Kansas Statutes
§ 72-1131 — Unified school districts; style, designation and powers; delegation of contractual power to superintendent, limitation
Kansas § 72-1131
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Bluebook
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 72-1131 (2026).
Text
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.
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Related
Jackson v. Kan. City Kan. Pub. Sch. Unified Sch. Dist. No. 500
378 F. Supp. 3d 1016 (D. Kansas, 2019)
G. v. Shawnee Mission School District USD 512
(D. Kansas, 2023)
J.L. v. Royal Valley United School District 337
(D. Kansas, 2020)
Moeder v. U.S.D. No. 512
(Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2024)
Stuewe v. U.S.D. 345 Seaman
(D. Kansas, 2022)
Legislative History
L. 1963, ch. 393, § 15; L. 1965, ch. 420, § 12; L. 2001, ch. 158, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 129, § 1; April 27.
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