{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1403","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 71-1403","heading":"Board of trustees; composition; methods of election; membership prohibited for college employees.","body":"(a) The governing body of a community college is and shall be a board of trustees.\n(b) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the board of trustees of a community college shall be composed of six members.\n(2) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, the board of trustees of the community college shall be composed of seven members.\n(3) If a community college adopts and implements an additional member board of trustees plan pursuant to K.S.A. 71-1422, and amendments thereto, the board of trustees of the community college may be composed of seven or eight members.\n(c) The members of a board of trustees may be elected:\n(1) By any one of the four methods provided for in this act which are: (A) Election-at-large method; (B) six-district method; (C) three-district method; or (D) two-district method; or\n(2) in accordance with paragraph (1) and the provisions of K.S.A. 71-1422, and amendments thereto.\n(d) No member of the board of trustees of a community college shall be an employee of the community college.","path":["Chapter 71.—SCHOOLS—COMMUNITY COLLEGES","Article 14.—COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch71/071_014_0003.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:26:56Z","sha256":"be8669331986572097f7c06d9008cbc50fbc79a18d7b14819cb5e6cd75df6c7a","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1402","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1403a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}