72-6119. Powers and duties of persons conducting hearings. (a) Any person, hearing officer or any member of a committee or the board of education conducting a hearing under this act may:
(1) Administer oaths for the purpose of taking testimony;
(2) call and examine witnesses and receive documentary and other evidence; and
(3) take any other action necessary to make the hearing accord with procedural due process.
(b) Any hearing officer, any member of a committee or the board of education holding a formal hearing or an appeal hearing under this act may and, upon the request of any pupil for whom any such hearing is held or upon the request of the pupil's parents or guardians or counsel, shall petition the chief judge of the judicial district in which the school district is located requesting that the clerk of the district court be authorized to issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of the principal witness or witnesses and the production of books, records, reports, papers and documents relating to the proposed suspension or expulsion from school in the same manner as provided for the issuance of subpoenas in civil actions pursuant to K.S.A. 60-245, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1971, ch. 247, § 4; L. 1977, ch. 260, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 307, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 57, § 66; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 61 - Student Safety And Discipline
72-6114 Grounds for suspension or expulsion; who may suspend or expel.
72-6117 Notice of hearing results; appeal to board of education; hearing officers; procedure.
72-6118 Nonapplication of compulsory attendance law.
72-6119 Powers and duties of persons conducting hearings.
72-6120 Refusal to admit suspended or expelled pupil authorized.
72-6133 Duties of state board of education; failure of boards to adopt and file policies, penalties.
72-6134 Use of air guns; certain policies prohibited.
72-6146 School security officers and campus police officers.
72-6147 Bullying, school district policies.
72-6151 Freedom from unsafe restraint and seclusion act; citation.
72-6154 Parental notification; documentation of an incident; annual report.
72-6155 Parent's right to request meeting; required meetings.
72-6156 Rules and regulations.
72-6157 Emergency safety intervention task force; membership; organization; duties.