72-5420. Criteria for determining appropriate unit of employees' organization. - Kansas Statutes

72-5420

Chapter 72.--SCHOOLS Article 54.--TEACHERS' CONTRACTS

      72-5420.   Criteria for determining appropriate unit of employees' organization.In each case where the question is in issue, the secretary shall decide,on the basis of the community of interest betweenand among the professional employees of the board of education, the wishesof the professional employees and/or the established practicesamong the professional employees including, among other things, the extentto which such professional employees have joined a professional employees'organization, whether theunit appropriatefor the purposes of professional negotiation shall consist of all personsemployed by the board of education who are engaged in teaching orperforming other duties of an educational nature, or some subdivision thereof,except that a unitincluding classroom teachers shall not be appropriate unless it includesall such teachers employed by the board of education.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 284, § 8; L. 1977, ch. 248, § 6; July 1.