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Special education in Kansas

What Kansas calls special education, how long each step takes, who to call, free help, paying for services, and how the state scores.

Special education in Kansas

Special education is called
Special Education
The IEP meeting
IEP team meeting
Eligibility team
Evaluation team
Evaluation timeline
60 school days. 60 school days from consent through eligibility and start of services (K.A.R. 91-40-8)
IEP timeline
Within the 60 school days
Transition planning starts
14 (being checked)
Rights transfer to the student at
18
Developmental delay category
3 to 9 (child count)
Dyslexia law
partial: KSBE/KSDE dyslexia screening protocol required by state board (not statute)
State categories
Gifted is served under the state special education law

Find your district and schools

337 districts and charter districts. 9 special education schools and 7 public charter schools.

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The state office and your options when you disagree

State special education office
Procedural safeguards (your rights notice)
Mediation
State complaint
Due process

Free help for families

Parent centers

Disability rights agency

Advocacy groups in Kansas

Paying for it

Medicaid for children
KanCare
CHIP
KanCare (CHIP is part of KanCare)
Apply
Medicaid for children with disabilities, whatever the family's income
yes (KFF 2026: state plan option or comparable waiver); program not named in sources checked
Schools bill Medicaid for health services
no
Autism insurance law
yes. state employee plans; to age 19; $36,000 (to age 7), $27,000 (7 to 19) per year
Scholarship or ESA for students with disabilities
general-limited: Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship

How school, Medicaid and insurance fit together

How Kansas scores

First edition. These grades are new (November 2026) and the weights may still change. Texas graduation data is being confirmed with the state.

State of Schools

C+

Rank 17 of 51

State of Support

D+

Rank 36 of 51

Combined

C

Rank 33 of 51

PillarGrade
Following the lawA-
Learning togetherC
ResultsC
School fundingB-
Family protectionsD
Options and transitionD+

IDEA determination 2026: Meets. How we grade.

Sources for this page are listed in the SPED Atlas research tables (state terms, state help, paying for it). Items marked "being checked" are waiting on a primary source.

Last reviewed: November 2026. Rules, programs and phone numbers change. Check with the office named on this page. Report outdated or wrong information.