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SPED DATA INFO: PEA Determinations for FFY 2022 Now Available

  • Fri, Apr 25 2025  •
    • Updates

PEA Determinations for FFY 2023 Now Available.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Multi-Tier Behavior Supports (MTBS) Year 1, Apply Now!

  • Fri, Apr 25 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Multi-Tier Behavior Supports (MTBS) is a three-year training series that will assist district, charter, or school teams in developing a school-wide approach to positive behavior management practices.

Horne critical of Phoenix Union board for rejection of safety officers

  • Thu, Apr 24 2025

PHOENIX – A recent vote by the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) governing board rejecting requests of two high schools’ administrators and employees for armed officers was an error and puts those campuses at risk, according to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne.

FY 2026 Monthly Payment and AzEDS Processing Schedule

  • Wed, Apr 23 2025  •
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The FY 2025 API is available from 06/01/2025 to 07/15/2026.

Data Management Alert: SEDD Application Information

  • Wed, Apr 23 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is scheduled to open on May 7, 2025. SEDD is a comprehensive platform for Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to securely access federally mandated special education and statewide public data with redaction features. Through this application, PEAs enter, review, and certify special education data required under Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  

Horne applauds two Arizona Distinguished Schools

  • Mon, Apr 21 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Education has selected Ed Pastor Elementary School in Yuma and Tsaile Elementary School in Chinle as National Distinguished Schools for the State of Arizona.

FY 2025 April Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Fri, Apr 18 2025  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
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FY 2025 April Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

Horne: On DEI, AG Mayes is wrong and risks $770 million

  • Thu, Apr 17 2025

PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes is wrong in claiming that the Arizona Department of Education has no legal authority to withhold federal funds to districts and charters that fail to comply with new guidance regarding Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs, according to Superintendent Tom Horne.

FRPL, DAA, and CAA One Time Funding Update

  • Thu, Apr 17 2025  •
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April 15th ADM Update for FRPL, DAA, and CAA One Time Funding Payments

Schoolchildren celebrate school nutrition law with Horne, Rep. Biasucci, other lawmakers

  • Tue, Apr 15 2025

PHOENIX – A new state law that restricts schools from providing harmful foods on campus is being celebrated by schoolchildren joined by state lawmakers and schools chief Tom Horne at a commemoration of the bipartisan bill’s being signed into law by the Governor.