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Program Support and Monitoring

PS & MONITORING: Hot Topic IDEA and ESA Evaluations

  • Wed, Jul 19 2023  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS has received numerous questions about Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) evaluations. The purpose of this Hot Topic is to help to highlight the differences between evaluations specified in federal and state special education regulations and ESA evaluations outlined in state regulations.

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PS & Monitoring: Hot Topic Special Education Early Childhood Transition

  • Tue, May 2 2023  •
    • Transition News
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Recently, ADE/ESS has received many inquiries regarding special education Early Childhood Transition for children referred from IDEA Part C, Arizona’s Early Intervention Program (AzEIP). The attached Hot Topic is intended to provide guidance to address these responsibilities.

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PROGRAMMATIC MONITORING UPDATE: 2022-2023 Programmatic Monitoring Manual Now Available

  • Wed, Aug 3 2022  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is proud to announce the release of the SY 2022–2023 Programmatic Monitoring Manual. This manual is a critical document for public education agencies (PEAs) participating in monitoring activities and can also be used by all PEAs to self-assess programmatic strengths and needs. 

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MONITORING UPDATE: Release of Updated Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps

  • Wed, Jun 1 2022  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is proud to announce the release of the SY 2022–2023 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps. Additionally, is the release memo indicating some of the recent updates. The guide steps are a technical assistance document created to aid PEAs in understanding the requirements specific to programmatic monitoring. Legal compliance, as it relates to a state complaint or due process, may be more extensive. Examples included are intended to provide additional clarification and understanding on how to apply a compliance lens to a student’s evaluation or IEP. These examples should not be taken directly and added to a unique student’s IEP or evaluation, because each student is unique and has his/her own set of circumstances that must be addressed through his/her individual evaluation and IEP.

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AZ-TAS INFORMATION: CEC & Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education Documents Now Available

  • Mon, May 9 2022  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ADE/ESS is pleased to present the Arizona Technical Assistance System (AZ-TAS) documents for Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education and Certificates of Educational Convenience (CEC). These resources were developed to provide information, clarification, and guidance and are intended to be used as technical assistance. These documents should not be used in place of legal guidance.

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MONITORING INFO: 2021-2022 Programmatic Monitoring Manual Now Available

  • Mon, Aug 2 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the availability of the school year 2021–2022 Programmatic Monitoring Manual on the Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) web page. The newly revised manual can be found on the PSM web page under “Resources.”  Please see this memo for more information.

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MONITORING INFO: Revised Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps for SY 2021–2022

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2021—2022 Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps. Please see the following memo for additional information. All PEAs are encouraged to review the revised Guide Steps to ensure current special education practices are aligned with the requirements. 

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MONITORING INFO: Programmatic Monitoring Alert for Preschool Transition

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Please see the Programmatic Monitoring Alert regarding necessary changes to programmatic monitoring of the preschool transition process, developed in response to findings issued by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the resulting corrective action assigned to ADE/ESS. These updates are directly related to the transition of children from Early Intervention (Part C) to School Age (Part B).

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PS & M INFO: SY 2020-2021 Monitoring Manual Now Available

  • Thu, Aug 13 2020  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that the SY 2020-2021 Monitoring Manual is now posted to the Program Support and Monitoring website. ESS/Program Support & Monitoring (ESS/PSM) encourages all PEAs to review the manual for training purposes and to ensure compliance with the state general supervision system.

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PS & MONITORING: HOT TOPIC: In-Person Special Education Services Under the Governor’s Executive Orders

  • Fri, Jul 31 2020  •
    • COVID-19
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

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