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Announcement: Release of Non-Fundable Intervals in AzEDS Portal

  • Wed, Oct 1 2025  •
    • Data Hot Topics

The AzEDS Portal Average Daily Membership Calculation Engine (ACE) system displays non-fundable intervals on the ADM15 report.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Wed, Oct 1 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 

Horne: New high school absenteeism report shows catastrophic problem

  • Tue, Sep 30 2025

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says a new report issued by the Helios Foundation shows tough measures need to be taken to address catastrophic levels of chronic high school student absenteeism in Arizona. Chronic absenteeism is defined as nine absences in a semester or 18 absences in a year.

Horne: Yee denial of cash advance to Nadaburg district irresponsible – affects 1,500 students

  • Mon, Sep 29 2025

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is calling on State Treasurer Kim Yee to reconsider her denial of a justified cash advance to the Nadaburg school district, calling her current actions irresponsible.

Internal Virtual PD: Free Assistive Technology JOTs

  • Thu, Sep 25 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Training
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Are you overwhelmed by professional development? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Join the ADE/ESS Assistive Technology Team for our fall series, Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT). In these quick 30-minute sessions, we will highlight a single assistive technology tool or strategy that you can use to support your students.

Unprecedented Native American academic gains celebrated by Horne

  • Wed, Sep 24 2025

PHOENIX – Native American students statewide are seeing remarkable improvement in Reading and Math proficiency with the implementation of school improvement strategies, according to state schools chief Tom Horne. In the Chinle district, some schools are scoring higher than the state average.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Revised Preschool Outcomes Reporting Guidance

  • Tue, Sep 23 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The Preschool Outcomes Reporting Guidance has been revised to provide clarity on what data needs to be submitted as well as when the data needs to be submitted for preschool students that are receiving special education services.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025

  • Thu, Sep 18 2025  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025

Constitution Day: Horne champions freedom of speech, respectful dialogue

  • Wed, Sep 17 2025

PHOENIX – Today marks the 238th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution and it is a day worth celebrating, says state schools chief Tom Horne.

Citing Monday knife fight, Horne calls on Phoenix Union to add more officers

  • Tue, Sep 16 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – A knife fight between two female students at Carl Hayden High School Monday shows the Phoenix Union district board made a major mistake by denying the school’s request for an armed officer to be paid for by the Arizona Department of Education earlier this year.