Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-31-40 - Sanctions

(a) Sanctions may be applied by the state board to a public education system in response to any of the following circumstances:

(1) The public education system's accreditation rating of "not accredited";

(2) the public education system's failure to move from "not accredited" to "conditionally accredited" after state technical assistance has been in place for one year; or

(3) failure to remain in good standing.

(b) One or more of the following sanctions may be applied in response to any of the circumstances specified in subsection (a):

(1) A recommendation that public education system personnel or resources be reassigned or reallocated within the public education system by the governing body;

(2) a recommendation that the public education system be assigned a state technical assistance team to assist the education system until it achieves an upgraded accreditation rating;

(3) a recommendation to the legislature that it approve a reduction in state funding to the public education system by an amount that will be added to the local property tax imposed by the governing body;

(4) a recommendation that the legislature abolish or restructure the public education system; or

(5) a letter of notification and a press release announcing the public education system's accreditation rating and specifying each reason for that accreditation rating.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-31-40

Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution; effective July 1, 2005; amended by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 38; effective 10/8/2021.