Special Education Blog

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY24 Need Concurrency Matrix Update

  • Mon, Sep 25 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Previously, we only allowed preschool needs eligible for state funding per A.R.S. § 15-771(A) to be reported in AzEDS.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Special Education Check-In Meeting - Thursday, September 21- 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

  • Tue, Sep 19 2023

Please join ADE/ESS for the next Special Education Professionals Check-In on Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: ADE/ESS Virtual Math Professional Learning Offerings for September and October 2023

  • Tue, Sep 12 2023

Please share the following math professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: Special Education Check-In Meeting - Thursday, August 17 - 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

  • Wed, Aug 16 2023

This month’s Special Education Director Check-In topic will address an upcoming flexibility regarding preschool disability data reporting. It will briefly discuss deployment dates, timelines, and implementation for this current school year. The main presentation will be an ESS Fiscal Update for federal grants. Please extend this invitation to your Business Managers, as ESS will present updates for the Fiscal Year 2024 IDEA funding applications, review available High-Cost Child funding opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024, and provide an overview of the upcoming GM Completion Report season. The ARP-IDEA funding cycle ends on September 30, and ESS Program Management wants to ensure that PEAs maximize their funding opportunities in the grant. Finally, we will cover where to find Maintenance of Effort Compliance standards to ensure that PEAs accurately report state-level expenditures on the 2023 Annual Financial Reports.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Updates to Reporting Developmental Delay

  • Wed, Aug 2 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

To be eligible for Developmental Delay (DD), students must be younger than ten (10) years of age. Effective fiscal year 2024, students reported with the DD need will fail integrity, receiving error -40072, two months before their tenth birthday.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Reserve your spot for the 2023 Special Education New Director Symposium today!

  • Tue, Aug 1 2023  •
    • Training
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Registration for the 2023 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is closing soon, so please be sure to register if you are beginning your first or second year as a special education director.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Preschool Outcomes Reporting

  • Tue, Aug 1 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Effective fiscal year 2024, Preschool Outcomes will now be reported to Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS). The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) requires State Education Agencies to calculate the percentage of preschool children aged 3 through 5 with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) who demonstrate improved outcomes with Social Relationships, Use of Knowledge and Skills, and Taking Action to Meet Needs.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Ancillary Needs Reporting

  • Mon, Jul 31 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Effective fiscal year 2024, Ancillary Needs can be reported to Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS). Students who require ancillary services but do not require special education (SPED) instruction as outlined in A.R.S. § 15-769 (D) and students on an Individualized Education Program (IEP) with ancillary needs can be reported.  

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT : Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, August 16

  • Fri, Jul 28 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, August 16, from 2:00– 3:00 pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SEDD Certification Begins Today, July 24th

  • Mon, Jul 24 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Final FY23 Special Education Data certification begins today, July 24th, and is due by August 3rd.