Dear Telerik Support.  I found another bug related to this one below.

https://feedback.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/1688270-uncaught-typeerror-cannot-read-properties-of-null-reading-classname?_gl=1*iuxa0l*_gcl_au*NjcwNTkzNi4xNzQ3Njc4MzQz*_ga*OTAxNzk1OTc4LjE3Mzk4MjI5NzY.*_ga_9JSNBCSF54*czE3NDgwOTkxODEkbzIxJGcxJHQxNzQ4MDk5NTIzJGo1NCRsMCRoMCRkRlJROUp0Q0RDUUZTUlZUeFlLLU9ja3RBc2UwczF3ZU55Zw..

This line of code also causes the same issue.

$find("txtYear").clear();

See attached Console debug output.

It is my opinion that a hot fix needs to be done asap!  The work around that Derek posted on May 23rd falls short of the bigger issue.  This is a serious matter and needs to be addressed immediately.