Printable Format71-1403. Board of trustees; composition; methods of election; membership prohibited for college employees. (a) The governing body of a community college is and shall be a board of trustees.
(b) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 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.
(3) If a community college adopts and implements an additional member board of trustees plan pursuant to K.S.A. 71-1422, and amendments thereto, the board of trustees of the community college may be composed of seven or eight members.
(c) The members of a board of trustees may be elected:
(1) By any one of the four methods provided for in this act which are: (A) Election-at-large method; (B) six-district method; (C) three-district method; or (D) two-district method; or
(2) in accordance with paragraph (1) and the provisions of K.S.A. 71-1422, and amendments thereto.
(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; L. 2017, ch. 13, § 2; April 13
Attorney General's Opinions:
Community college board of trustees members; residence requirements. 94-94.
Person providing services without compensation is an employee; prohibition does not violate U.S. or Kansas constitution. 95-69.
Member of board of trustees may not defer such member's term while serving as an employee. 2015-12.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Community college defendant was not an arm of the state precluding sovereign immunity. Bland v. Kansas City, Kansas Community College, 271 F.Supp.2d 1280, 1288 (2003).