The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural training sessions for the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) hosted by the Exceptional Student Services Data Management team. These training sessions include both an in-person workshop and a live webinar.

Teach Camp registration is filling up fast! It is hard to believe that this summer, we will launch Teach Camp for the fifth year! Teach Camp provides professional learning and supports that are specifically designed for beginning special education teachers.

School Finance has posted the BUDG-25 reports for all school districts to the School Finance website. The FY 2024 April BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 April BSA-55 information.

State schools chief Tom Horne criticized Governor Katie Hobbs’ veto of a bill he supported that would allow local districts and charters to set a policy restricting the use of mobile devices while students are in class. He pointed out that under the bill, local school authorities would set policies to accomplish that goal.

ADE/ESS and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer PEAs free resources, in-person and virtual professional learning, and additional coaching and technical assistance this summer.

State schools chief Tom Horne is responding to state legislators who made inaccurate assertions in a letter about the Department of Education’s disbursement of federal education dollars.

The ADE/ESS is offering a free, one-day Professional Learning for district leadership and school-site leadership to facilitate using tools and evidence-based practices to lead successful impact on school-wide systems, collective accountability, and inclusivity for the teaching and learning of students with specific learning disabilities. 

Please see the following updates for Emotional Disabilities-Public (ED-P) programs in FY 25.

All school districts, charter schools, secure care schools, and the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) are required to annually administer the State Performance Plan Indicator 8 Parent Involvement Survey to parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP).