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Horne calls out Scottsdale school board majority for adopting DEI history book in the face of parental objections

  • Fri, Jun 13 2025

PHOENIX - State superintendent of schools Tom Horne today stated that he would report to the federal government that although Scottsdale signed a statement that they would not have DEI in their classes, they adopted a DEI oriented textbook, despite parental objections. If the current injunction against President Trump‘s executive order regarding DEI is lifted, and the federal government indicates that funds to the Scottsdale school District should be removed, Horne said he would enforce that order.

Budget System for FY2026 Budget Forms is Live

  • Thu, Jun 12 2025  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

Budget System for FY2026 Budget Forms is Live

MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

  • Thu, Jun 5 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Thu, Jun 5 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, June 18, 2025  

SPED DATA UPDATE: Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

  • Wed, Jun 4 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The United States Department of Education and the Office of Special Education Programs require that public education agencies (PEAs) submit discipline data to state education agencies for federal reporting into EDFacts.

FY 2026 Charter Estimated Counts

  • Thu, May 29 2025  •
    • Data Hot Topics

The Charter Estimated Counts application opens for data submission 05/31/2025. The deadline to submit Charter Estimated Counts is 07/01/2025. 

Data Management Alert: New Integrity Rule: -40102

  • Thu, May 22 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Effective April 28, 2025, a new integrity error has been implemented for SPED data validations in AzEDS. This new integrity error is part of an ongoing effort to ensure clean data during the fiscal year and to avoid corrections of data after the close of the fiscal year. 

FY25 SEDD Training Video Now Available

  • Thu, May 22 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

FY25 SEDD Training Video Now Available 

Horne praises Mesa district for reversing military regalia policy

  • Wed, May 21 2025

PHOENIX – The Mesa Unified School District’s decision to reverse policy and allow graduating seniors, that have earned the right, to wear military regalia at their graduation ceremony is earning the praise of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne.

Horne urges Mesa district, other schools, to allow grads to wear military regalia

  • Wed, May 21 2025

PHOENIX - High school graduates who want to wear military regalia as part of their graduation ceremonies should be allowed to do so, says state schools chief Tom Horne.