Kansas Integrated Accountability System

The Kansas Integrated Accountability (KIAS) is Kansas Department of Education's (KSDE) general supervision system and integrated monitoring protocol to improve outcomes for students and ensure compliance with state and federal law. This includes oversight and support of federal Title programs, federal and state special education programs, and certain state programs.

There are eight components that are integrated and connected to form a comprehensive system of supervision in Kansas:

1. Fiscal management
2. Integrated on and off-site monitoring
3. Effective policies and procedures
4. Data on processes and results
5. Improvement, correction, incentives and sanctions
6. Resolution
7. Targeted technical assistance and professional learning
8. Performance reports
   

Resources

• Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) Overview (PDF) June 2024 
  The overview is designed to provide a description of the general supervision system for the Special Education and Title Services (SETS) Team in Kansas, which is known as KIAS.
• KIAS Contacts by Topic (PDF)
  This contact list provides a contact person and their contact information for each indicator and each category listed.
• KIAS Calendar (PDF)
  This calendar indicates data collection dates for LEAs and the dates that the data is due.
• KIAS - An Authenticated Application
  The KSDE authenticated Application page and resources.
• 3-Year Monitoring Cohort List (PDF) - Alternative Placement Monitoring, ESEA Consolidated Review, and Federal Fiscal File Review
  
• Kansas Special Education General Supervision KIAS Monitoring Protocol
  This document addresses indicators 4A, 4B, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, significant disproportionality and file review.
• Special Education Monitoring FAQ
  This frequently asked questions document addresses questions around the changes in how KSDE conducts special education monitoring.
• Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) Investigative Questions for State Performance Plan Compliance Indicators
  This document provides questions a local team may consider to identify and analyze factors contributing to noncompliance for indicators 4B, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and file review.

The KIAS web application is used to collect data and monitor in the following areas:

• Alternate Assessment
• Discipline Data
• Emergency Safety Intervention
• ESEA Consolidated Review
• Federal Fiscal File Review
• IDEA and Gifted Requirements File Review
• Indicator 11 – Child Find/Initial Evaluation
• Indicator 12 – Early Childhood Transition

• Indicator 13 – Secondary Transitions

KIAS includes the following general supervision components that are integrated and connected to form a comprehensive system:

• System Improvement 
• Significant Disproportionality 
• Targeted Technical Assistance 
• Frequency, Location, and Duration 
• Monitoring 
• Performance 
• Fiscal Management 
• Data Requirements and Guidance 
• Resolution