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

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

KSDE Webinars                                                                                                                 

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

  • Recordings and Materials                                                                                      

• Dynamic Learning Maps Webinars                                  

  • Recordings and Materials                                                                 

• Early Childhood Webinars                                                   

  • Recordings and Materials                                                                

Data Entry and Submission Locations                                                               

Special Education and Title Services (SETS) Listserv          

Special Education Assessment Listserv

KSDE SETS  Resources

Special Education Services Process Handbook                                                 

Technical Assistance System Network (TASN)                                           

• TASN Website                                                                                                                        

Considerations for Specially Designed Instruction

Fact Sheets

Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS)

KIAS Contacts by Topic                                                                                       

KIAS Overview                                                                                                             

KIAS Calendar   

Levels of Determination

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

• Indicator 1: Graduation

• Indicator 2: Drop Out

• Indicator 3: Participation and Proficiency for Students with IEPs

• Indicators 4A & 4B: Suspension/Expulsion

  • Discipline Data Collection

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

• Indicator 6: Preschool Environments

• Indicator 7: Preschool Outcomes

• Indicator 8: Parent Involvement

• Indicator 9: Disproportionate Representation

• Indicator 10: Disproportionate Representation in Specific Disability Category

• Indicator 11: Child Find

• Indicator 12: Early Childhood Transition

• 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 Determination. This report is for special education directors only and a log-in and password are required.

File Reviews

• IDEA and Gifted Requirements File Review

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

Emergency Safety Interventions

• Data Collection

• Resources

Significant Disproportionality

Special Education by the Numbers

Categorical Aid

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

• Catastrophic Aid and Non-public Equivalency Contracts                             

• Transportation

Management Information System (MIS)

• MIS 618 Data - SPEDPro

• MIS Data / Reports

• MIS 618 Data Desk Audit

Fiscal Accountability and Management

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

Part C Indicators (ages 0-3)

School-Based Medicaid

The Kansas Deaf-Blind Fund

Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP)                                                            

General Resources

Acronyms

Disability Awareness:  A Primer on People First Language