Kansas Statutes 74-32,420. Agreements for transferability of courses and programs; approval; criteria
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-32,420
- Board: means the board of education of any school district or the board of trustees of any community college. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,253
- Board of regents: means the state board of regents provided for in the constitution of this state and described in article 32 of chapter 74 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. See Kansas Statutes 74-3278
- Community college: means any community college organized and operating under the laws of this state. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,241
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State board: means the state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 74-3275
- Technical college: means an educational institution that formerly was an area vocational school or an area vocational-technical school and that has been converted to, established as, and officially designated a technical college under authority of this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-32,407
(a) The board of trustees of every community college and the governing board of every technical college and the institute of technology shall make and enter into agreements providing the transferability of substantially equivalent courses of study and programs which are offered at such educational institutions in order to facilitate the articulation of students to and among such educational institutions.
(b) The following conditions shall apply to the agreements required under subsection (a):
(1) The state board of regents shall be notified of the agreement at the time the agreement is executed; and
(2) the agreement shall be effective only after approval by the state board of regents.
(c) The state board of regents shall prescribe criteria or guidelines for the purpose of determining which courses of study and programs offered in the technical colleges and the institute of technology are: (1) Substantially equivalent to courses of study and programs offered in the community colleges; and (2) transferable to the community colleges.