Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3426

  • Board: means the board of education of any school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
  • Children with disabilities: means children who:

    (1) Have an intellectual disability, hearing loss including deafness, speech or language disorders, visual impairments including blindness, emotional disability, orthopedic impairments, autism, dyslexia, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities and who, by reason thereof, need special education and related services; and

    (2) are experiencing one or more developmental delays and, by reason thereof, need special education and related services if such children are ages three through nine. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404

  • Department: means the state department of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State board: means the state board of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404

The state board shall:

(1) Establish goals for the performance of children with disabilities in the state that: (A) Will promote the purposes of this act; (B) are consistent, to the maximum extent appropriate, with other goals and standards for children established by the state board; (C) are the same as the goals included in the state’s definition of adequate yearly progress under the federal no child left behind act of 2004, including the state’s objectives for progress by children with disabilities; and (D) address graduation rates, dropout rates, and other factors as determined by the state board;

(2) establish performance indicators the state will use to assess progress toward achieving the goals designated in paragraph (1), including the measurable annual objectives for progress by children with disabilities; and

(3) annually report to the secretary of the U.S. department of education, and to the public, the progress of the state, and of children with disabilities in the state, toward meeting the goals established under this section.