Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided April 22, 1997Published
1Opinion of the Court
John S. Robb, Legal Counsel Somers, Robb and Robb 110 E. Broadway, Box 544 Newton, Kansas 67114-0544
Dear Mr. Robb:
As legal counsel for Unified School District No. 373, you request our opinion regarding the authority of a unified school district to suspend or expel a pupil from attendance at school. Specifically, you ask the following:
1. Whether K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 72-1113 establishes the exclusive procedure for handling truancies;
2. Whether a unified school district may adopt rules regarding attendance, and suspend or expel a pupil who violates such rules;
3. Whether instances in which a pupil…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jerald Gere, a Minor by His Father and Next Friend, Paul Gere v. Emory R. Stanley, as Superintendent of Blue Ridge School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- State v. GetzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992
- Knight v. Board of Education of Tri-Point Community Unit School District No. 6JAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Gere Ex Rel. Gere v. StanleyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- Nutt v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929
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