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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Thu, Jan 30 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 

Horne statement on federal grants pause

  • Wed, Jan 29 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has issued the following statement regarding the federal grants pause that was announced today by the Trump Administration.

Isaac district update: Horne calls on legislature to pass emergency bill requiring Maricopa County to pass through dollars for payroll

  • Mon, Jan 27 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is urging the legislature to pass an emergency bill to ensure employees of the financially troubled Isaac Elementary School District get paid this week.

FY 2025 January Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Mon, Jan 27 2025  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

FY25 January BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website. 

Horne: Emergency still exists, announces federal dollars freed up to assist Isaac district

  • Mon, Jan 27 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says the U.S. Department of Education has released previously-reverted Covid relief funds earmarked for the Isaac Elementary School District, making approximately $6 million available to the financially-troubled district, though he cautions that Maricopa County and state lawmakers must continue to work on solving the district’s long-term financial issues. He adds the county should ensure these funds are disbursed as soon as possible since they were originally allocated to that district.

HORNE ANNOUNCES FULLY-FUNDED MENTAL TELEHEALTH PROGRAM AVAILABLE IN RURAL ARIZONA COUNTIES

  • Thu, Jan 23 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has announced a new partnership with mental health care provider Cartwheel, to bring students and families in Arizona’s rural counties rapid access to mental health support using telehealth.

SPED DATA UPDATE: Guidance on Federal Primary Need Indicators

  • Thu, Jan 23 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

This was originally sent out on November 1, 2024, and was not posted on this blog until today.

AZED News: Horne State of Education speech calls for expanded school safety program after near tragedy in Tucson

  • Tue, Jan 21 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction opened his 2025 State of Education speech praising the actions of a Tucson Police Officer who arrested an armed suspect making threats on a school campus last week. Horne said the incident proves the importance of having armed law enforcement officers on school grounds and he urges lawmakers to expand the program.

SPED DATA UPDATE: Parent Involvement Survey Open through May 31

  • Fri, Jan 17 2025  •
    • Updates

All school districts, charter schools, secure care facilities, and the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) are required to annually administer the State Performance Plan Indicator 8 Parent Involvement Survey to parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Qasimyar vs Maricopa County Judgement 15-915.B

  • Fri, Jan 17 2025  •
    • Hot Topics
    • Payment Hot Topics

School Finance has recalculated state aid payments for school districts that have been impacted by the Qasimyar vs Maricopa County judgement.