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Program Area: School Finance
FY2026 School Finance Fiscal Operations Updates
Program Area: School Finance
FY25 FRPL, DAA, and CAA One Time Funding Payment 2
Program Area: Title IV-A
Program Area: Title IV-A
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Arizona public schools will not face a funding shortfall as the Department of Education sent the necessary information to the state Treasurer this morning, ensuring that supplemental funding approved in the new state budget is sent to schools immediately.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement supporting today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that schools must provide an opt-out for parents excusing their children when their religious beliefs conflict with course material.
Program Area: School Finance
FY 2025 June Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne says he is very pleased that nearly 2,400 Arizona public school students received the Seal of Arts proficiency during the 2024-25 school year, the highest amount ever awarded.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS and School Finance sections have worked together to develop a resource for parents, counties, and public education agencies on certificates of educational convenience (CEC).
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – After more than a year of gathering input from parents, lawmakers and other interested stakeholders, the updated Arizona Department of Education Empowerment Scholarship Account Parent Handbook has been approved in an 8-1 vote by the State Board of Education. State Superintendent Tom Horne made the successful motion to approve.
Program Area: Special Education
We’re excited to invite you to an exclusive, invite-only event designed for Arizona’s special education leaders: the 2025 IDEA Director’s Preconference. This is your opportunity to collaborate, learn, and lead alongside peers who are shaping the future of special education across the state.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says Governor Hobbs’ veto of bipartisan legislation addressing antisemitism in public school classrooms is a terrible error that does not take into account the growing amount of antisemitism nationwide.
Program Area: Special Education
The College and Career Competency Framework supports educators in systematically embedding intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies into course content to help studen
Program Area: School Finance
Important update for the FY2025 June State Aid Payment.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX- Supt Tom Horne is calling for an Arizona law implementing the new United States Supreme Court decision that upheld a Tennessee law banning youth gender affirming care.
Program Area: Special Education
Please see the following public participation information for an ADE/ESS proposal to change the Significant Disproportionality calculation cell size, available on the ADE/ESS webpage.




