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K.S.A. 72-3404
The Kansas Special Education Process Handbook, which the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) publishes chapter by chapter, reprints K.S.A. 72-3404 4 times, in Chapter 1: Parent Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards) and Chapter 3: Initial Evaluation and Eligibility. What follows is each reprint, quoted verbatim from the captured chapters (tools/packets/kansas-packet.txt), including the PDF text layer's line-wrap artifacts, which are reproduced rather than corrected. Where a reprint crosses a page, the quotation is split at the page break rather than bridged across the running head. The handbook reprints the parts of a section a chapter needs, so a reprint may be an excerpt: this is the handbook's text, not the section as the state publishes it, which is not captured here. All dates on this page are quoted from the source, not a deadline calculation performed for you.
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Printed in: Chapter 1: Parent Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards)
Heading, as printed: "K.S.A. 72-3404. Definitions."
"(m) ‘‘Parent’’ means: (1) A natural parent; (2) an adoptive parent; (3) a person acting as parent; (4) a legal guardian; (5) an education advocate; or"
"(6) a foster parent, if the foster parent has been appointed the education advocate of an exceptional child."
"(n) ‘‘Person acting as parent’’ means a person such as a grandparent, stepparent or other relative with whom a child lives or a person other than a parent who is legally responsible for the welfare of a child."
"(o) ‘‘Education advocate’’ means a person appointed by the state board in accordance with the provisions of section 13, and amendments thereto. A person appointed as an education advocate for a child shall not be: (1) An employee of the agency which is required by law to provide special education or related services for the child; (2) an employee of the state board, the department, or any agency which is directly involved in providing educational services for the child; or (3) any person having a professional or personal interest which would conflict with the interests of the child."
Printed in: Chapter 1: Parent Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards)
Heading, as printed: "K.S.A. 72-3404. Definitions."
"(aa) "Substantial change in placement" means the movement of an exceptional child, for more than 25% of the child's school day, from a less restrictive environment to a more restrictive environment or from a more restrictive environment to a less restrictive environment."
"(bb) "Material change in services" means an increase or decrease of 25% or more of the duration or frequency of a special education service, a related service or a supplementary aid or a service specified on the IEP of an exceptional child."
Printed in: Chapter 1: Parent Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards)
Heading, as printed: "K.S.A. 72-3404"
"(o) ‘‘Education advocate’’ means a person appointed by the state board in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 38-2218, and amendments thereto. A person appointed as an education advocate for a child shall not be:"
"(1) An employee of the agency which is required by law to provide special education or related services for the child;"
"(2) an employee of the state board, the department, or any agency which is directly involved in providing educational services for the child; or"
"(3) any person having a professional or personal interest which would conflict with the interests of the child."
Printed in: Chapter 3: Initial Evaluation and Eligibility
Heading, as printed: "K.S.A. 72-3404. Definitions."
"(u) ‘‘Individualized education program team’’ or ‘‘IEP team’’ means a group of individuals composed of:"
"(1) The parents of a child;"
"(2) at least one regular education teacher of the child, if the child is, or may be, participating in the regular education environment;"
"(3) at least one special education teacher or, where appropriate, at least one special education provider of the child;"
"(4) a representative of the agency directly involved in providing educational services for the child who:"
"(A) Is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of exceptional children;"
"(B) is knowledgeable about the general curriculum; and"
"(C) is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the agency;"
"(5) an individual who can interpret the instructional implications of evaluation results;"
"(6) at the discretion of the parent or the agency, other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child, including related services personnel as appropriate; and"
"(7) whenever appropriate, the child."
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Source
Kansas Special Education Process Handbook, Chapter 1: Parent Rights in Special Education (Procedural Safeguards) (PDF), ksde.gov; page footers read 6/12/26; retrieved Aug 29, 2026.
Kansas Special Education Process Handbook, Chapter 3: Initial Evaluation and Eligibility (PDF), ksde.gov; page footers read 6/12/26; retrieved Aug 29, 2026.
Change log
Sep 30, 2026 · Record created. Built by tools/render-citations.py from tools/packets/kansas-packet.txt (capture of Aug 29, 2026): one record per K.S.A. or K.A.R. section the handbook's chapters reprint under a heading line of their own, carrying every reprint of that section across the captured chapters, in document order. Source 3 of that packet, a 2018 mirror of the whole handbook, is not used: it carries wording KSDE has since rewritten. Text is quoted, not summarized. Reviewer: Carrie Schluter, reviewed 2026-10-01. Corrections on the record in this log: hello@fieldassembly.net.