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Program Area: Special Education
Registration is closing soon for the 2025 IDEA Director’s Preconference—Leadership in Action: Expanding Access, Cultivating Opportunity. This is your opportunity to collaborate, learn, and lead alongside peers who are shaping the future of special education across the state. The Director’s Preconference is an exclusive, invite-only event designed for Arizona’s special education leaders.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is excited to announce a year-long professional learning opportunity focused on Assistive Technology (AT) and Accessible Educational Materials (AEM).
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne has committed to cover any gaps in funding for armed campus officers whose salaries are paid through federal funds currently under review by the U.S. Department of Education.
Program Area: Educator Retention and Recruitment
Program Area: Special Education
The ESS Program Management team reviews the IDEA Consolidated - Entitlement funding applications, High-Cost Child Claims, and Compensatory Services Claims.E-mail the Program Management Inbox.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement following the announcement that federal funds for after school programs that were previously under review will be released to the states.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX - Superintendent Horne's letter to Bruce DuPlanty
Program Area: Data Governance
Program Area: K-12 Academic Standards
High School Graduation InformationThe Arizona State Board of Education establishes the requirements for graduation from high school.
Program Area: Special Education
Registration is open for Arizona’s 2025 IDEA Conference: Access Cultivates Opportunity, taking place August 21–22 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix.
Program Area: Empowerment Scholarship Account Program
ClassWallet is the financial management platform for the ESA program. Helpful tutorials are available here!
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: Adult Education Services
Courses are hosted in Blackboard and optimized to be completed on a desktop or laptop computer. Blackboard ULTRA courses are Cache-heavy.
Program Area: School Finance
The chapter for the Transportation Manual has been updated and posted on the School Finance webpage under School Finance Guidelines & Manuals.
Program Area: Special Education
New Guidance for SPED Data Reporting
Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Data Management team is pleased to announce Beginning of the Year ESS Data Management training for the 2025–2026 reporting year.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Education is providing guidance to local public districts and charter operators about a pause taken by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) affecting certain federal grants to schools. This does not affect any prior years funding that districts or charters may have available to use.
