Welcome to Comparability

Cycle 0, 2, 4, or 6

1. Calculations or Exemption Form is completed each year.
2. Every EVEN year, i.e., 2020, 2022, etc., submit Assurance of Comparability
3. Every ODD year, i.e., 2019, 2021, etc., submit Calculations or Exemption Form

All reporting is submitted to the ADE by uploading evidence in EMAC no later than November 30.

Cycle 1, 3, or 5

1. Calculations or Exemption Form is completed each year.
2. Every ODD year, i.e., 2019, 2021, etc., submit Assurance of Comparability
3. Every EVEN year, i.e., 2020, 2022, etc., submit Calculations or Exemption Form

All reporting is submitted to the ADE by uploading evidence in EMAC no later than November 30.

Record Retention

Comparability records must be retained on-site for three fiscal years, regardless of exemption status or reporting requirements:

Comparability Resources

1. Comparability Handbook
2. ALL Title I Sites Comparability Worksheets
3. LEA with Both Title I and Non Title 1 Sites Comparability Worksheets
4. Comparability Exemption with Timeline Calendar Year 2022
5. Comparability LEA Procedure with Timeline Template Year 2022
6. Comparability Timeline
7. Comparability Presentation

Updates for Calendar Year 2022

1. What does your LEA have to submit?

• If your LEA is in Cycle 0, 2, 4, or 6, you will submit the Assurance of Comparability, an online form in EMAC.
• If your LEA is in Cycle 1, 3, or 5, you will submit the Calculations, with supporting documentation or Exemption Form in EMAC.

2. There are two Calculation worksheets, one for LEAs with ALL Title I schools and one for LEAs with both Title I and Non-Title I school sites.

3. There is now a LEA Procedure with Timeline template for non-exempt LEAs to use.

4.  ADE now requires that student counts be the LEA’s number of enrolled K-12 students on October 1st. A report of this data can be located in AzEds.