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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 Association for Career and Technical Education (K-ACTE) and other state CTE associations were recently honored during the leadership breakfast of the national Association for Career and Technical Education’s CareerTech Vision 2025 conference in early December.
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.
Public comment on the draft revised educator preparation standards for Business Education 6-12 closes Dec. 17.
By Lisa Williams, KSDE early childhood team
The Kansas State Department of Education is proud to celebrate 11 additional outstanding Kansas Parents as Teachers (PAT) programs that have achieved the prestigious Blue Ribbon Endorsement from the Parents as Teachers National Center (PATNC). A total of 42 Kansas PAT programs have now achieved Blue Ribbon status.
Draft revised educator preparation standards for Business Education 6-12 are now available for public comment until Dec. 17.
The remaining 2025-26 virtual monthly updates for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Perkins coordinators will be on Teams. These updates will continue to provide the latest CTE and Perkins news, deadline reminders and the opportunity to share information and ideas.
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