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INTERNAL PD INFO: Register for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference!

  • Tue, May 14 2024  •
    • IDEA Conference
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is excited to announce the opening of registration for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference: Expect, Engage, Achieve.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Reserve Your Spots for Teach Camp today!

  • Mon, May 13 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Teach Camp registration is filling up fast! It is hard to believe that we will launch Teach Camp for the fifth year this summer!

ADM Reports for Budget Preparation

  • Fri, May 10 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Data Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

There are several reports that districts and charters can access from School Finance Reports and within the AzEDS system that summarize student counts and are helpful in the budget preparation process:

How to Avoid Creating Duplicate Student I.D.s

  • Fri, May 10 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

The School Finance Analyst Team has noticed a data trend: an increase in duplicate State Student I.D.s reported every new school year. Creating duplicate student I.D.s can lead to incorrect funding and pose a significant challenge for districts, charters, and the School Finance Analyst Team to resolve. To avoid such complications, it's crucial to familiarize yourself with the guidelines below and ensure we don't create any duplicate student I.D.s.

View the self-efficacy infographic, which includes the definition of self-efficacy and student impacts resulting from instruction. For any questions, email Pattie Noonan.

  • Thu, May 9 2024  •
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS, in collaboration with the University of Kansas Research Collaboration, is offering the College and Career Competencies Project, a free, one-year professional development series.

Horne praises Arizona students named Presidential Scholars

  • Thu, May 9 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is applauding the work of three Arizona high school students who were today named as 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars. This program recognizes high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.

Data Management Alert: FY2024 Special Education Data Dashboard

  • Thu, May 9 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) opens today, May 8, 2024. SEDD is a comprehensive platform for Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to securely access federally mandated special education and statewide public data with redaction features. Through this application, PEAs enter, review, and certify special education data required under Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Fiscal Year 2023 A.R.S. § 15-915 Deadline for Upward Adjustment

  • Wed, May 8 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Data Hot Topics
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    • Payment Hot Topics

A.R.S. § 15-915 2023 Timelines

Horne sets up task force to take on Fentanyl crisis

  • Wed, May 8 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – Citing the growing incidents of Fentanyl deaths and overdoses among Arizona school-aged children, schools chief Tom Horne has announced an initiative to supply schools with the anti-overdose drug Narcan and the creation of a statewide task force to address this growing crisis. He has also endorsed an effort to get free anti-drug awareness materials into all Arizona schools.  

A.R.S. § 15-185(D) Reduction of Equalization Assistance for Charter Schools Receiving Federal and State Monies Intended for Maintenance and Operations of the School for Fiscal Year 2025

  • Tue, May 7 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Data Hot Topics

A.R.S. § 15-185(D) requires the reduction of the base support level and equalization assistance by the amount of federal and state monies received by a charter school that are intended for the basic maintenance and operations of the school.