KIAS: Authenticated Application

The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) uses the Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) as a centralized, results-driven platform to support continuous improvement and accountability across school districts.

Through this system, KSDE and local education agencies collect, review, and verify program data while monitoring compliance with federal and state requirements in the following eight 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 is designed not only to ensure that legal obligations are met, but also to guide districts in identifying areas for improvement, providing targeted technical assistance, and strengthening outcomes for students. By integrating data collection, reporting, monitoring, and corrective action processes into one system, KIAS helps create a consistent cycle of evaluation and improvement that supports both compliance and student success statewide.

Login

KSDE Web Applications
Login portal to the KIAS. 

• Quick Start Guides for administration and individual modules can be access in the KIAS application in the help tab.
• KIAS Registering and Making Account Changes (PDF)
  Instructions for LEA administrators to use KIAS, grant access, and assign security levels to KIAS modules. 
• Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) Investigative Questions for State Performance Plan Compliance Indicators (PDF).
  Provides questions a local team may consider to identify and analyze factors contributing to noncompliance. 

Modules: Alternate Assessment

ESEA Consolidated Review
ESEA Consolidated Self-Assessment (PDF)
This document will explain how LEA users can use the Kansas Integrated Accountability System (KIAS) to complete the Federal Fiscal File Review and the ESEA Consolidated Review. 

For more information, visit the ESEA Consolidated Review page.

Federal Fiscal File Review
Fiscal File Review Self-Assessment (PDF)
This document assists LEAs in reviewing their fiscal file by asking questions relating to policies, procedures, funds, and systems.

Fiscal File Review Monitoring and Assistance Protocol (PDF)
This supplement provides possible examples of documentation that LEAs may use to demonstrate compliance with key questions within the Fiscal File Review. Because every LEA is unique, this guidance is not intended to list all possible types of that an LEA may use. KSDE reserves the right to make a final determination of whether a particular artifact fulfills the evidentiary requirement.

Note – All questions are listed in the Fiscal File Review Self-Assessment. This supplemental guide offers example documentation for key questions. This guide does not list or include examples for every question.

IDEA and Gifted Requirements File Review
IDEA/Gifted File Review Toolkit (TASN link)
The IDEA/Gifted File Review Toolkit contains all the resources related to IDEA and gifted file review

Indicator 11 – Child Find/Initial Evaluation
Percent of children with parental consent to evaluate or, who were evaluated within 60 days (or State established timeline).

Indicator 12 – Early Childhood Transition
Percent of children referred by Part C prior to age 3, who are found eligible for Part B, and who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays.

• Indicator 12: Early Childhood Transition Fact Sheet (PDF)
  This fact sheet outlines the components of Indicator 12: The percentage of children referred by Part C prior to age 3, who are found eligible for Part B, and who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays.
• Indicator 12: Kansas Early Childhood Transition from IDEA Part C to Part B FAQ (PDF)This document highlights the responsibilities outlined by IDEA for Part C and Part B regarding Indicator 12: Transitions.
• Indicator 12: Kansas Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)This is a frequently asked questions sheet for support for Part C (Infant Toddler Service) and Part B (local school districts) as they navigate working together to ensure children referred from Part C (Infant Toddler Service) are offered an evaluation, determine eligibility  and support with an IEP in place (if eligible) by the 3rd birthday.
• Indicator 12: Part C to Part B Early Childhood Transition Timeline for SPP/APR Indicators C-8A, 8B, 8C, B-11 and B-12Z (external PDF)An info graph that shows the timelines and responsibilities of Part C and Part B for a seamless and smooth transition for children referred to Part B to be offered an evaluation, eligibility and IEP (if eligible).
• Indicator 12: Late Referrals to IDEA Part C (external PDF)
  This document illustrates Part C and Part B programs’ requirements, roles and responsibilities within each date range, as detailed in:
• IDEA 2004 Statute (P.L. 108-446)
• IDEA Part B Federal Regulations: 34 CFR §300
• IDEA Part C Federal Regulations: 34 CFR §303
• 2023 Early Childhood Transition Questions and Answers from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP

Part C to Part B LEA/SEA Electronic Referral (CBER) System
CBER Login
CBER Instructions: CBER Part B User's Guide (PDF)

KSDE/TASN Summer Leadership Conference Presentations
2025 Indicator 12: EC Transition (PDF)

Keep the Flow: 12 Steps to Smooth Transitions from Part C to Part B

Indicator 13 – Secondary Transitions
Percent of IEPs that contain an appropriate measurable postsecondary goal.

For more information, visit the Secondary Transition Resources page.