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