Legal Opinion

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided February 8, 2007Published

1Opinion of the Court

Kerry M. Gasper, Counsel

Unified School District No. 505

3245 SW Arrowhead Road

Topeka, Kansas 66614

Dear Mr. Gasper:

As legal counsel for Unified School District No. 505, Labette County (Chetopa-St. Paul), you request our opinion regarding the manner in which member districts for a local board of education are established. Specifically, you ask whether there is "a constitutional basis for K.S.A. 72-8001 et seq. supporting both the authority of a board of education and the rights of the school district's voters to select the school district's method of election" and whether because of a potential…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Stark v. Mercantile Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 2000
  4. State Ex Rel. Topeka Police Department v. $895.00 U.S. CurrencySupreme Court of Kansas · 2006
  5. In re StephanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992

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