FY 2021 district and charter financial and compliance audit reports have been submitted to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) as of 3/23/2022.

This post contains links to the FY22 SDER reports and the date of submission list.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT FY22 ESS Discipline Data Training Webinar ESS Data Management is hosting a training webinar for the ESS Discipline Data Collection (DDC) application on April 6, 2022, from 10:00am – 11:00am.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTNEW Home-based vs. Homeschooled vs. Homebound Guidance DocumentA new guidance document identifying the key differences between reporting Home-based vs. Homeschooled vs. Homebound students is now available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting page, under Tools and Resources.

Special Education Directors,The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to announce our first in-person professional learning opportunities of the 2021–2022 AT Builders National Presenter Series with Judith Schoonover for special educators and related service providers.“Want to ‘Make’ a Difference? Promote ParticipATion with Easily Found Materials!” with Judith Schoonover.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTUpdate to Integrity Rule for FY 2022: -40031An update to an integrity rule for FY 2022 will be introduced into the integrity process on SPED data shortly. This rule is a continuation of our effort to further validate SPED reporting to ensure clean data for the state. A one-sheet Integrity Tool is available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips. An updated error message has been added to our SPED Integrity Rules Reference document and the change is referenced on the FY 2022 ESS Data Reporting Updates document.

The window for districts (not charters) to submit transportation data is scheduled to close at 5pm on 3/21/22. For additional information, please review the full post.

Submit Safe Return to In-Person Learning Plans via EMAC and join our webinar on March 14th to learn about ESSER Data reporting submission requirements

March's data capture for the April payment is scheduled for 3/8/22 at 5pm. Please review the full post for additional details and reminders.

Special Education Directors,Please see the announcement below for an exciting professional learning opportunity.Announcing the Arizona Professional Learning SeriesAn Opportunity for Public Education AgenciesThe ADE/ESS Arizona Professional Learning Series (AZPLS) provides district and school teams with a systemic method for achieving systems change in aligning state, district, and school site efforts to impact literacy achievement for all students and to close the literacy achievement gap for students with specific learning disabilities.