{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1414","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 71-1414","heading":"Candidacy for election to board of trustees; petition or declaration of intent; filing fee; deadline.","body":"(a) (1) In college districts where a district method of election is in effect, a person may become a candidate for election to trustee of a community college by any one of the following methods:\n(A) Any person who is an elector of any member district may petition to be a candidate for member from the member district in which such person resides. Any such person shall file with the election officer a petition for such person's candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in such person's member district.\n(B) Any person who is an elector of any member district may become a candidate for member from the member district in which such person resides by filing with the election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $20.\n(C) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, any person who is an elector of the college district may petition to be a candidate for the at-large member position. Any such person shall file with the county election officer a petition for such candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in such college district.\n(D) If a community college adopts and implements a seven member board of trustees plan, any person who is an elector of the college district may become a candidate for the at-large member position by filing with the county election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $20.\n(2) Every petition or declaration of intent filed under this subsection must specify the member position for which the person is a candidate.\n(b) In college districts where the election-at-large method of election is in effect, a person may become a candidate for election to trustee of a community college by either one of the following methods:\n(1) Any person who is an elector of the college district may petition to be a candidate for trustee. Any such person shall file with the election officer a petition for such person's candidacy signed by not less than 50 electors residing in the college district.\n(2) Any person who is an elector of the college district may become a candidate for trustee by filing with the election officer a declaration of intent to be such a candidate, and payment therewith of a filing fee in the amount of $20.\n(c) Every petition or declaration of intent filed under this section must be filed on or before 12 noon on June 1 of each odd-numbered year as provided in K.S.A. 25-21a03, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto.","path":["Chapter 71.—SCHOOLS—COMMUNITY COLLEGES","Article 14.—COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch71/071_014_0014.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:26:56Z","sha256":"a0b7d73c71b6a6523dd853faad444e21e442f6939a559fe781237f397d3285e6","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1413","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-71-1415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}