Special Education Blog

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: October Data Collection Phase II Office Hours

  • Wed, Nov 19 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

To help you be more successful in the Reconciliation (Phase II), ESS Data Management is offering PEA’s the opportunity to meet 1-on-1 with an ESS Data Management Specialist via Microsoft Teams.

IMPORTANT: Update on Tomorrow’s SEDU Webinar

  • Tue, Nov 18 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

For the Special Education Data Updates (SEDU) webinar scheduled for tomorrow, November 19, at 2:00 PM, please note that Monica Paz from School Finance will be unable to present due to illness. While this is unfortunate, we have rescheduled this special session for Tuesday, December 2, at 2:00 PM. Save your School Finance questions for the rescheduled SEDU session with Monica Paz.  

INTERNAL PD INFO: Secondary Transition Tuesday Webinar: Putting the Transition Plan Course of Study into Action

  • Tue, Nov 18 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Transition Training
    • Transition News

The ADE/ESS Secondary Transition Team is excited to continue our 2025-2026 Transition Tuesday webinar series! This engaging webinar series is designed to empower students, educators, and families by connecting them with community resources and experts who support the secondary transition planning process. 

INTERNAL VIRTUAL PD: Free Assistive Technology JOTs

  • Thu, Nov 13 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Are you overwhelmed by professional development? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Join the ADE/ESS Assistive Technology Team for our fall series, Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT). In these quick 30-minute sessions, we will highlight a single assistive technology tool or strategy that you can use to support your students.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SPED07 Report Now Available

  • Mon, Nov 10 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

SPED07 Report Now Available

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar for November – SPECIAL EDITION

  • Fri, Nov 7 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Special Education Data Updates Webinar for November – SPECIAL EDITION

DATA INFO: Teacher Attrition Survey Opens November 1

  • Fri, Oct 31 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability

ESS collects data annually 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. 

FISCAL INFO: FY 2026 High-Cost Child Claims Open

  • Thu, Oct 23 2025  •
    • Data Management

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that the High-Cost Child Claims have opened for the FY 2026 school year as of October 1, 2025.

DATA INFO: PEA Determinations for FFY 2024 Now Available

  • Thu, Oct 23 2025  •
    • Updates

Under Section 616 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), State Education Agencies are required to make a determination for all Public Education Agencies (PEAs) on the PEA’s performance in the implementation of special education. Each PEA’s federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024 (FY 2025) determination is now available for review through ADE Connect and posted on the website.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: October 1 Data Collection Phase II Trainings for FY 2026

  • Fri, Oct 17 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

October 1 Data Collection Phase II Trainings for FY 2026