Special Education Blog

Data Management Alert: SEDD Application Information

  • Wed, Apr 23 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is scheduled to open on May 7, 2025. SEDD is a comprehensive platform for Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to securely access federally mandated special education and statewide public data with redaction features. Through this application, PEAs enter, review, and certify special education data required under Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  

IDEA CONFERENCE INFO: Exciting Opportunities: Secondary Transition Services Award Nominations & Student Call for Artwork

  • Thu, Apr 3 2025  •
    • IDEA Conference
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is excited to announce two fantastic opportunities at the 2025 IDEA Conference: Access Cultivates Opportunities, happening August 20–22, 2025, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY26 Statement of Assurances Open for Submission

  • Wed, Apr 2 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The FY26 Statement of Assurances application is open for submission. All public education agencies (PEAs) must submit the IDEA Statement of Assurances (SOA) through the ESS Portal within ADEConnect. This is required before any FY26 activities in the Exceptional Student Services portal are allowable. The portal will block any PEA that has not completed the SOA effective July 1, 2025, which is when FY26 begins. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Wed, Mar 26 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

OPERATIONS UPDATE: Special Education Emotional Disabilities Public Programs FY26 Update

  • Wed, Mar 26 2025  •
    • Operations
    • Updates

Please see the attached memo that provides an update on Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) programs.

SECONDARY TRANSITION INFO: Arizona State Board of Education Rule Change Webpage

  • Tue, Mar 25 2025  •
    • Transition News
    • Transition Training
    • Updates

Are you interested in learning more about the recent Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) rule change that affects secondary transition services? 

Teach Camp 6.0

  • Tue, Mar 25 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that Teach Camp 6.0 is now open for registration!

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Recruiting for you at the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention!

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ArSHA) will hold its annual convention on April 11–12 in Tempe, Arizona. Hundreds of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), speech-language technicians (SLTs), speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), and students enrolled in SLP graduate programs will attend this event.

SPED DATA UPDATE: Reminder: Parent Involvement Survey Open through May 31

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • 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)

VIRTUAL PD INFO: April 2025 Universal Design for Learning Webinars

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • Updates

Are you ready to transform learning and create more inclusive educational experiences? The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement and Inclusive Practices Unit invites all educators to our upcoming free virtual professional learning series on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).