A petition may be filed by a professional employees' organization, board of education, or professional employees requesting the secretary to investigate and rule on the question(s) raised by a petition. (a) The secretary shall investigate all the questions but may postpone a representation election if a unit determination question is in issue.

1. (b) A petition calling for a certification or decertification election shall be dismissed by the secretary if there is an existing memorandum of agreement, and the expiration date of the agreement is more than twelve (12) months subsequent to the date upon which the petition was filed with the secretary.
2. (c) Elections called pursuant to sufficient petitions filed after December 1 in any calendar year will be conducted as expeditiously as possible subsequent to July 1 of the next ensuing calendar year.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 72-5432; implementing K.S.A. 72-5417, 72-5418, 72-5419; effective, E-81-38, Dec. 10, 1980; effective May 1, 1981.)