Data Management

The ESS Data Managment team strives to keep all public education agencies informed of upcoming deadlines, changes to data reporting, and updates to ESS applications or integrity rules.  To recieve Data Management Alerts in your inbox, please subscribe:

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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025

  • Thu, Sep 18 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Phase I Training

  • Wed, Sep 10 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Annually, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is required to report special education data to the federal government. The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) is part of that process and is required by all Public Education Agencies (PEAs).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Mon, Sep 8 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY26 Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is Now Open!

  • Wed, Sep 3 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

This message has been sent to inform you that the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) application is now open for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. SEDD is a one-stop shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely review their SPED data collected over the fiscal reporting year and certify said SPED data at year-end. Effective this year, PEAs can now access, and are expected to review, their SEDD data year-round.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Upcoming change for FY26 – Modification to Exit Code W3: Expelled or long-term suspension

  • Mon, Jul 28 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Upcoming change for FY26 – Modification to Exit Code W3: Expelled or long-term suspension

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT New Guidance for SPED Data Reporting

  • Thu, Jul 3 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

New Guidance for SPED Data Reporting

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Beginning of the Year ESS Data Management Training

  • Thu, Jul 3 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Data Management team is pleased to announce Beginning of the Year ESS Data Management training for the 2025–2026 reporting year.

MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

  • Thu, Jun 5 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Thu, Jun 5 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, June 18, 2025  

SPED DATA UPDATE: Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

  • Wed, Jun 4 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The United States Department of Education and the Office of Special Education Programs require that public education agencies (PEAs) submit discipline data to state education agencies for federal reporting into EDFacts.