Kansas
State Education Agency Information
Topeka, KS 66612-1182
State NIMAS/NIMAC Coordinator
Colleen Riley, State Director, Special Education
120 SE 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
AIM and NIMAS Web Site Resources at State Education Agency
Kansas SEA web site provides brief general NIMAS definition re-posted from the NIMAS centers web site and some related information via the following URL:
http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3730. Contact information and organizational profiles about AUs and AMPs are posted, although there is no explicit explanation of their role in relation to NIMAS.
General NIMAS information is also contained in Appendix B of its Accommodations Manual (PDF document):
http://www.ksde.org/Portals/0/Assessments/2008Accomm_Man.pdf.
Instructional Materials Acquisition (adoption or open territory)
Kansas is an open territory state with no centralized textbook acquisition. The selection and purchase of textbooks and instructional materials is a local district activity.
SEA Policies and Practices
NIMAC Authorized User(s)
Learning Ally is Kansas's AU:
http://www.learningally.org/. Kansas also has a relationship with Bookshare:
http://www.bookshare.org/.
Selected Accessible Media Producers (AMPs)
Kansas Instructional Resource Center:
http://www.kirc.org/
State Definition of Timely Manner for the Delivery of AIM to Students
AIM-Related State Laws and Regulations
Parent Information & Advocacy Resources
The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) sub-site is new and slight on content but will likely become the repository of parent information and resources on all SEA-related matters in future:
http://www.kpirc.org/.