72-2226. Agreements; ratification; election; absentee ballots. (a) A board of education and an exclusive representative selected or designated under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this section is amendatory, may enter into an agreement covering terms and conditions of professional service. The agreement becomes binding when ratified by a majority of the members of the board of education and a majority of the professional employees in the applicable negotiating unit who vote on the question of ratification of the agreement at an election conducted by the exclusive representative if at least a majority of the professional employees in the negotiating unit vote. If less than a majority of the professional employees vote on the question of ratification, the election is void.
(b) Every professional employee in the applicable negotiating unit who is to be absent from the place and at the time of the election may vote an absentee ballot on the question of ratification of the agreement. Upon written application by a professional employee for an absentee ballot, the exclusive representative shall transmit to the professional employee, in person or by mail to the address provided by the professional employee in the application, a ballot, an unmarked envelope, a larger envelope containing a space for the professional employee's signature and addressed to the exclusive representative, and instructions to the professional employee for casting the ballot. On receipt of an application under this subsection, the exclusive representative shall prepare and maintain a list of the names of professional employees who have applied for absentee ballots. The returned envelopes shall be checked against the list of names of applicants and the unmarked envelopes containing the ballots shall be extracted. The unmarked ballot envelopes shall be opened and the absentee ballots shall be counted in the same manner as ballots cast at the election.
History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 9; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 7; 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.