72-8507. Same; investigations; hearings.
72-8507
72-8507. Same; investigations; hearings.(a) The professional practices commission shall have responsibility, power andauthority to investigate problems relating to the matters specified in K.S.A.72-8506, andamendments thereto. Nothing in this section shall beconstrued to preclude thestate board of education from initiating and adopting rules andregulations on matters relating tothe professions of teaching and school administration, irrespective ofany action or lack thereof by the professional practicescommission.
(b) The practices commission shall have, upon request by and at thedirection of the state board of education, the responsibility, powerand authority to conduct hearings relatingto any case arising underthis act, or the act of which this act is amendatory, or rules andregulations adopted by the state board of education.
(c) For the purpose of any investigation which the professionalpractices commission conducts,the commission shallhave power to conduct such investigation, administer oaths,take depositions,and by order of the state board of education, to issue subpoenas tocompel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers,documents and testimony. If any person refuses to obey any subpoenaso issued, or refuses to testify or produce any books, papers, ordocuments, the state board of education, or any member thereof, maypresent a petition to the district court of the judicialdistrict in which any investigation is being conducted, setting forth the facts,and thereupon the court shall, in a proper case, issue its subpoena tosuch person, requiring attendance before the court and thereto testify or to produce such books, papers and documents as may bedeemed necessary and pertinent by the practices commission or any member ofit. Any person failing or refusing to obey the subpoena or order of thedistrict court may be proceeded against for contempt in the same manner asfor refusal to obey any other subpoena or order of the court.Hearings before the practices commission, and any review oforders of the practices commission by the state board, shall be conductedin accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History: L. 1969, ch. 339, § 7; L. 1979, ch. 232, § 8; L. 1984,ch. 271, § 6;L. 1988, ch. 356, § 284; L. 1989, ch. 283, § 18; July 1.