The Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Program Management team distributes Individuals with Disability Act grant monies to eligible Public Education Agencies (PEA) throughout Arizona. The grant application process is facilitated through the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system. Grants are approved, amended, and financially monitored through this system. Programmatic monitoring for IDEA grants is facilitated between the program management team and the Program Support and Monitoring specialist in ESS.

IDEA Consolidated - Entitlement Grant

The IDEA formula grants are used to assist Arizona in meeting the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. In order to be eligible for funding, PEAs must serve all children with disabilities between the ages of 3 through 21 and be non-profit.

Information on the audit resolution

The total amounts of the audit resolution for PEAs over 5 years 

Fiscal Year 2019 Allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent

Fiscal Year 2020 Allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent

Fiscal Year 2021 preliminary allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent.

Contact Information

For programmatic questions, please email ESS Program Management:

• Funding Applications
• Completion Report programmatic issues
• Proportionate Share
• Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)
• Allocations
• Maintenance of Effort general supervision and oversight

For fiscal questions, please submit a Help Desk ticket to Grants Management:

• Reimbursement requests
• Completion Reports expenditures

For questions on the October 1 Data Collection, please email ESS Data Management