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PS & MONITORING: Hot Topic IDEA and ESA Evaluations

  • Wed, Jul 19 2023  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
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ADE/ESS has received numerous questions about Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) evaluations. The purpose of this Hot Topic is to help to highlight the differences between evaluations specified in federal and state special education regulations and ESA evaluations outlined in state regulations.

For questions related to special education evaluations, please contact the PEA’s assigned Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) specialist. Please contact the ADE/ESA program for questions related to ESA evaluations.

Hot Topic Memo

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