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FY 2025 Expenditure Budget (BUDG-25) Verification Letters

  • Thu, Oct 24 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics

FY 2025 Expenditure Budget (BUDG-25) Verification Letters

FY 2025 October Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Tue, Oct 22 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics

BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website.  FY 2025 October BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2025 October BSA 55 information.

ESS Recruitment & Retention INFO: Updating Lead Related Service Providers Group Email Lists

  • Tue, Oct 22 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Each year, ESS updates its contact lists of Lead Speech-Language Pathologists, Lead Occupational Therapists, Lead Physical Therapists, Lead School Psychologists, and Assistive Technology Specialists.

Horne announces extension of free services through Achievement Tutoring program

  • Wed, Oct 16 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – The highly successful Achievement Tutoring Program initiated last year by Superintendent Tom Horne is being extended through the end of the 2024-25 school year, allowing more students to take advantage of this free program that has resulted in academic gains for students throughout Arizona.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Technology Tools to Support Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation for K-12 with Elisa Wern

  • Thu, Oct 10 2024  •
    • Assistive Technology
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is pleased to announce the second presentation in our 2024—2025 AT National Presenter Series: Technology Tools to Support Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation for K-12, with Elisa Wern, M.Ed., OTR/L, ATP.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

  • Mon, Oct 7 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

Horne announces new, streamlined online educator certification system

  • Thu, Oct 3 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Education has launched its new innovative online certification system that increases efficiency and accessibility for educators seeking certification in the state.

Fiscal Year 2025 September Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Thu, Oct 3 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website.  FY 2025 September BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2025 September BSA 55 information.

Data Management Alert: Reporting Special Education Students Attending Secondary Transition Programs and October 1 Child Counts

  • Mon, Sep 30 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT 

Reporting Special Education Students Attending Secondary Transition Programs and October 1 Child Counts 

On February 13, 2024, Public Education Agencies (PEAs) were notified that new school sites must be created if they meet specific criteria. In the process, it became necessary for PEAs to report students in Secondary Transition programs located in businesses or colleges, including creating new entities for these programs. 

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Professional Development to Support Arizona Paraeducators, Related Service Providers, Teachers, and Administrators

  • Mon, Sep 30 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE), in partnership with ADE/ESS, is pleased to offer Saturday Mornings with the NRCP to paraeducators, related service providers, teachers, and administrators working in Arizona public education agencies.