PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is unveiling a new program that will make it possible for every available campus law enforcement officer position to be filled, despite ongoing shortages of officers in many communities. As a result, more positions in the already-funded School Safety Program will be filled with armed law enforcement officers with no new funding required.

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team is happy to announce an upcoming training for Special Education (SPED) Data Reporting in AzEDS.

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has joined forces with the private sector and representatives from the governments of Switzerland, Taiwan, and the Navajo Nation to create the Arizona Education Economic Commission, a collaboration between education and industry to encourage the development of workforce and economic opportunities for Arizona’s students.

Foster Care Education trainings for the 2023-2024 school year.

PHOENIX – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, Senate President Warren Petersen and Speaker Ben Toma have issued the following joint statement in response to Governor Hobbs’ recent claims regarding the costs of the Empowerment Scholarship Account program.

Data capture for the November 22nd payment is 10/15/23 at 5 pm. Reminder: Payment 5 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 5.

The School Level AFR forms are now able to be submitted in Budget System. Navigate to this link to access ADE Connect for submission in Budget System.

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, October 18th, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

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

October 1st falls on a Sunday this school year, and ESS Data Management would like to provide reminders of how to report students and if they should be included in the October 1 count.

Scenarios where a student IS counted for October 1 due to no gap in SPED services: