This report addresses the problem of special education personnel attrition in Kansas, focusing on those personnel employed in Kansas during the 1991-92 year who did not return for the 1992-93 year. Part 1 provides 12 tables which show: attrition rates from 1977 through 1992; special education personnel attrition by category (focus year); total special education attrition by category (1976-1992); special education attrition by level of instruction (focus year); special education attrition by school district size (focus year); attrition for urban versus rural areas (focus year); attrition by type of administrative plan (focus year); attrition by geographic region of the state (focus year); attrition by type of service delivery model (focus year); attrition of teaching personnel specifically (focus year); attrition of support personnel specifically (focus year); and attrition for personnel from interrelated classrooms (1977-1992). Part 2 presents results of a survey returned by 102 (of 200) special education leavers. The top five reported reasons for leaving were: (1) paperwork and record keeping; (2) opportunity for professional advancement; (3) emotional exhaustion from the demands of the position; (4) look of support from special education administration; and (5) family reasons. Four additional tables provide detail on the characteristics and responses of survey recipients. The questionnaire is appended, as are written responses on surveys included, and a map of Kansas geographic regions. (DB)