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Program Area: Special Education
Enhancements to integrity rules -40055 and -40080 have been implemented for SPED data validations in AzEDS. These updates are part of an ongoing effort to ensure clean data during the fiscal year and to avoid corrections of data after the close of the fiscal year.
Program Area: School Finance
School Finance Reports website now contains budget reports.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Flanked by representatives from multiple state agencies and members of department’s task force who worked to procure lifesaving Narcan for Arizona schools, state Superintendent Tom Horne today announced more than 16,000 Narcan kits are now available for distribution to school campuses.
Program Area: Educator Retention and Recruitment
Program Area: Special Education
Are you overwhelmed by professional development? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Join the ADE/ESS Assistive Technology Team for our fall series, Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT).
Program Area: Special Education
Looking for a conference to support the professional learning of paraeducators who work with students with disabilities?
Program Area: Office of Communications
District supports Black Lives Matters and other political signage on campusPHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says the Osborn school district in central Phoenix is allowing race and gender politics to distract from academics by displaying signage promoting Black Lives Matter and other politically-charged causes on school grounds.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Education has sent a letter to the State Auditor General updating that agency on measures the Department took in 2023 to implement key internal controls over Empowerment Scholarship Account program functions and processes. The ADE letter addresses two concerns that arose in 2023, and that were immediately addressed publicly. A copy of the letter is attached.
Program Area: Special Education
Are you looking for Speech-Language Pathologists or Speech-Language Pathology Assistants?
Program Area: Special Education
Annually, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is required to report special education (SPED) data to the federal government. The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) is part of that process and is required by all Public Education Agencies (PEAs).
Program Area: School Finance
FY 2024 Over Expenditure Reports (BUDG-75)
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is providing notice to the field of the updated Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) rule A.A.C. R7-2-401(G)(4)(A) that was approved and effective on October 21, 2024.
Program Area: Special Education
ESS collects data each year through the Teacher Attrition Survey to make informed decisions about recruitment and retention efforts in Arizona. Participation in the survey is mandatory for all public education agencies in Arizona.
Program Area: Educator Retention and Recruitment
Program Area: Educator Retention and Recruitment
Program Area: Educator Retention and Recruitment
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is acutely aware of the shortage of qualified special education teachers and related service providers across Arizona.
Program Area: Special Education
