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Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Special Education Program Approval System for the 2024–2025 school year opens on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. ESS plans to have all Private Special Education Schools, Emotional Disabilities-Public (ED-P) programs, and Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs) that wish to operate for the fiscal year 2025 reviewed and approved by June 15, 2024.
Program Area: Special Education
In line with the end of the 24-25 school year, ADE/ESS would like to offer a reminder of the Arizona State Board of Education’s (SBE) rule changes related to secondary transition planning and graduation.
Program Area: Special Education
Please see the following public participation information for proposed ADE/ESS Special Education Dispute Resolution Policies and Procedures, available on the main ADE/ESS webpage.https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/wBgQthgBSoSZ1HKzYA7g3Q
Program Area: Special Education
On Monday, April 26, 2021 the Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Annual Special Education (SPED) Data Collection application for FY 2021 will be available to all public education agencies (PEAs). PEAs are expected to complete this data collection requirement electronically, utilizing ADEConnect to access the online application via the ESS Portal.
Program Area: Special Education
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT ESS October 1 Data Collection (ODC) – SPED73 and SPED07 Reports Accurate - Phase II Due Date 1/25 Thank you for your patience while Exceptional Student Services (ESS) worked with ADE-IT on troubleshooting issues with the reports and functionality for October 1 child count processing. The issues are now resolved, and the October 1 reports are now accurate. For SPED students, the AzEDS Portal SPED73 report and the ESS October 1 Data Collection application SPED07 report both provide accurate feedback for students reported in AzEDS served over October 1.
Program Area: Special Education
This month’s Special Education Director Check-In topic will address an upcoming flexibility regarding preschool disability data reporting. It will briefly discuss deployment dates, timelines, and implementation for this current school year. The main presentation will be an ESS Fiscal Update for federal grants. Please extend this invitation to your Business Managers, as ESS will present updates for the Fiscal Year 2024 IDEA funding applications, review available High-Cost Child funding opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024, and provide an overview of the upcoming GM Completion Report season. The ARP-IDEA funding cycle ends on September 30, and ESS Program Management wants to ensure that PEAs maximize their funding opportunities in the grant. Finally, we will cover where to find Maintenance of Effort Compliance standards to ensure that PEAs accurately report state-level expenditures on the 2023 Annual Financial Reports.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,
Program Area: Special Education
The Fiscal Year 2021 Important Dates document is now available. This document outlines all important due dates for the two data collections overseen by ESS Data Management
Program Area: Special Education
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: Special Education
Note: This guidance is applicable to school districts only.ESS Data Management is pleased to announce the Preschool Outcomes Technical Assistance Manual. It’s now available in the AzEDS SPED Reporting section of the ESS Data Management website.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is excited to share that Arizona’s 2023 IDEA Conference will be held in person from August 21–23, 2023, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. This year’s theme is Creating Connections and Strengthening Systems.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is so excited to announce that the 2021 IDEA Conference is scheduled for September 13—15, 2021:September 13 and 14, 8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.September 15, 8:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is proud to announce the release of the SY 2024–2025 Programmatic Monitoring Manual
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS has received numerous questions about Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) evaluations. The purpose of this Hot Topic is to help to highlight the differences between evaluations specified in federal and state special education regulations and ESA evaluations outlined in state regulations.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the availability of the school year 2021–2022 Programmatic Monitoring Manual on the Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) web page. The newly revised manual can be found on the PSM web page under “Resources.” Please see this memo for more information.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that registration for the 2023 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open! The purpose of this professional learning opportunity is to prepare new special education directors for the practical operation of a special education system.
Program Area: Special Education
Further clarification is being provided regarding students attending ASDB sites and the ESS October 1 Data Collection. Regardless if a student attends an ASDB site or a site within your PEA, you would include the student in your Phase I Verification Count if the student was provided services on October 1st.
INTERNAL PD INFO: Program Support and Monitoring In-Person Regional Training Opportunities, New Date
Program Area: Special Education
ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is excited to announce that in-person regional training opportunities are taking place this school year.
Program Area: Special Education
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:
