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Guardian Consent Requirements
Per 2022 legislation, district coordinators must follow guidelines below before administering the KCTC Student Survey. Active consent from guardians is required for students to participate in the KCTC Student Survey.
Who Is Responsible?
Each district will designate a coordinator to
manage survey communications
1. Provide a copy of the survey.
Post this link to your school website for guardians to view the KCTC Student Survey questions, and state which optional modules your district will elect to participate in (per superintendent instruction):
https://kctcdata.org/families/view-the-survey
2. Collect active consent from guardians within FOUR MONTHS of administering the KCTC Student Survey.
- The 2025-2026 survey administration window is open from September 2 – January 31. That means, for example, a district collecting guardian consent during school enrollment May 24 could administer the survey September 2-24. See below for a visual example.
- The number one way to increase participation is to include guardian consent documents in your school enrollment packets for incoming 6th-, 8th-, 10th- and 12th-grade students. If your school enrollment falls outside the four-month window before your district’s selected survey administration date, you will need to collect consent again within four months of survey administration.
- Follow the Best Practices to Increase Active Guardian Consent Participation and use the available recruitment tools.
- Collect consent SEPARATELY FROM OTHER SURVEYS. Include both:
1. Guardian Informed Consent (English/Spanish)
2. Guardian Consent Signature Page. Available formats:
Google Doc: English / Spanish
3. Document signed guardian consent.
Provide a list of students included/excluded to proctors administering the survey. Please take advantage of our Guardian Consent Tracking Sheet template. Available formats:
Recruitment Tools for Survey Participation – Guardian Information
- Information Card for Guardians
- Follow us on Facebook and share our social posts with guardians
Consent Window Visual
For additional information, please refer to your local Student Privacy Policy, Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) resources for IDAE-3, and the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE).
Revised March 2025
SEKESC IRB STUDY#2025-04