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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-2548

  • Professional development: means any planned learning opportunities provided to certificated personnel employed by a school district or other authorized educational agency for purposes of improving the performance of such personnel in already held or assigned positions;

    (b) "certificated personnel" means all employees of a school district or an authorized educational agency required to be certificated by the state board of education;

    (c) "school district" means any public school district organized under the laws of this state;

    (d) "authorized educational agencies" means area professional development centers, state education agencies, institutions of postsecondary education which are authorized under the laws of this state to award academic degrees, and other organizations which serve school districts;

    (e) "area professional development center" means any regional organization providing professional development to school districts;

    (f) "state board" means the state board of education;

    (g) "department" means the state department of education;

    (h) "board" means the board of education of any school district; and

    (i) "school year" means the twelve-month period ending June 30. See Kansas Statutes 72-2545

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) In each school year, each board which has established and is maintaining a professional development program in compliance with the requirements of this act and which desires to secure state aid for part of the cost of maintaining the program shall certify and file an application with the state board for approval of the program.

(b) Each board which is maintaining an approved professional development program and which desires to secure state aid in any school year for part of the cost of exploring and implementing innovative and experimental procedures, activities and services to be provided in the program for enhancement thereof shall certify and file an application with the state board for approval of such procedures, activities and services.

(c) Applications shall be in a form prescribed and furnished by the department, shall contain such information as the state board may require and shall be filed annually at a time to be determined and specified by the state board. Approval by the state board of the program, any innovative and experimental procedures, activities or services provided therein, and the application shall be prerequisite to payment of state aid to any board.