Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 76-721 (2026)

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76-721. Authority to contract; contracts with controlled corporations to have certain provisions; contracts subject to K.S.A. 75-3711b. The board of regents, or any state educational institution with the approval of the board of regents, may enter into contracts with any party or parties including any agency of the United States or any state or any subdivision of any state or with any person, partnership or corporation if the purpose of such contract is related to the operation or function of such board or institution. If such contract is with a corporation whose operations are substantially controlled by the board or any state educational institution, such contract shall provide that the books and records of such corporation shall be public records and shall require an annual audit by an independent certified public accountant to be furnished to the board of regents. All contracts of state educational institutions shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3711b, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1970, ch. 371, § 11; L. 1977, ch. 237, § 36; L. 1979, ch. 289, § 4; L. 2003, ch. 114, § 5; L. 2021, ch. 36, § 3; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1975–2015 · leading case: Brown v. Wichita State Univ., 540 P.2d 66 (Kan. 1975).

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Brown v. Wichita State Univ., 540 P.2d 66 (Kan. 1975). · cites it 7× “Wichita State contends it did not have the approval of the Board of Regents as required by K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 76-721, hereafter cited and referred to as K.”

Kansas State Univ. v. Prince, 673 F. Supp. 2d 1287 (D. Kan. 2009). · cites it 5× “If such contract is with a corporation whose operations are substantially controlled by the board or any state educational institution, such contract shall provide that the books and records of such corporation shall be public records and shall require an annual audit .”

Moore v. Univ. of Kansas, 124 F. Supp. 3d 1159 (D. Kan. 2015). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 76-721. As noted in Prince, this statute reveals the Kansas legislature “contemplated that a State University could ‘substantially control’ a corporation whose purpose is related to the university’s function.”

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