Special Education Parent Survey
Recently, Kansas parents of students with disabilities who have IEPs received a notification letter asking them to complete an online Parent Survey. The survey responses are used to help guide efforts to improve services and results for children and families receiving special education services.
If you are a parent who received the notification, and haven’t gone online to complete the survey, please do so prior to June 1st. If you have questions, please contact KSDE at 800-203-9462 or 785-296-5608. Thank you for sharing in this important process.
College and Career Planning Requirements
Don’t take a summer vacation from investing for your student’s future. Learning Quest is the state’s 529 education savings program with tax advantages to help you be prepared for college, community college, technical college, and new in 2018 certain K-12 expenses.
- No minimum to open and account and you can contributed automatically through payroll deduction or ACH for as little as $25 per month.
- Contrib
utions are with “post tax” dollars. - You can deduct the amount of your contributions on your Kansas income tax return up to $3,000 for single filers and $6,000 for joint filers per beneficiary.
- Earning
s grow tax free and can be withdrawn tax free for qualified expenses. - The state will match your contributions up to $600 each year that you are eligible through K.I.D.S. Matching Grant Program if your 2018 federal adjusted gross income was less than 200% of the federal poverty level based (currently $51,500 for a family of four plus or minus $8,840 for each family member.) Check https://www.
learningquest.com/home/learn/ kids-matching-grant.html to see if you qualify. - 40% of KS households with a dependent are eligible for the K.I.D.S. Matching Grant.
- You can visit www.learningquest.com to learn more, call a Learning Quest specialist at 1800-579-2203 or contact me at 785-296-3171.
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Dear Parents/Guardians:
The Kansas State Board of Education launched a new vision for education – Kansas leads the world in the success of each student. This vision focuses on identifying and addressing the unique needs of each student. A key piece of this vision is helping students to explore and identify their passions while graduating them with the skills needed to be successful in the workforce and in life.
To better address the needs of current and future students, the Kansas State Department of Education is surveying parents and guardians of children 18 years of age or younger about their current perceptions about various post-high school opportunities. In other words, how do you as a parent or guardian define success for your child?
Please take five minutes to complete the following survey, answering questions in respect to your oldest child who is today 18 years old or younger.
Thank you in advance for your participation in this short survey and for all you do to help our state prepare the next generation of Kansas children for tomorrow’s workforce.
Click the link to begin the survey now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Sincerely,
Dr. Randy Watson
Kansas Commissioner of Education
