KS · constitutions
Kan. Const. art. 6, § 3
Members of state board of education and state board of regents
(a) There shall be ten members of the state board of education with overlapping terms as the legislature may prescribe. The legislature shall make provision for ten member districts, each comprised of four contiguous senatorial districts. The electors of each member district shall elect one person residing in the district as a member of the board. The legislature shall prescribe the manner in which vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled.
(b) The state board of regents shall have nine members with overlapping terms as the legislature may prescribe. Members shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. One member shall be appointed from each congressional district with the remaining members appointed at large, however, no two members shall reside in the same county at the time of their appointment. Vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor as provided by law.
(c) Subsequent redistricting shall not disqualify any member of either board from service for the remainder of his term. Any member of either board may be removed from office for cause as may be provided by law.
History
Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 58; original subject matter stricken and new subject substituted, L. 1966, ch. 10 (Special Session); November 8, 1966.
Provenance
- Source
- www.ksrevisor.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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