To address the potential learning loss caused by the shift to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) has allocated a portion of the State's ESSER funds. This disruption impacted the foundational literacy skills of young students in Kansas. In response, KSDE is offering free LETRS® training to all educators who work in KSDE-accredited public or private elementary schools or who provide reading instruction to struggling learners at any grade level. This opportunity covers the cost of both the online course and training days, with no cost to the school or the teacher.
Additionally, to support new teachers entering the profession, this training is also available to higher education faculty who teach literacy courses in Kansas teacher preparation programs.
KSDE will continue to offer LETRS training, covering the cost for educators in KSDE-accredited schools and Kansas higher education teacher preparation programs. KSDE is also offering LETRS Local Certified Facilitator (LCF) training to districts with 500+ students, allowing districts to organize their own training.
Note: Lexia does not provide a Local Certified Facilitator model for LETRS for Administrators, so one additional statewide training cohort will be available.
State funding for the August 2025 LETRS, LETRS for Early Childhood, LETRS for Administrators is currently tentative upon the U.S. Department of Education reinstating the Education Stabilization Funds. KSDE has made a request to the U.S. Department of Education and is awaiting a response. Trainings are tentatively being scheduled in hopes of funding being reinstated.