§ 72-1131 — Unified school districts; style, designation and powers; delegation of contractual power to superintendent, limitation

Each unified school district shall be designated by the name and style of "unified school district No. ______ (the number designated by the state board of education), ____________ county (naming the home county of the unified school district), state of Kansas," and by such name may sue and be sued, execute contracts and hold such real and personal property as it may acquire. Every unified school district shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes. The board of education of every unified school district may delegate to the superintendent of schools the power to execute contracts on behalf of the district for the purchase of goods and services if the value of such goods or services is $20,000 or less.

Legislative History

L. 1963, ch. 393, § 15; L. 1965, ch. 420, § 12; L. 2001, ch. 158, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 129, § 1; April 27.