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K.S.A. 72-3438
The Kansas Special Education Process Handbook, which the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) publishes chapter by chapter, reprints K.S.A. 72-3438 once, in Chapter 10: Mediation. What follows is the 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.
As the handbook reprints it
Printed in: Chapter 10: Mediation
Heading, as printed: "K.S.A. 72-3438. Dispute resolution through mediation; procedures; list of mediators; costs; time and location; agreements; confidentiality."
"(a) The state board shall establish and implement procedures to allow agencies and parents to resolve disputes through a mediation process which, at a minimum, shall be available whenever a due process hearing is requested under this act."
"(b) The procedures adopted shall ensure that the mediation process is:"
"(1) Voluntary on the part of the parties;"
"(2) Not used to deny or delay a parent's right to a due process hearing, or to deny any other rights afforded under this act; and"
"(3) Conducted by a qualified and impartial mediator who is trained in effective mediation techniques."
"(c) The state board shall maintain a list of individuals who are qualified mediators and knowledgeable in laws and regulations relating to the provision of special education and related services and shall establish procedures for the appointment of a mediator to help resolve disputes between the parties."
"(d) The state board shall bear the cost of the mediation process described in subsection (c)."
"(e) Each session in the mediation process shall be scheduled in a timely manner and shall be held in a location that is convenient to the parties to the dispute."
"(f) An agreement reached by the parties to the dispute in the mediation process shall be set forth in a written mediation agreement."
"(g) Discussions that occur during the mediation process shall be confidential and may not be used as evidence in any subsequent due process hearings or civil proceedings and the parties to the mediation process may be required to sign a confidentiality pledge prior to the commencement of such process"
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Source
Kansas Special Education Process Handbook, Chapter 10: Mediation (PDF), ksde.gov; page footers read 6/12/26; retrieved Aug 29, 2026.
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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.