Please be aware the Exceptional Student Services October 1 processing will be updated today to include integrity rules for Membership and Accountability. This will result in any SPED student receiving services over October 1 failing Membership or Accountability rules to be excluded from your October 1 count. Many existing SPED integrity rules rely on Membership and Accountability rules to ensure clean data.

The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application Phase II due date has been extended from December 15, 2021 to the NEW due date of January 18, 2022 by 5pm.

The FY22 ARP-IDEA Consolidated-Entitlement Grant is now available in the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system. The ARP-IDEA Consolidated Grant must be submitted as a new funding application. The code assigned to ARP IDEA Basic and ARP IDEA Preschool should fall within the codes of the federal project for IDEA Funds. The IDEA Consolidated-Entitlement funding application allocations will be updated soon and require a budget revision to bring the remaining balance to $0.00 for the IDEA Preschool and IDEA Basic grants.

The SPED07 report is now available within the October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application for Phase II: Reconciliation.

Special Education Directors,Please see below the free professional learning opportunity that is available to you and your staff.From Barriers to Belonging: Supporting Inclusion for Students with Disabilitieswith Eric CarterThursday, December 2 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

A new integrity rule for FY 2022 will be introduced into the integrity process on SPED data shortly.  This new rule is a continuation of our effort to further validate SPED reporting to ensure clean data for the state.    A new one-sheet Integrity Tool is available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips. It has been added to our SPED Integrity Rules Reference document and referenced on the FY 2022 ESS Data Reporting Updates document.  Integrity Rule -10138 This rule will validate any students enrolled at an approved Private Day School to have a corresponding SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) reported for all dates of the enrollment. 

Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.

Dear Special Education Directors,The Arizona Department of Education Assistive Technology team continues our 2021 AT National Presenter Series with Beth Poss.

  The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, November 17th from 10am – 11am. This session will cover a variety of data topics that will include:  Reminders  Trending topics  Topics requested by you  Q&A 

Are you looking for Speech-Language Pathologists and/or Speech-Language Pathology Assistants? On November 18–20, 2021, ADE/ESS will be recruiting for speech personnel on behalf of all public education agencies (PEAs) at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) annual fall conference. ESS will operate a booth in the virtual exhibit hall to promote the advantages of working in a school setting and to showcase speech vacancies in Arizona's public schools.