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Horne’s calls on lawmakers to support bill with School Safety Task Force Recommendations

  • Tue, Jan 16 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has joined forces with Arizona Representative Matt Gress in pursuing legislation that would allow the implementation of recommendations made by the 2023 ADE School Safety Task Force.

Supt. Horne statement on today’s English Language Learner hearing

  • Fri, Jan 12 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has issued his reaction to today’s Maricopa County Superior Court hearing on English Language Learner instruction.

Data Capture Reminder - 1/15/24

  • Wed, Jan 10 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics
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Reminder: Payment 8 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 8.

Superintendent's Annual Financial Report (SAFR) 2023 & Digital Copy Posted

  • Wed, Jan 10 2024  •
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The FY2023 Superintendent's Annual Financial Report (SAFR) has been posted. 

Horne requiring districts and charters to report on state-mandated Holocaust education

  • Tue, Jan 9 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is asking that all Arizona district and charter schools report their compliance with state law that requires students to be taught about the Holocaust and other genocides. Horne set a deadline of January 24 for the information to be sent to the Department of Education.

2024 Webinars and Office Hours for Special Education Funding

  • Fri, Jan 5 2024  •
    • Updates

ESS Program Management is excited to resume the FY24 IDEA Funding Application webinar series on Tuesday, January 9, at 11:00 a.m. 

INTERNAL PD: Free Assistive Technology JOTs

  • Fri, Jan 5 2024  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology

Overwhelmed by professional development? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Please join the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services/Assistive Technology team for our spring series titled “Assistive Technology: Just One Thing” (JOT).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT - Preschool Outcomes Reporting - New Report Available

  • Thu, Jan 4 2024  •
    • Data Management

To assist Public Education Agencies (PEAs) with reporting, the SPED12 – Preschool Outcomes History report is now available in the AzEDS portal in the SPED section. This report provides a history of preschool outcomes reported by a previous PEA. This report will allow the current PEA to gain an understanding of the student’s outcome history. Your PEA will be able to see the current outcome information and any prior outcome information for a preschool student with a disability. Any outcomes reported after the student has left your PEA (example: future outcomes) will not populate in the report. 

Superintendent Horne’s response to Governor’s ESA proposal

  • Tue, Jan 2 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX - State schools chief Tom Horne has issued the following statement in response to Gov. Katie Hobbs’ proposal for potential changes to the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program:

FY 2024 December Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Tue, Jan 2 2024  •
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BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website. FY 2024 December BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 December BSA-55 information.