North Central Kansas Education

What North Central Kansas Education does

North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, Interlocal 636 (NCKSEC) is a Kansas interlocal government cooperative headquartered at 494 B Street, Phillipsburg, Kansas, formed to deliver shared special education services to roughly ten member Unified School Districts (USD 110, 211, 212, 237, 269, 270, 271, 325, 326, and 399) across north central Kansas. The cooperative supplies specialized staff that individual small or rural districts could not independently retain or afford, including occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers, and consultants in autism, hearing impairment, visual impairment, gifted education, low-incidence disabilities, positive behavior support, orientation and mobility, adapted physical education, assistive technology, and transition coordination. It also supports member districts with professional development for certified staff and paraprofessionals and helps them meet compliance obligations under IDEA and Section 504.

The underlying technology stack is entirely third-party and administrative rather than proprietary: ParentSquare is used for district-family-staff communications, Web KIDSS and Keystone Learning for educational resources, Infinitec for assistive technology resources, and PDP Toolbox for professional development planning. NCKSEC builds no product and holds no patents; its "product" is the coordinated delivery of human special education services across its member districts. Governance is provided by an Interlocal Board with representatives from each member USD, led by Director Cher Greving and supported by a board clerk, treasurer, student records administrator, three occupational therapists, three social workers, and additional consultant staff.

The cooperative's revenue model is not publicly disclosed. Funding flows from member-district contributions combined with state and federal special education allocations routed through Kansas's interlocal cooperative funding structure; no pricing, contract values, or annual budget figures are available in the source material. No founding date, M&A activity, funding rounds, or capital-raising events are disclosed. The entity is operationally active, with functioning website content, current staff listings, 2025-2026 board minutes, and an open K-12 Special Education Teacher posting on the Educate Kansas job board.

Name

North Central Kansas Education

Legal name

North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, Interlocal 636

Website

https://ncksec.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative (NCKSEC) is a Kansas interlocal cooperative providing shared special education staffing and consulting — OT, PT, social work, autism, hearing, vision, transition services — to roughly ten member Unified School Districts in north central Kansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Special Education Cooperative Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education Staffing & Contracted Providers (Paras, Therapists, Specialists) (EDAJAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH)

Keywords

• Special education cooperative
• Specialized therapy services
• Interlocal education services
• Special education consulting
• School district support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Phillipsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

NCKSEC delivers specialized special education services and consultative support to member Unified School Districts in north central Kansas. Its offerings include occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, adapted physical education, assistive technology, autism consulting, gifted education, hearing-impaired and visually-impaired consultation, orientation and mobility, positive behavior support, low-incidence disabilities support, Mandt training, and transition coordination. The cooperative enables small rural districts to access specialized staff and IDEA/Section 504 compliance support that they could not independently maintain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Special Education Cooperative Services A coordinated bundle of consultative and direct special education services delivered to NCKSEC's member Unified School Districts in north central Kansas, including adapted physical education, assistive technology, autism support, gifted education, hearing-impaired services, low-incidence disabilities support, Mandt training, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, physical therapy, positive behavior support, social work, transition coordination, and visually impaired consultation. Targeted at public school districts requiring specialized staff and IDEA/Section 504 compliance support.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Development Services of Northwest Kansas (DSNWK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDSNWK provides case management services for individuals with developmental disabilities age 3 and older. Services include Individual Service Coordination, Supportive Home Care, Day Services, and Residential Services. DSNWK Individual Service Coordinators assist NCKSEC students and families in navigating disability services and resources in the northwest Kansas region.
• Families Together, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamilies Together provides statewide support for families with children who have disabilities or special health care needs. They offer high-quality information and support for families navigating school services, health care, and community resources across Kansas with offices in Garden City, Topeka, and Wichita.
• LINK, Inc. (Living Independently in Northwest Kansas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLINK provides resources for individuals who cannot live or work independently, including grants for durable medical equipment and home modifications, advocacy services, and support for any age with self-disclosed disabilities.
• Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVR provides support to individuals with barriers to help guide career paths after high school. Services include funding to address barriers, college cost assistance, job placement, job coaching, and mental health services. Works with NCKSEC transition-aged students.
• Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPre-ETS provides pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities. Services include career exploration, work-based learning experiences, counseling on post-secondary education, workplace readiness training, and self-advocacy instruction.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• The Menta Group: Private provider of special education schools, staffing, and related services to districts; comparable on the staffing/therapy delivery side of NCKSEC's offering.
• Catapult Learning: Large private provider of special education, intervention, and related services to K-12 districts nationwide; competes for the same district special education staffing and therapy contracts that NCKSEC supplies at a regional level.
• ChanceLight Behavioral Health & Education (Frontline Education): Broad special education and behavioral health services provider serving districts across multiple states; offers the therapy, social work, and consultant services NCKSEC delivers, but at national scale.

Direct peers

• Southwest Kansas Area Special Education Cooperative: Another Kansas interlocal special education cooperative serving multiple southwest Kansas USDs with OT, PT, social work, and consultant services — same Interlocal model, same member-district structure, same service catalog.
• Education Service Center (ESC) of Northeast Kansas: Kansas regional education service agency offering specialized staffing, professional development, and special education support to member districts — comparable service mix and member-driven funding model.
• Heartland Cooperative for Special Education: Regional Kansas special education cooperative pooling resources across member districts to deliver specialized services — operates the same Interlocal cooperative framework as NCKSEC for rural districts.
• East Central Kansas Area Cooperative: Kansas-based special education cooperative providing specialized staffing (OT, PT, social workers, consultants) to member districts under an interlocal agreement — direct structural and functional analogue to NCKSEC.

Emerging players

• Parallel Learning: Telehealth-enabled special education staffing and therapy provider that connects districts to remote OTs, PTs, and other specialists — an emerging alternative to in-region cooperatives like NCKSEC for rural districts.
• Educational Services of America (ESA): Multi-state provider of special education staffing, behavioral services, and therapy to public school districts — overlaps with NCKSEC on the contracted-specialist delivery model.

Regional players

• Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) Special Education Team: State agency overseeing IDEA implementation and funding for special education in Kansas; not a direct competitor but the regulatory and funding counterpart that defines the operating environment for cooperatives like NCKSEC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/north-central-kansas-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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