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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTArizona State School for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) Student ReportingThis alert serves as a notice to all public education agencies (PEAs) of upcoming changes to how ASDB students are to be reported for FY 2021. The attached document will assist PEAs in their understanding of how

Special Education Directors,Are you anxious about starting the new school year without the data you typically rely on? Are you worried about how your school can meet the learning needs of all students during these uncertain times? ADE is here with research-based strategies to help!The Arizona

Special Education Directors,   Please join us for the next episode of the Thursday Afternoon LEarning Series, or TALES, on Thursday, June 25, 2020, from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., “Using YouTube for Student Engagement – in Any Setting” with Paul West. Whether your district or charter school is planning to

Special Education Stakeholders, Due to the inability to ensure the safety of participants relative to COVID-19 and the variability of school re-entry plans, ADE/ESS has made the decision to cancel the in-person IDEA Conference in August 2020. The plan for this year was to provide a joint conference

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTESS Discipline Data Collection Application XML Upload FeatureThis alert serves as a notice to all PEAs that bulk upload feature in ESS Discipline Data Collection will be made available on 6/17/20.  Please released memo for more information.  This menu option will be available

Special Education Directors,Please see the available professional development opportunities below.Dive Deep into AZ Math Standards for Special Education TeachersWe know that, as special education teachers, you are typically working across multiple grade levels and with students who have various

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTNEW INTEGRITY RULE: Integrity Rule -40077Effective Fiscal Year 2021, a new field will be required in AzEDS for SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) records:  Resident School ID.  Student Information Systems (SIS) should be updated by your vendor to allow this new field

Special Education Directors,Please see this important Notice of Public Comment from ADE Assessment:ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT PERIOD WAIVER REQUEST PURSUANT TO 34 C.F.R. §200.6(c)(4) June 4, 2020As part of waiver requirements, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE)

A new Budget Narrative Guidance document has been created to support LEAs with completing the budget section of their FY20 Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund Grant applications.