that no holdover member will be displaced by establishment, renumbering or rearrangememt of member districts by inclusion of more holdover members in a single proposed member district than is authorized by this act.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 16; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 2; July 1.
(a) The board, by a majority vote of the members-elect thereof, may adopt a resolution to change the method of election or voting plan, or both, and shall file a copy of such resolution in the office of the county election officer. If proceeding under this subsection (a), such resolution shall specify that the proposed change will be made only after the plan of change is first approved by a majority of the electors of the school district voting on the question at an election at which the question is submitted as provided in K.S.A. 72-8007. Such resolution shall state that the plan of change is filed in the office of the clerk of the board.
(b) Upon the determination of the county election officer that a valid petition has been filed under K.S.A. 72-8006, an election shall be called and held upon the proposition as provided in K.S.A. 72-8007, and if the proposition is approved the method of election or voting plan or both shall be changed as provided in the plan of change voted upon at such election.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 17; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 3; 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 unified school district in as many copies as seem suitable to the person preparing the same as provided in this section. Any elector residing in the unified school district may sign any such petition, and one elector signing each petition shall subscribe a certificate thereto that he or she personally observed each of the signers place his or her signature thereon, and that such petition is valid as he or she 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 he or she 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 by K.S.A. 72-8007 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) The county election officer of any such school district which had the election at large method at the last preceding election of members shall determine the total number of ballots cast and counted in such general school election. In any such school district, a number equal to twenty percent (20%) of the number of ballots cast and counted at such preceding general election determined as provided in this subpart (1), shall be the number of signatures required for a valid petition.
(2) In school districts in which the last preceding election of members was by a member district method, 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 school district, or if voting plan-B was in effect. In school districts in which the last preceding election of members was by a member district method, if members were not elected in all the member districts of the school district and if voting plan-C was in effect at such preceding election, the number of valid signatures required shall be computed as follows: Divide the total number of ballots cast and counted in the general school election by the number of member districts in which members were elected and multiply the result by number of member districts in the school district; then, multiply the amount so determined by twenty-hundredths (.20).
(3) Within ten (10) days after the filing of petitions as provided in this subsection, the county election officer shall determine the validity thereof.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 18; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 4; L. 1977, ch. 256, § 4; July 1.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 19; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 20; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 6; July 1.
The member at-large may reside anywhere within the school district.
In the two district method the member district numbers shall be "one" and "two." In the three district method the member district numbers shall be "one," "two" and "three." In the six district method the member district numbers shall be "one," "two," "three," "four," "five" and "six."
In the six district method member position numbers shall correspond to the member district numbers. In the two district method the member position numbers shall be "one," "three" and "five" for member district one, and "two," "four" 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.
The at-large member position shall not be numbered.
History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 21; L. 1971, ch. 239, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 185, § 6; April 13.