Special Education

INTERNAL PD Opportunity: Become a Certified K-12 Braille Transcriber

  • Fri, Jun 12 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices

The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices team is pleased to announce the K–12 State Braille Transcriber Project.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Integrity Rule -40105

  • Tue, Jun 9 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Effective June 8, 2026, integrity error -40105: Preschool exit outcomes may not be entered until the last day of the student's program, will now be a FED SPED warning instead of a FED SPED failure.

EXTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: STAR Autism Supports Summer Workshops

  • Tue, Jun 9 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Training
    • Academic Achievement & Inclusive Practices

Don't Miss This Summer Professional Learning Opportunity!

INTERNAL PD INFO: Last Call to the Campfire—Registration is Closing Soon!

  • Fri, Jun 5 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability

Don’t miss this opportunity to sign up your new special education teachers for Teach Camp!

MONITORING INFO: SY 2026-2027 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps Now Available!

  • Thu, Jun 4 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Program Support and Monitoring

ESS/Program Support & Monitoring is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2026–2027 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps. Attached is the release memo that indicates some of the recent updates.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for the 2026–2027 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!

  • Thu, Jun 4 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that registration for the 2026–2027 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar for June

  • Thu, Jun 4 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: End of the Year Integrity Rule: -40055

  • Fri, May 22 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Beginning May 1st of each fiscal year, -40055 integrity rule is re-run to capture any misaligned or unreported data related to SPED Exit Date, SPED Exit Reason, Enrollment Exit Date, and Enrollment Exit Reason in AzEDS.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY26 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey (PPPSS) is now open

  • Wed, May 13 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY26 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey (PPPSS) is now open

Data Management Alert: Special Education Data Dashboard Webinar Video and Office Hours

  • Tue, May 12 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The FY26 SEDD Webinar Video is now available. In addition to this, PEAs are now able to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with an ESS Data Mangement specialist to help troubleshoot reporting issues.