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SPED DATA UPDATE: Parent Involvement Survey Opens March 1, 2024

  • Thu, Feb 29 2024  •
    • Parent Involvement Survey
    • 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). The survey will open on March 1 via ADEConnect Data Surveys.

DATA UPDATE: Discipline Data Reporting Memo

  • Wed, Feb 28 2024

Pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 618, Public Education Agencies (PEAs) must report discipline information.

ESS October 1 Data Collection—Phase III: Non-Reconciliation Webinar

  • Wed, Feb 28 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team is happy to announce an upcoming October 1 Data Collection—Phase III: Non-Reconciliation training. Phase III is only for the PEAs that could not match the number of SPED students submitted in Phase I with the number of SPED students in AzEDS during Phase II. PEAs will receive an email if they qualify for Phase III on March 4, 2024.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Discipline Data Reporting Memo

  • Tue, Feb 27 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 618, Public Education Agencies (PEAs) must report discipline information. The Arizona Department of Education requires that PEAs submit student discipline information to Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS). Specifically, PEAs must submit discipline data that resulted in the removal of the student with a disability from their regular educational environment into AzEDS through their Student Information System (SIS).

Please review the attached memo for more information and let us know if you have any questions.

FY 2024 February Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Fri, Feb 23 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website. FY 2024 February BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 February BSA-55 information.

FY 2023 Over Expenditure Analysis Letters (BUDG-75 Letter)

  • Wed, Feb 21 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

In accordance with A.R.S. §15-905(L), the FY 2023 BUDG-75 Expenditure Analysis Letters are now published. Letters are based on the most recent FY 2023 BUDG-75 Over Expenditure reports, which have been calculated using FY 2023 BSA55 SRC information.  These letters serve as official notification of any over expenditure for FY 2023, and how Budget Balance/Over Expenditure values should be recorded on the next FY 2024 budget revision.

Fiscal Year 2024 County Equalization Adjustments

  • Wed, Feb 21 2024  •
    • Hot Topics
    • Payment Hot Topics

In pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute 15-992-F and starting with the Fiscal Year 2024 February district state-aid payment, School Finance has included adjustments on the BSA-64 report for the county equalization assistance.

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Free Professional Learning to Support Arizona Paraeducators!

  • Fri, Feb 16 2024  •
    • Training
    • Updates

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

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT - ESS Portal Update

  • Fri, Feb 16 2024  •
    • Data Management

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

ESS Portal Update

 

This notice is to inform Public Education Agencies (PEAs) about an upcoming update to the Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Portal.

Horne marks National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day

  • Thu, Feb 15 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – All 307 School Resource Officers in Arizona have received an appreciative letter from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in honor of today’s National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day.