76-715a. Conversion of certain employees to the unclassified service. (a) The state board of regents, in accordance with the provisions of this section, may authorize any state institution of higher education to convert all classified staff employee positions or any portion thereof in the institution to the unclassified service of state employment. Except as otherwise provided for leave time in K.S.A. 76-715b, and amendments thereto, those classified staff employees whose positions are converted from classified to unclassified status shall retain all health and flexible benefits and leave and retirement benefits provided to them under the state classified employee system. Each institution designated by the board shall develop a plan for a system for administration of all other aspects of employment for these employees, including personnel policies and procedures, and each such system of administration shall be subject to approval by the state board of regents. Such personnel policies and procedures shall include a disciplinary and grievance process which provides for the right to appeal and due process procedures. Development of such plan shall be subject to input from affected classified employees. Implementation of this section shall not cause a salary reduction or layoff of any classified employee. This section shall not be implemented by the state board of regents at any state institution of higher education unless an election has been held for classified staff employees affected by such proposal at such institution and the classified staff employees voting at the election by majority vote approve the conversion of the classified staff employee positions affected by such proposal at that institution to unclassified positions. Any such election held after the effective date of this act shall be preceded by an official announcement providing at least 90 days' notice of the date, time and place of the election. After a vote of approval, the state educational institution shall provide all affected employees with opportunities for input into the development of the plan that is to be presented to the state board of regents.
(b) For the limited purposes of this section, and K.S.A. 74-4925, and amendments thereto, these newly designated unclassified employees shall be referred to as "university support staff" and the university of Kansas medical center shall be considered a state institution of higher education separate from the university of Kansas, Lawrence, and its campuses.
(c) Nothing in this act shall affect the representation rights of collective bargaining organizations that represent employees of a state institution of higher education, nor shall the provisions of this act affect any term or condition of any collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date of this act.
History: L. 2005, ch. 94, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 92, § 10; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 76 - State Institutions And Agencies; Historical Property
Article 7 - State Educational Institutions; Management And Operation
76-714 Chief executive officers; titles; appointment; compensation.
76-715 Appointment of employees; compensation.
76-715a Conversion of certain employees to the unclassified service.
76-715b Leave time for classified employees of state education institutions, authorization.
76-716 Determination of programs offered and degrees to be granted.
76-717a Report to legislature.
76-717b Entitlement to admission to state educational institutions; requirements.
76-718 Dedication of certain moneys.
76-719a Fellowships and scholarships for graduate students; legislative declaration.
76-722 Holding property and executing trusts.
76-723 Federal funds; application for, receipt, deposit and expenditure.
76-724 Private grants and bequests.
76-725 Administration of state educational institutions; delegation of authority.
76-727 Recruitment of personnel; payment of certain expenses authorized.
76-730 Same; rules and regulations for criteria and guidelines; student residence committees.
76-731 Certain American Indians deemed residents of state for purpose of tuition and fees.
76-733 Same; investment of funds; administrative expenses; credits to subsidiary accounts.
76-734 Same; nonliability of state or agencies thereof.
76-738 Refunds of tuition, fees or charges by institutions under state board of regents.
76-740 Same; reimbursement for certain costs; federal guidelines.
76-742 Student fees for debt service on academic or health facilities, prior referendum required.
76-749 Insurance for study abroad programs, contracts.
76-750 Accident and health insurance, women's intercollegiate athletics.
76-751 Sponsored research at state educational institutions; definition.
76-752 Same; project contracts; authorized expenditures, when; bidding and other exemptions.
76-754 Service clearing funds; definition.
76-755 Same; authorized uses; approval of additional activities; accounting procedures.
76-761 Housing system; creation and operation; rents and fees.
76-761a Student housing; meningitis vaccination.
76-763 Same; housing properties; acquisition of sites and buildings.
76-765 Same; bonds outstanding on project; effect.
76-766 Same; "state education institution" defined.
76-767 Center for innovative school leadership; duties.
76-768 Use of social security number prohibited, when.
76-773 Kansas partnership for faculty of distinction program; definitions.
76-777 University research and development enhancement act; citation of act.
76-780 General powers, duties and functions of state board of regents.
76-782 Research and development facility projects authorized.
76-784 Sales and use tax exemptions, purchases for research and development facility projects.
76-787 Contracts for certain research and development facilities, provisions for prevailing wages.
76-790 Privately-financed buildings; maintenance costs.
76-791 Payment of bonds from contributions qualifying as tax credit, limitation.
76-7,101 Long-term infrastructure maintenance program.
76-7,103 Same; administration of program; reports; building inventory and space utilization.
76-7,104 Same; infrastructure maintenance fund.
76-7,106 Same; transfers of moneys from statewide maintenance and disaster relief fund.
76-7,107 Long-term infrastructure maintenance program; transfers of moneys from state general fund.
76-7,116 Infrastructure finance program.
76-7,118 Same; administration of program; reports.
76-7,119 Same; bonds not a state obligation.
76-7,120 Same; bonds; limitations; loan agreements.
76-7,125 State educational institution project delivery construction procurement act; citation.
76-7,127 Same; projects financed with non-state moneys; exempt from certain statutory requirements.
76-7,128 Same; contracts; bids; duties of state board and institutions.
76-7,129 Same; contracts, change orders.
76-7,130 Same; local building codes, fees, building permits and zoning requirements, exemptions.
76-7,133 Same; rules and regulations.
76-7,137 University engineering initiative act; purpose.
76-7,141 Kan-grow engineering funds, state educational institutions; purposes.
76-7,142 Sales tax exemption, expenditures for engineering initiative facilities.
76-7,143 Liberal construction of act.
76-7,151 Expenditure of state moneys; limitations; remedial courses.