72-2223. Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when. (a) Upon receipt of a petition under K.S.A. 72-2222 and except as provided in subsection (b), the secretary or a person or persons designated by the secretary may direct and conduct a secret ballot election in order to decide the questions raised by the petition.
(b) The secretary shall dismiss, without determining the questions raised therein, any petition filed under K.S.A. 72-2222, if:
(1) The petition is filed by a professional employees' organization and is not supported by credible evidence that at least thirty percent (30%) of the professional employees in the appropriate unit are members of the professional employees' organization filing the petition; or
(2) the petition is filed by one or more professional employees, asks the secretary to determine the question of whether recognition of a professional employees' organization should be withdrawn, and is not supported by credible evidence that at least thirty percent (30%) of the professional employees in the appropriate unit support the request; or
(3) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully recognized a professional employees' organization other than the petitioner as the exclusive representative of any professional employees included in the unit described in the petition; or
(4) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully denied or withdrawn the recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative of the professional employees included in the unit described in the petition; or
(5) the secretary, within the previous twelve (12) months, has conducted and certified the result of a secret ballot election under the provisions of this act, or the act of which this section is amendatory.
History: L. 1970, ch. 284, § 6; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 220, § 5; July 1.
Source or Prior Law:
72-5418.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Teachers and the School Board—Negotiations in Kansas," Janet Chubb and David Gray, 15 W.L.J. 457, 460 (1976).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Local board has duty to negotiate with recognized representative until controversy determined. Liberal-NEA v. Board of Education, 211 Kan. 219, 220, 225, 227, 229, 231, 505 P.2d 651.
2. Mentioned in action involving collective negotiations of teachers' association with school board. National Education Association v. Board of Education, 212 Kan. 741, 747, 512 P.2d 426.
3. Applied; school board precluded from rescinding its decision until individual teachers had reasonable time to accept or reject. Burrton Education Ass'n v. U.S.D. No. 369, 4 Kan. App.2d 141, 143, 604 P.2d 57.
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