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Program Area: Special Education
Registration for Arizona’s 2023 IDEA Conference: Creating Connections and Strengthening Systems is filling up quickly. To join us from August 21–23, 2023, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, please register on or before July 19, 2023.
Program Area: Adult Education Services
Program Area: Special Education
The Arizona Department of Education Assistive Technology Team is pleased to welcome Judith Schoonover, MEd, OTR/L, ATP, FAOTA as she presents “Building a Foundation for Exp
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: Special Education
The Merging Two Worlds Transition/Career Planning curriculum was developed by Pima Special Programs, Department of Pima County School Superintendent's Office, Tucson Arizona.
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Vehicle Inventory Submission Reminder
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
The Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS) system will begin collecting an extension of parent information starting in the fiscal year 2024. This additional information is a flag on parent data submitted into AzEDS that identifies the parent as an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) parent.
Program Area: Special Education
The Preschool Transition and Students Without Disabilities data entry components are now open in the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD):Preschool Transition: required for PEAs that provide special education and related services to preschoolers. Data entry involves information on students who transferred from Part C (Arizona Early Intervention Program) to Part B (PEA preschool program).Students Without Disabilities (SWOD): data entry is required for PEAs to identify whether or not educational services were provided to SWOD reported as long-term suspended or expelled in AzEDS.
Program Area: Special Education
ESS Data Management is pleased to share a new guidance document that addresses full-time equivalency (FTE) enrollment reporting for preschool students with disabilities in the AzEDS SPED Reporting section of the ESS Data Management website.
Program Area: Special Education
The final regulations for the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) were published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006, and became effective on October 13, 2006.
Program Area: Special Education
The Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services (ADE/ESS), does not oversee the Medicaid School-Based Claiming program, but does assist in facilitating communication between publi
Program Area: Special Education
The suggestions below are practical advice, not requirements.
Program Area: Special Education
It’s Not Jumping through HoopsWhen reduced to basics, the IEP is a communication tool used so that everyone understands what is expected will happen.
Program Area: Special Education
Include the DateOften the prior written notice (PWN) form will have a date at the top when it is provided to the parent, but the date of the decision referenced in the PWN is often not inc
Program Area: Special Education
ESS ensures that public education agencies in Arizona have special education programs, policies, and procedures that comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and i
