Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 25-2022 (2026)

Vacancies on boards of education filled by appointment; publication of notice; term of appointee

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25-2022. Vacancies on boards of education filled by appointment; publication of notice; term of appointee. Any board shall have power to fill by appointment any vacancy which occurs thereon, and such appointee shall serve for the unexpired term. When a vacancy occurs, the board shall publish a notice one time in a newspaper having general circulation in the school district stating that the vacancy has occurred and that it will be filled by appointment by the board not sooner than 15 days after such publication. If such vacancy occurs before May 1 of the second year of the term leaving an unexpired term of more than two years such appointee shall serve until the second Monday in January after the following general school election as provided in K.S.A. 25-2023, and amendments thereto.

In the latter event, the unexpired term of two years commencing on the second Monday in January after the following general school election shall be filled at such election and the ballots or ballot labels and returns of election with respect to such office shall be designated as follows: "To fill the unexpired term."

History: L. 1968, ch. 59, § 30; L. 1971, ch. 131, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 163, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 88, § 47; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1980–1989 · leading case: Unified Sch. Dist. 407 v. Fisk, 660 P.2d 533 (Kan. 1983).

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Unified Sch. Dist. 407 v. Fisk, 660 P.2d 533 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 12× “When the membership of such board of education has been restored to four, such four members shall, within six (6) months, appoint members to fill the remaining vacancies in the manner provided in K.S.A. 25-2022. Members appointed under *827 the authority of this section shall be…”

In re the Election of Massey to Position No. 3, 605 P.2d 147 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “25-702(a) do not apply to the facts of this contested election; that the certificate of election issued to the contestee should be invalidated and revoked; that the election insofar as the office in question is concerned was void; [and] that the board of education should be…”

State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Bd. of Sedgwick Cnty. Comm'rs, 770 P.2d 455 (Kan. 1989). “The appellants argued that, where three vacancies exist on a seven-member school board, the four remaining board members should not be required to express a unanimous decision in selecting new members to fill the vacancies.”

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