KSDE Weekly

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026
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The KSDE Special Education and Title Services (SETS) team is offering a new collaborative office hour opportunity for educational staff serving highly mobile students in Kansas.   

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026
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The University of Kansas, in partnership with Wayne State University and Arizona University, has received funding to recruit four PhD students in special education starting in August. 

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026
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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. 

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026
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The following information pertains 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. 

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Posted: Jan 15, 2026
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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. 

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