{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-2223","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 72-2223","heading":"Same; election; summary dismissal of petition, when.","body":"(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.\n(b) The secretary shall dismiss, without determining the questions raised therein, any petition filed under K.S.A. 72-2222, if:\n(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\n(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asks the secretary to determine the question of whether recognition of a professional employees' organization should be withdrawn, and is not supported by credible evidence that at least thirty percent (30%) of the professional employees in the appropriate unit support the request;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\n(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in the petition; or\n(4) the board of education, within the previous twelve (12) months, has lawfully denied or withdrawn the recognition of a professional employees' organization as the exclusive representative of the professional employees included in the unit described in the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\n(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.","path":["Chapter 72.—SCHOOLS","Article 22.—SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch72/072_022_0023.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:27:41Z","sha256":"dc406f184b975f4e91431017a233212fc73450aa942d110552d5997dfb7acf76","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-2222","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-72-2224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}