The board of regents of such municipal university is authorized to cooperate with any board of education and with all agencies of the city, state or federal government for the furtherance of education. The governing body of any municipal or taxing subdivision of the state may set apart or appropriate as a site for the buildings and grounds of such municipal university or any of its departments any public grounds not specifically appropriated or dedicated to any other use and any board of education of any such municipal* may, for a like purpose, set apart, convey or lease for a term of years, to and for the use of said municipal university any grounds or buildings owned or controlled by such board.
K.S.A. 13-13a17