ESS Blog
Mon, Sep 8, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Wed, Sep 3, 2025
This message has been sent to inform you that the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) application is now open for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Tue, Aug 12, 2025
The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices Unit is pleased to offer a variety of resources and professional learning opportunities on Autism.
Tue, Aug 12, 2025
Registration for the 2025–2026 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is closing soon, so please be sure to register if you are beginning your first or second year as a special education
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is pleased to announce our first 2025-26 national presenter: Kelli Suding, M.Ed.
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices Unit and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer resources and professional learning opportunities to support PEA staff with free V
Mon, Aug 4, 2025
ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is proud to announce the release of the SY 2025–2026 Programmatic Mo
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
Back by popular demand beginning August 2025, the National Resource Center for Paraeducators (NRCP) and the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE), in partnersh
Thu, Jul 31, 2025
ADE/ESS recently notified Transporting School Districts in fiscal year (FY) 2025 that they will be required to complete the Statement of Assurances annually. Additionally, special education data r
Mon, Jul 28, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT Upcoming change for Fiscal Year 2026 - Modification to Exit Code W3: Expelled or long-term suspension
Tue, Jul 22, 2025
Tue, Jul 22, 2025
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is excited to announce a year-long professional learning opportunity focused on Assistive Technology (AT) and Accessible Educational Materials (AEM).
Thu, Jul 10, 2025
Registration is open for Arizona’s 2025 IDEA Conference: Access Cultivates Opportunity, taking place August 21–22 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge,
Thu, Jul 3, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTNew Guidance for SPED Data Reporting
Thu, Jul 3, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTBeginning of the Year ESS Data Management Trainin
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
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).
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
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
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Please see the following public participation information for proposed ADE/ESS Special Education Dispute Resolution Policies and Procedures, available on the main ADE/ESS
Tue, Jun 17, 2025
ESS/Program Support & Monitoring is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2025–2026 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Ste
Thu, Jun 5, 2025
Thu, Jun 5, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT
Wed, Jun 4, 2025
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 r
Thu, May 22, 2025
Data Management Alert