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New Integrity Rule 10139

  • Tue, Jan 24 2023  •
    • Data Hot Topics

ADE School Finance will move Data Quality Validation Integrity rule -10139 into production on January 26, 2023.

SPED RECRUITMENT & RETENTION UPDATE: GETSET/SETTA Applications now available! Due February 24, 2023

  • Mon, Jan 23 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

The ADE/ESS Professional Learning and Sustainability unit is pleased to announce two “grow your own” opportunities for educators in Arizona public schools.

  • The General Education Teacher to Special Education Teacher (GETSET) program provides tuition reimbursement to certified general education teachers who want to pursue a career change to become certified in an area of special education. 
     
  • The Special Education Teacher Tuition Assistance (SETTA) program provides tuition reimbursement to paraprofessionals and educational interpreters that leads to special education teaching certification.

SPED DATA UPDATE: Parent Involvement Survey Opens February 2nd

  • Fri, Jan 20 2023  •
    • Parent Involvement Survey
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

All school districts and charter schools are required to annually administer the State Performance Plan Indicator 8 Parent Involvement Survey to parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The survey will open on February 2 via ADEConnect ESS Data Surveys.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SPED73 and SPED07 Reports Accurate - Phase II Due Date 1/25

  • Thu, Jan 19 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT    

ESS October 1 Data Collection (ODC) – SPED73 and SPED07 Reports Accurate - Phase II Due Date 1/25 

Thank you for your patience while Exceptional Student Services (ESS) worked with ADE-IT on troubleshooting issues with the reports and functionality for October 1 child count processing. 

The issues are now resolved, and the October 1 reports are now accurate. For SPED students, the AzEDS Portal SPED73 report and the ESS October 1 Data Collection application SPED07 report both provide accurate feedback for students reported in AzEDS served over October 1. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: ESS October 1 Data Collection (ODC) – Phase II Due Date Extended

  • Wed, Jan 18 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT   

ESS October 1 Data Collection (ODC) – Phase II Due Date Extended

Exceptional Student Services (ESS) is working with ADE-IT on troubleshooting issues with the reports and functionality for October 1 child count processing.

Since public education agencies (PEAs) cannot utilize reports between systems in reconciling their October 1 counts, the October 1 process will now be closing on January 25, 2023 at 5pm.

Superintendent's Annual Financial Report (SAFR) 2022 & Database Posted

  • Fri, Jan 13 2023  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

The FY2022 Superintendent's Annual Financial Report (SAFR) has been posted. 

The perpetual SAFR database has been updated to include FY2022 (now encompassing 2006-2022).

Horne’s office approves nearly 25,000 overdue ESA requests from parents

  • Thu, Jan 12 2023  •
    • News

Horne’s office approves nearly 25,000 overdue ESA requests from parents 

More than $22 million in delayed payments made to schools and educators

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: ESS October 1 Data Collection – SPED73 and SPED07 Report Inaccuracies

  • Tue, Jan 10 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT   

ESS October 1 Data Collection – SPED73 and SPED07 Report Inaccuracies

Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Data Management has identified an issue with some students either showing “N” for Oct 1 Eligible on the SPED73 report or missing from the SPED07 report. Our IT team is currently working to resolve this issue.  Please continue to monitor your INTEG15 report to ensure student integrity errors are corrected so they may populate your reports once the resolution is in place. 

The January 18 Phase II deadline remains in effect at this time.

Transportation Route Mileage Report Now Open for FY23

  • Mon, Jan 9 2023  •
    • Data Hot Topics

Per A.R.S. § 15-922 School Districts (not charters) are required to submit transportation route data with 12 days of their 100th day of school.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Register Now for "Creating Goals That Are Easy to Monitor" - January 25, 2023

  • Mon, Jan 9 2023  •
    • Transition News
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Special Education Directors,

Writing better goals and effectively monitoring student progress towards those goals are foundational skills for Related Service Providers. Positive student outcomes can only be achieved when school-based therapists can do both consistently. Good data on good goals leads to effective interventions and allows therapists to write better progress reports in less time. And we know that “time spent on paperwork” is a leading cause of therapist burnout. For these reasons, we are very excited about the next presentation in our series of Related Service Provider Seminars, Creating Goals that Are Easy to Monitor and a Stress-Free Companion Monitoring Tool, with Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, and Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP. This workshop is designed for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists and will convey ASHA, APTA, and AOTA CEUs. Please share with your staff.