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Head Starts—Special Education

The federal Department of Health & Human Services allocates Head Start Arizona Head Start grantees. The grantees may run programs and/or allocate monies to local Head Start program contractors. Exceptional Student Services recognize these programs as similar to other public special education programs operated within the state. Our unit aligns the naming convention and standard to what is recognized by the Office of Head Start and a listing can be found on the HHS website. Exceptional student services will be updating this page with a master list soon. For data reporting purposes, all children receiving services within these programs must be accurately reported at those sites with a public education agency listed as the district of residence.

Each public education agency (PEA) that places a student on an IEP in a Head Start program can submit a unique version of a calendar tailored to how its district/charter operates, and how the Head Start site operates. This will take into consideration unique fall/winter/spring break times scheduled by PEAs that can be recognized regardless of the operational days at the Head Start site.

Example: District A has a winter break between December 24, 2019, to January 2, 2020. In that district’s calendar submission for students attending a given Head Start site, out-of-session days such as this winter break can be specified for those students even if the Head Start site was open during that time. This is in deference to the PEA’s overall function and capacity as the PEA responsible for providing educational services.

Based on this guidance, PEAs should contact each Head Start site where it places students to obtain the standard operating calendar for accurate data submissions.

Additional information can be found on the general Head Start webpage for the department.

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From the Exceptional Student Services Blog

INTERNAL PD INFO: Preregistration for Teach Camp is Now Open! Tue, Apr 13 2021 Professional Learning and Sustainability, Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that preregistration for Teach Camp 2.0 is now open!

Teach Camp is a year-long support system that includes professional learning specifically designed for beginning special education teachers. The goal of Teach Camp is to increase retention of special educators by providing our newest special education teachers with the tools they need to survive and thrive during their first years in the classroom.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY22 Update: Integrity Rules Upgrading from Warning to Failure Wed, Apr 7 2021 Data Management, Updates

Effective Fiscal Year 2022, two Integrity Rules will be upgrading from a warning to a failure.

Please be aware you can identify students receiving these warnings in FY21 to prepare for your reporting in FY22.  Please check your INTEG15 report in the AzEDS Portal to determine if your entity is failing any Integrity Rules. The INTEG15 report can filter by warnings only.

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