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Dispute Resolution (Mediation, Formal Complaint, Due Process) Kansas Special Education Process Handbook Notices and Forms (including Parents Rights (Procedural Safeguards)) Statutes and Regulations-Federal and State Resources for Families and Educators
The intended purpose of the guide is to provide special education information in an easy to understand manner. The primary audience of this guide is parents, education advocates, self-advocates, and other legal decision-makers of students with exceptionalities. Parents are to share in the responsibility for developing educational plans for their students. This active role requires parents to have information about the special education process and requirements.
This guide has been written to help parents and other educational decision-makers understand the special education process. Special education is not a place to which one or a group of students int a school goes; it is supportive services that are given to students so that they may progress in and be a part of the general education curriculum. All students are general education students and all students benefit from their parents being involved in their education, not just the special education part of it.
Parent Guide to Special Education (KSDE) (PDF) Parents Rights Document (Notices/Forms) Kansas Special Education Process Handbook
Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC) DRC is an advocate for the civil and legal rights of Kansans with disabilities. DRC also educates policymakers on needed improvements to the law, programs and public policy.
Families Together, Inc. Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and children with disabilities. Each year, Families Together Inc. provides, without fees, direct support to more than 12,000 Kansas families.
Infinitec The Mission of Infinitec is to advance independence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities through technology. The Infinitec staff helps people with disabilities find and get access to information, technology services, training, assistive equipment and specialists by creating partnerships that maximize resources.
Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) KPIRC promotes meaningful parent involvement at all levels of education and provides information and resources to help parents, educators and other organizations promote the educational success of every Kansas child.
Special Olympics Kansas Dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports competitions, health and nutrition programs and leadership development. Offering year-round initiatives to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics Kansas is a platform for acceptance and inclusion as well as one of the largest advocates for healthy lifestyles in the state – regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or cultural differences.
Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN) provides technical assistance to support school districts’ systematic implementation of evidence-based practices.
These are all of the decisions of Kansas special education due process hearing officers from 2010 to the present, including the decisions of state review officers in those cases in which an appeal was filed. Each decision has been redacted to remove the identification of the school district and any personally identifiable information of the student or the student’s parents. The initial file number represents the fiscal year in which the case was filed and the letters immediately following the initial file number represent the kind of hearing held. DP stands for due process hearing and EP stands for expedited due process hearing. Accordingly 10EP-001 signifies a 2010 expedited due process hearing and 11DP-001 signifies a 2011 due process hearing. The case citation of 10EP-001 Appeal Review signifies the decision of the state review officer for case number 10EP-001. All files are PDF.
10EP-001 10EP-001 Appeal Review 11DP-001 11DP-001 Appeal Review 11DP-002 12EP-001 14DP-001 14DP-002 14EP-001 15DP-001 16DP-001 16EP-001 16DP-002 16DP-003 16DP-003 Appeal Review 17DP-001 17DP-001 Appeal Review 17DP-002 17DP-003 17DP-003 Appeal Review 18DP-001 18DP-001 Appeal Review 18DP-002 18DP-002 Appeal Review 19DP-001 19DP-001 Appeal Review 21DP-001 21DP-001 Supplement 21DP-001 Appeal 21DP-002 21DP-002 Appeal 22DP-001 23EP-001
Each decision has been redacted to remove the identification of the school district and any personally identifiable information of the student or the student’s parents. The initial file number represents the fiscal year in which the case was filed and the letters immediately following the initial file number represent the kind of hearing held. Accordingly 16FC01 signifies the first Formal Complaint filed in the year 2016. The case citation of 16FC02 Appeal Review signifies the decision of the state review officer for case number 16FC02. All files are PDF.
Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2013-14 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2014-15 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2015-16 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2016-17 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2017-18 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2018-19 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2019-20 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2020-21 Formal Complaints and Appeals for 2021-22
23FC01 23FC01 Appeal Review 23FC02 23FC03 23FC04 23FC05 23FC06 23FC07 23FC07 Appeal Review 23FC08 23FC09 23FC09 Appeal Review 23FC10 23FC11 23FC12 23FC13 23FC14 23FC15 23FC15 Appeal Review 23FC16 23FC17 23FC18 23FC19 23FC20 23FC21 23FC22 23FC23 23FC24 23FC25 23FC26 23FC26 Appeal Review 23FC27 23FC28 23FC29 23FC29 Appeal Review 23FC30 23FC31 23FC32 23FC33 23FC33 Appeal Review 23FC34 23FC35 23FC36 23FC36 Appeal Review 23FC37 23FC38 23FC39 23FC40 23FC41 23FC42 23FC42 Appeal Review 23FC43 23FC44 23FC45 23FC46 23FC47 23FC47 Appeal Review 23FC48 23FC49 23FC50 23FC51 23FC52 23FC53 23FC54 23FC55 23FC55 Appeal Review 23FC56 23FC57 23FC58 23FC59 23FC60 23FC60 Appeal Review
24FC01 24FC02
Special Education Legal Questions:
Mark Ward mward@ksde.org
Ashley Niedzwiecki aniedzwiecki@ksde.org
Crista Grimwood cgrimwood@ksde.org
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To accommodate people with disabilities, on request, auxiliary aides and services will be provided and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made. To request accommodations or for more information please contact the Office of General Counsel at ogc@ksde.org or by 785-296-3204.