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The Star Recognition Program celebrates Kansas school districts and systems for their outstanding achievements in key areas that reflect success across the state’s education system.
The program highlights excellence in eight areas, using both quantitative and qualitative measures to showcase districts’ or systems’ accomplishments and areas of strength. Districts and systems can receive gold, silver, bronze or copper stars in the following quantitative measures based on data submitted to the Kansas State Department of Education:
District recognition in the following areas will be automatically calculated by the Kansas State Department of Education based on collected district data.
Districts must apply to be recognized in the following areas:
No application necessary.
The deadline to submit applications for 2026 will be announced at a later date.
kcanstars@ksde.org
(785) 296-3201
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