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2024-2025 Foster Care Education Program Trainings

  • Wed, Aug 21 2024

Foster Care Education trainings for the 2024-2025 school year.

Public Comment - AZ State ESSA Plan

  • Tue, Aug 20 2024  •
    • ESSA Updates

Comments will be accepted through Friday, September 20, 2024.

K-3 Reading 2025 Budget and K-3 Reading 2024 AFR Forms Posted

  • Mon, Aug 19 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics

Hot Topic for K-3 Reading Forms for FY25

FY 2024 Annual Financial Reports are available to submit in Budget System

  • Fri, Aug 16 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics

FY24 Annual Financial Reports are available for submission in Budget System.

MONITORING INFO: New Guidance Materials for Initial Evaluation, Reevaluation, and Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Available Online

  • Fri, Aug 16 2024  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to release flowchart representations and reference documents for several evaluation processes: initial evaluation, reevaluation, and independent educational evaluation (IEE).

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Assistive Technology (AT) Consideration and Assessment Made Easy with Penny Reed

  • Fri, Aug 16 2024  •
    • Assistive Technology
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is pleased to announce our 2024—2025 AT National Presenter series kickoff presentation, Assistive Technology Consideration and Assessment Made Easy, with Penny Reed, PhD. This presentation is intended for special education administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, OTs, PTs, SLPs, and assistive technology specialists.

Horne blasts “Save Our Schools” leader for supporting biological boys using girls’ locker rooms and showers

  • Thu, Aug 15 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says “Save Our Schools” leader Beth Lewis owes her membership and Arizona educators an explanation for her support for having biological boys with male genitalia shower in girls’ locker rooms and using girls’ restrooms.

Horne announces waiver offer from federal government to avoid reverting funds

  • Mon, Aug 12 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced today the U.S. Department of Education (USED) contacted the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) late last week to offer a waiver to recoup approximately $29 million federal Title I dollars that had been under-utilized during the Hoffman administration. The department has submitted that waiver request that will cover State Fiscal Years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Data Management Alert - FY25 Data Reporting Updates and Important Dates Document Now Available

  • Fri, Aug 9 2024  •
    • Data Management

ESS Data would like to inform you of important dates and reporting updates for fiscal year (FY) 2025. The FY25 Important Dates document is on the ESS Data Management web page. This email also outlines important changes for SPED data reporting for FY25, including new and upcoming changes within AzEDS and ESS applications overseen by ESS Data Management.

Horne calls for Azcentral / Arizona Republic to retract false story about federal funds

  • Tue, Aug 6 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has sent a letter to the News Director of Azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic demanding the retraction of a story falsely blaming the Horne administration for the reversion of $29 million in federal funds.