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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
    • Hot Topics

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  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Data Hot Topics
    • Payment Hot Topics

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. 

Horne: Schools on notice as Kyrene will lose $1.5 million with vote to defy federal guidance

  • Fri, Apr 11 2025

PHOENIX – The Kyrene school district in Phoenix will give up more than $1.5 million in federal funds now that the governing board has adopted a policy that further embeds Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) language into district operations, according to state schools chief Tom Horne. He adds that all Arizona districts and charters are on notice to take this matter seriously.

IDEA CONFERENCE INFO: Exciting Opportunities: Secondary Transition Services Award Nominations & Student Call for Artwork

  • Thu, Apr 3 2025  •
    • IDEA Conference
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is excited to announce two fantastic opportunities at the 2025 IDEA Conference: Access Cultivates Opportunities, happening August 20–22, 2025, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

Horne: Federal dollars at risk if schools ignore new federal DEI guidance

  • Thu, Apr 3 2025

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is forwarding to schools statewide the new guidance issued today by the U.S. Department of Education requiring schools to acknowledge they will follow federal civil rights law and avoid the use of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs. Schools that do not comply with the federal guidance risk losing federal funding.

Horne: Feds agree with my position protecting parents’ rights

  • Wed, Apr 2 2025

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has forwarded letters from the U.S. Department of Education to Arizona public schools notifying them that they must submit documentation that shows they are following federal privacy law in order to uphold parents’ rights or risk losing federal funds.