Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 76-712 (2026)

Operation and management under control and supervision of state board of regents; closure, combination or merger subject to legislative authorization

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76-712. Operation and management under control and supervision of state board of regents; closure, combination or merger subject to legislative authorization. Except as otherwise provided by act of the legislature, the state educational institutions are separate state agencies and state institutions and shall be controlled by and operated and managed under the supervision of the board of regents. For such control, operation, management or supervision, the board of regents may make contracts and adopt orders, policies or rules and regulations and do or perform such other acts as are authorized by law or are appropriate for such purposes, except that no state educational institution, or campus thereof, shall be closed, combined or merged with any other state educational institution, for administrative or management or other purposes, except as specifically authorized by appropriations or other act of the legislature.

History: L. 1970, ch. 371, § 2; L. 1977, ch. 237, § 25; L. 1985, ch. 302, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 272, § 22; May 2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1975–2015 · leading case: Brown v. Wichita State Univ., 540 P.2d 66 (Kan. 1975).
Brown v. Wichita State Univ., 540 P.2d 66 (Kan. 1975). · cites it 4× “(K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 76-712, hereafter cited and referred to as K.”
Mehus v. Emporia State Univ., 295 F. Supp. 2d 1258 (D. Kan. 2004). · cites it 4× “§ 76-714 provides that [t]he chief executive officer[] of [ESU] shall have the title of president.”
Kansas Bd. of Regents v. Pittsburg State Univ. Chapter, 667 P.2d 306 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 2× “In fulfillment of this mandate, K.S.A. 76-712 provides: "The state educational institutions are state agencies and state institutions and shall be controlled by, and operated and managed under the supervision of the board of regents.”
Connelly v. Kansas High. Patrol, 26 P.3d 1246 (Kan. 2001). “76-711(a); K.S.A. 76-712. A state agency is not a ‘person under § 1983.”
Fox v. Wichita State Univ., 489 F. Supp. 2d 1216 (D. Kan. 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 76-711(a); K.S.A. § 76-712); see also Taker v. Wichita State University, No.”
Gaskill v. Fort Hays State Univ., 70 P.3d 693 (Kan. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 76-712 provides: “Except as otherwise provided by act of the legislature, the state educational institutions are separate state agencies and state institutions and shall be controlled by and operated and managed under the supervision of the board of regents.”
Goldbarth v. Kansas State Bd. of Regents, 9 P.3d 1251 (Kan. 2000). “76-711(a); K.S.A. 76-712. A state agency is not a “person” under § 1983.”
Barger v. State of Kan., 620 F. Supp. 1432 (D. Kan. 1985). “76-711(a)], which is a state agency operated and managed under the Kansas Board of Regents [see K.S.A. 76-712]. 2 . Section 1985(3) provides in pertinent part: If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire .”
State, Dep't of Admin. v. Pub. Employees Relations Bd., 894 P.2d 777 (Kan. 1995). “; K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 76-712.) The agreement was forwarded to the Secretary of the KDA, who rejected it.”
In re the K.S.U. SE Agric. Rsch. Ctr., 157 P.3d 1 (Kan. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to K.S.A. 76-712, and amendments thereto, ‘the state educational institutions are separate state agencies and state institutions .”
Molina v. Christensen, 44 P.3d 1274 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001). “76-711 and K.S.A. 76-712. As a result, the KTCA is applicable to WSU and its employees *474 as a governmental entity.”
Little v. State, 121 P.3d 990 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “Instead, he *562 claims WEA is so closely related to Washburn University that K.S.A. 73-201 should apply. Washburn University is not a party to this action.”
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