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MONITORING INFO: SY 2025-2026 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps Now Available!

June 17, 2025
Program Support and Monitoring
Updates
ESS/Program Support & Monitoring is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2025–2026 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps. Attached is the release memo that indicates some of the recent updates.
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Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)

Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)

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Special Education Advisory Panel

The state has established and maintains an advisory panel for the purpose of providing policy guidance with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities in the state.

Panel Information

About SEAP

2025-2026 Calendar

SEAP By-Laws

IDEA Data Center Part B FFY 2020-2025

SPP/APR

Membership

Panel Members

Application for Panel Membership

Note to Applicants

Secondary Transition Resources

Secondary Transition Resources

Secondary Transition

Secondary Transition (ST) bridges school programs and adult life opportunities, such as higher education, employment, and independent living. This process is guided by a transition plan, as required by Indicator 13 of the IDEA Part B. The ST Team focuses on best practice strategies for the transition planning process.

These resources aim to support compliance with state-specific guidelines, offer best practices for transition planning, and encourage collaboration with stakeholders who impact the secondary transition of students with disabilities.

 Please visit the Secondary Transition website for additional details.

ADE Resources

Education and Career Action Plan (ECAP)

College and Career Ready

College & Career Competencies Project

Post School Outcomes (PSO)

Secondary Transition Services Rule Change

Youth Engagement Initiatives

Best Practice Resources

Secondary Transition-Wakelet Hub

  • Age-Appropriate Transition Assessments (AATA) – ST assessments for all levels of independence
  • PSO – Resources for Indicator 14
  • ST Resources – A collection of general resources from training
  • ST Professional Development – A hub of training resources 

Join our Email List to get invited to our Transition Tuesday Series

Arizona Community of Practice on Transition (AZCoPT)

The AzCoPT team meets regularly to collaborate, develop, and coordinate transition services, professional development, and resources for improving the transition experience for youth with disabilities.  

The AZCoPT Website

Navigating Life Transitions: Arizona's Transition Resource Guide

Empowered Transitions Resource Guide

National Agencies that Support Secondary Transition

National agencies that exist to provide technical assistance, resources, collaborative practices, research, and programming to ensure that youth with disabilities experience successful transitions from high school to adult life. 

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative (NTACT:C)

Transition Coalition

Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment

The James Madison University I'm Determined Center

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

Pre-ETS are funded by RSA/VR and available to students with disabilities aged 14-22. These services include career exploration and job readiness workshops on topics such as Job Exploration Counseling, Work-Based Learning, Counseling on Post-Secondary and Training Opportunities, Work Readiness Training, and Instruction in Self-Advocacy.

Pre-ETS Flyer

RSA/VR Pre-ETS Website

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

CTE engages Arizona learners in relevant experiences leading to purposeful and economically viable careers. 

CTE is part of a well-rounded education and, as such, CTE programs are eligible to access Title IV funds.

CTE Website

 

Understand Compliance

ADE Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) Webpage

2025-2026 Guide Steps

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Email the Secondary Transition Team

MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

June 5, 2025
Data Management
Updates
MEMO Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS
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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

June 5, 2025
Data Management
Updates
Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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SPED DATA UPDATE: Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

June 4, 2025
Data Management
Updates
The United States Department of Education and the Office of Special Education Programs require that public education agencies (PEAs) submit discipline data to state education agencies for federal reporting into EDFacts.
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Data Management Alert: New Integrity Rule: -40102

May 22, 2025
Data Management
Updates
Effective April 28, 2025, a new integrity error has been implemented for SPED data validations in AzEDS. This new integrity error is 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.
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FY25 SEDD Training Video Now Available

May 22, 2025
Data Management
Updates
FY25 SEDD Training Video Now Available
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INTERNAL PD INFO: Don’t miss the bus to Teach Camp—registration is pulling away soon!

May 20, 2025
Professional Learning and Sustainability
Training
Updates
It's hard being a new teacher. It's hard being a special education teacher. It's really hard being a new special education teacher. That’s where Teach Camp comes in!
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GRADUATION INFO: Arizona State Board of Education Rule Change

May 20, 2025
Transition News
Transition Training
Updates
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.
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