72-2225. Criteria for determining appropriate unit of employees' organization. In each case where the question is in issue, the secretary shall decide, on the basis of the community of interest between and among the professional employees of the board of education, the wishes of the professional employees and/or the established practices among the professional employees including, among other things, the extent to which such professional employees have joined a professional employees' organization, whether the unit appropriate for the purposes of professional negotiation shall consist of all persons employed by the board of education who are engaged in teaching or performing other duties of an educational nature, or some subdivision thereof, except that a unit including classroom teachers shall not be appropriate unless it includes all such teachers employed by the board of education.
History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 8; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 6; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 22 - School District Employment Contracts
72-2217 Supplemental contracts of employment authorized.
72-2219 Professional employees' rights; representation of employees and school boards; negotiations.
72-2222 Same; determination by secretary of human resources upon petition.
72-2223 Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when.
72-2224 Same; conduct of election for determination; conditions; run-off election.
72-2225 Criteria for determining appropriate unit of employees' organization.
72-2226 Agreements; ratification; election; absentee ballots.
72-2227 Savings clause for existing agreements.
72-2229 Agreements may provide for arbitration of disputes; enforcement of arbitration agreements.
72-2234 Costs for mediation and fact-finding.
72-2235 Prohibited practices; evidence of bad faith.
72-2236 Prohibited practices, determination of existence; procedure; hearing.
72-2237 Secretary of labor; rules and regulations; subpoena power.
72-2238 Unilateral contracts prohibited prior to completion of negotiation.
72-2239 Savings clause for existing agreements; administrative employees exempted.
72-2241 Deductions; authorization thereof; continuation of authorization; conditions; limitations.
72-2242 Same; disbursement of funds deducted.
72-2244 Employment incentive or retention bonuses for teachers.
72-2251 Notice of termination or nonrenewal of certain teacher contracts; change of terms.
72-2252 Due process hearing procedures for certain postsecondary teachers; definitions.
72-2254 Same; commencement of hearing, when; procedural requirements.
72-2256 Testimony by affidavit or deposition; interrogatories; time, extension.
72-2259 Contractual rights; limitation on creation; not impaired.
72-2260 Same; application of act; years of employment requirements, waiver.
72-2262 Abridgment of constitutional right; procedure for determination.
72-2281 Definitions; superintendents excepted.
72-2282 Notice of nonrenewal or rejection of administrator's contract; change of terms.
72-2284 Contractual rights; limitation on creation; not impaired.
72-2285 Application of act; two years of employment required; waiver, when.