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 ALERT

ESS Discipline Data Collection Application XML Upload Feature

This 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 Teachers

We know that, as special education teachers, you are typically working across multiple grade levels and with students who have various...

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

NEW INTEGRITY RULE: Integrity Rule -40077

Effective 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, 2020

As part of waiver requirements, the Arizona Department of Education...

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.

wo training and Q&A opportunities for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund Grant are being held this week.

The first, on June 2^ndfrom 1PM-2:30PM will be hosted through a collaboration with Arizona School Administrators (ASA), Arizona Association of School Business Officials (AASBO) and Arizona School Board Association (ASBA).

May 29, 2020

The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has received funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide new Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund grants to LEAs to support local relief, preparation and prevention, and recovery needs and efforts in response to COVID-19.

Special Education Directors,

Based on questions received during Special Education Director Check-Ins and through the ESS Inbox, it appears that there is some confusion about the credentialing requirements for speech-language pathologists (SLPs), including out-of-state telehealth providers, speech...