Hot Topic Alerts

Hot Topics are communications that are sent to Special Education Directors in response to a large volume of calls or emails from education stakeholders on a particular topic. The intent is to provide consistent information to the special education field on a given topic, and also provide applicable statute(s).

July 2020

In-Person Special Education Services Under the Governor’s Executive Orders *new*

Executive Order 2020-44 Related to "School Days" and Special Education Timelines *new*

Electronic Signatures *new*

Extended School Year (ESY) and Compensatory Educational Services (Comp Ed) *new*

November 2019

FAPE for Students in Group Homes

October 2019

Specific Learning Disability Eligibility Criteria

July 2019

English Learners

March 2018

Frequency and Duration

From the Exceptional Student Services Blog

EXTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: AASP Annual Conference Thu, Oct 21 2021 Professional Learning and Sustainability, Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please see this flyer from our colleagues with the Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) regarding their upcoming annual conference.

The Annual Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) Conference has gone hybrid!

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2022 October 1 Data Collection Wed, Oct 20 2021 Data Management, Updates

The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application is now open and Phase I is underway.

This phase includes the submission of your PEA’s SPED student count and personnel FTE data.

This data is due Wednesday, November 17, 2021.