This online resource includes links to frequently used contact information, monthly calendar dates, listserv information, overviews, data links, procedures, and timelines for special education topics such as the Kansas Integrated Accountability System, IDEA compliance and performance indicators, fiscal management and responsibilities, categorical aid and specific Kansas resources.

Dates, Data, and Direction

First 100-Day Check-list for Special Education Administrators July-September

Focus Area Data Form: Where is it? What do you do with it?

Data Entry and Submission Locations    

KSDE SETS Staff, Focus, Contact Information, and KASEA Regions  

Special Education and Title Services (SETS) Listserv          

Special Education Assessment Listserv

Secondary Transition Listserv

KSDE Webinars, Meetings, Conferences                                                                                                           

• Special Education Administrators’ Webinars​​​​​​   

  • Recordings and Materials                                                                                      

• Dynamic Learning Maps Webinars 

  • Recordings and Materials 

  • Schedule and Registration for upcoming DLM Webinars 

• KSDE Secondary Transition Monthly Webinars- Meeting Schedule, Recordings, and Material

• KSDE Special Education Quarterlies- Meeting Schedule, Recordings, and Materials.

• KSDE Title Quarterlies- Meeting Schedule, Recordings, and Materials.

• 2021 KSDE Summer Leadership Conference - Recordings and Materials

Additional Agency Contacts

Kansas Infant-Toddler Services

KSDE Early Childhood   

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services     

Education Advocate- Families Together, Inc 

KSDE Guidance

Special Education Services Process Handbook     (Introduction Video 14:14 minutes)                                              

Considerations for Specially Designed Instruction

Interlocal Agreements Users' Guide

State and Federal Programs Fact Sheets, Special Education Fact Sheets, Early Childhood Fact Sheets

KSDE Web Page Listing/ Tab IDs

Categorical Aid

• Categorical Aid, Special Teacher Reimbursement, and Time & Effort 

• Catastrophic Aid and Non-public Equivalency Contracts 

• Transportation

• State Special Education Categorical Aid Video Recorded June 2021 (17:23 minutes)  - PDF of Slides

Management Information System (MIS)

Overview: 618 data is the Special Education data collected and reported to OSEP as mandated under section 618 of IDEA. SPEDPro is the current KSDE web application used to collect 618 data. SPEDPro’s purpose is to serve as the Management Information System (MIS) for special education student-level data.

• Information on Management Information System (MIS)
• KSDE MIS and Student Data Webpage

Fiscal Accountability and Management

• IDEA VI-B LEA Application, Maintenance of Effort and Excess Cost

School-Based Medicaid

Special Education Reimbursement Guide

The Kansas Deaf-Blind Fund

Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP)                 

Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS)

KIAS Overview   

KIAS Contacts by Topic                                                                                       

KIAS Calendar

State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)

The 2004 Amendments to the IDEA require each State to develop a State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR) that evaluates the State’s efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of the IDEA and describes how the State will improve its implementation. The Kansas State Department of Education is responsible for the Part B SPP/APR and it includes Indicators that measure child and family results and other indicators that measure compliance with the requirements of the IDEA.

The IDEA also requires each State to report annually to the United States Department of Education (USDE) on its performance under the SPP. Specifically, the State must report in its APR, the progress it has made in meeting the measurable and rigorous targets established in its SPP. USDE is required to issue an annual determination to each State on its progress in meeting the requirements of the statute.

• State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR) Overview
• Special Education Facts sheets For Indicators 

• Indicator 1: Graduation 

• Indicator 2: Drop Out

• Indicator 3B & C:  Participation and Proficiency on State Assessments for Students with IEPs

• Indicators 4A & 4B: Suspension/Expulsion

  • Discipline Data Collection

• Indicator 5 Introduction Video (3:15 Minutes)

  • Indicator 5: Education Environments (children 6–21)      

• Indicator 6: Preschool Environments  (Introduction Video 22:42 minutes)

• Indicator 7: Preschool Outcomes     (Introduction Video 18:47 minutes)

• Indicator 8: Parent Involvement

• Indicator 9: Disproportionate Representation

• Indicator 10: Disproportionate Representation in Specific Disability Category

• Indicator 11: Child Find     (Introduction Video 15:21 minutes)

• Indicator 12: Early Childhood Transition

  • Indicator 12 New Administrators Part C to Part B Transition ( Introduction Video 8:32 minutes)

  • Indicator 12 Part C to B Transition (Introduction video 11:01 minutes)

• Indicator 13: Secondary Transition

• Indicator 14: Post School Outcomes

• Indicator 15: Resolution Sessions

• Indicator 16: Mediation

• Indicator 17: State Systemic Improvement Plan

District IDEA State Performance Plan Public Report

The regulations implementing the IDEA requires each state to report annually to the public on the performance of each district located in the State on the targets in the SPP. This is accomplished through the District IDEA State Performance Plan Public Report and is located on Data Central on the KSDE website.

District IDEA State Performance Plan Expanded Report

Each district’s expanded report displays district data in multiple ways to serve as a tool for district improvement planning. Expanded reports also provide information regarding a district’s Level of Determination. This report is only accessible by special education directors and a log-in and password are required.

File Reviews

• IDEA and Gifted Requirements File Review

  • 2021 IDEA and Gifted Requirements File Review Workshop Recording (1hr 38minutes)

• Federal Fiscal File Review (integrates Title and Special Education)

Emergency Safety Interventions

• Information on Emergency Safety Interventions

• Data Collection

• Resources

Significant Disproportionality 

• Information on Significant Disproportionality 
• Introduction Video 15:32 minutes

General Resources

Acronyms

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