PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says the myth that the Empowerment Scholarship Program was ever a threat to Arizona’s budget has been thoroughly demolished.

PHOENIX – Citing the need for teachers to be able to fully manage their classroom with minimal distractions, emphasize academic performance and create a safer campus environment, state schools’ chief Tom Horne says he will push legislation for a statewide school cell phone ban.

Foster Care Education trainings for the 2024-2025 school year.

Comments will be accepted through Friday, September 20, 2024.

Hot Topic for K-3 Reading Forms for FY25

FY24 Annual Financial Reports are available for submission in Budget System.

ADE/ESS is pleased to release flowchart representations and reference documents for several evaluation processes: initial evaluation, reevaluation, and independent educational evaluation (IEE).

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is pleased to announce our 2024—2025 AT National Presenter series kickoff presentation, Assistive Technology Consideration and Assessment Made Easy, with Penny Reed, PhD. This presentation is intended for special education administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, OTs, PTs, SLPs, and assistive technology specialists.

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says “Save Our Schools” leader Beth Lewis owes her membership and Arizona educators an explanation for her support for having biological boys with male genitalia shower in girls’ locker rooms and using girls’ restrooms.

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced today the U.S. Department of Education (USED) contacted the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) late last week to offer a waiver to recoup approximately $29 million federal Title I dollars that had been under-utilized during the Hoffman administration. The department has submitted that waiver request that will cover State Fiscal Years 2021, 2022, and 2023.