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By Natalie McClane, KSDE early childhood team
The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) invites school districts to submit plans to provide preschool services to children at risk of entering kindergarten socially, emotionally, or academically unprepared for success.
The following is information pertaining to the ESEA Consolidated Review window opening for a cohort of Kansas school districts, virtual office hours available for staff who are doing their consolidated review and the ESEA program administrators webinar series continuing this spring.
Superintendents and special education directors were notified in early December of the Jan. 9 deadline to complete alternate assessment justifications in the Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) authentication application.
District test coordinators must submit all applications by Jan. 31 - in one combined .pdf - for TTS for Passages and Graphics Application for students to receive Text to Speech accommodations for the passages and graphics on the state assessment.
The Kansas State Department of Education is seeking KSDE-trained program reviewers to review several educator preparation programs this coming spring.
Higher education institutions must have approved programs for all areas for which they wish to make licensing recommendations, so these reviews are vital to maintaining strong educator preparation in Kansas.
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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 gc@ksde.gov or by 785-296-3201.