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Kansas Laws and Regulations
Immunization
K.S.A. 72-5209
Provides students who are enrolling for the first time in a
Kansas public school with 90 days to present proof of required
inocultions. The parent or person acting as parent must sign a
written statement that such tests or inoculations are in the process
of being received and will be completed within 90 days. County health
departments must provide appropriate inoculations to children who
families are unable to afford them.
Pupil
Identification
K.S.A. 72-53,106
Requires schools to give written notice to local law enforcement
agencies to initiate an investigation to determine the identity of
the child, if proof of identity is not presented to the school within
30 days.
Student
Records
K.A.R. 91-31-6
Requires student academic records follow the student on request,
unless the student has failed to return or pay for school property
(K.S.A. 72-5386). If a student’s parents or persons acting as
parents provide an affidavit that they are unable to return or to pay
for school property tht is lost or destroyed, the school district
must forward the student’s records as requested and note in the
school records that the student has complied with the provisions
of K.S.A. 72-5386.
Residency
Requirements
K.S.A. 72-1046
Assigns residency to homeless children and youth.
Interim
IEP
K.A.R. 91-12-41
Specifies that an interim individualized educational program
(IEP) be developed for an exceptional child if the current IEP or
records ar not immediately available or if more information is needed
to determine appropriate placement. Any exceptional child who
transfers from one local educational agency program to another shall
be placed in the special education service program which appears to
be most suited to the student’s needs.
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Revised December 04, 2001