Special Education

INTERNAL PD INFO: Reserve your spot for the 2024–2025 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) today!

  • Tue, Jul 9 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Registration for the 2024–2025 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is closing soon, so please be sure to register if you are beginning your first or second year as a special education director.

ADE PD INFO: Announcing Keynote Speakers for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference

  • Wed, Jul 3 2024  •
    • IDEA Conference
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is excited to announce keynote speakers for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference: Expect, Engage, Achieve.

Data Management Alert: Special Education Data Dashboard: Review and Certification Process

  • Mon, Jun 24 2024  •
    • Data Management

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is open and accessible for your review. The SEDD application displays student data reported to the Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS), fitting the module requirements below. Any necessary updates should be made in your Student Information System (SIS) promptly to sync to AzEDS and will reflect in SEDD the following day.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: INVITATION: ESS Data Management Office Hours for Special Education Data Dashboard

  • Thu, Jun 13 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The ESS Data Management Team is pleased to offer virtual Office Hours to our Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to further assist in meeting the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) data requirements.

OPERATIONS UPDATE: English Learner Requirements for Students with Disabilities in Special Education Programs

  • Fri, Jun 7 2024  •
    • Updates

Please see the attached memo regarding English Learner (EL) requirements for students with disabilities.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Summer 2024 ADE/ESS Virtual Math Professional Learning Offerings

  • Fri, Jun 7 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Please see the attached flyer for information about ADE/ESS virtual math professional learning offerings that are available this summer. Questions can be directed to the contacts listed in the flyer.

Conference Schedule

ADE/ESS is excited to announce that Arizona’s 2025 IDEA Conference will be held August 21–22, 2025, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix.  

Please Note: There has been a change in the conference schedule this year. The 2025 IDEA Conference will offer two full days of programming, taking place Thursday, August 21, and Friday, August 22. Pre-conference activities will be held on Wednesday, August 20, by invitation only.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY24 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts only opened on 5/15/24

  • Thu, May 30 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

FY24 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey (PPPSS) required by all Public School Districts only (charter schools are excluded), opened on 5/15/24.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004 requires that each public education agency (PEA) maintain its records and provide to the State information related to parentally placed private elementary and secondary school students covered under §§ 300.130 through 300.144.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

  • Wed, May 29 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

MONITORING INFO: SY 2024-2025 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps Now Available!

  • Tue, May 28 2024  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ESS/Program Support &  Monitoring is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2024–2025 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps. Attached is the release memo that indicates some of the recent updates.