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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Dashboard Webinar

  • Mon, Apr 6 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires public education agencies (PEAs) to report specific data each year, including discipline incidents for students receiving special education services, expulsions of students not receiving special education services, and students who exited special education during the reporting year. PEAs review, validate, and certify these data using the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: April SEDU Alert

  • Fri, Apr 3 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Dashboard Webinar

  • Thu, Apr 2 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The ESS Data Management team is holding a webinar via Zoom to guide PEAs through end-of-year reporting in the SEDD application. The session will cover recent application updates, exit and discipline data requirements, and key deadlines to support accurate and timely reporting. A recording of the webinar will be made available for those unable to attend.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY27 SOA Opening Alert

  • Wed, Apr 1 2026  •
    • Updates
    • Data Management

The FY27 Statement of Assurances application is open for submission. All public education agencies (PEAs) must submit the IDEA Statement of Assurances (SOA) through the Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Portal within ADEConnect. This is required before any FY27 activities in the ESS Portal are allowable. The portal will block any PEA that has not completed the SOA effective July 1, 2026, which is when FY27 begins. 

Horne blasts Democrats for voting against school safety bill

  • Thu, Mar 26 2026

PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne says Democrats who voted against HB 4109, a bill requiring schools to report life-threatening on-campus incidents, are harming the ability of schools to do everything possible to protect the safety and lives of students, educators and staff.

INTERNAL VIRTUAL PD: Free Assistive Technology JOT

  • Wed, Mar 25 2026  •
    • Updates
    • 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 spring 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.   

IDEA CONFERENCE INFO: Youth & Family Scholarships Now Open for Arizona’s 2026 IDEA Conference

  • Wed, Mar 25 2026  •
    • Updates
    • IDEA Conference

In partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, ADE/ESS is excited to be able to offer scholarships for Arizona youth and their families. Scholarships are available so that youth and young adults with disabilities and/or their family member/personal assistant can attend Arizona’s 2026 IDEA Conference: Stronger Systems, Better Outcomes—for Every Student. This year’s conference will be held from August 18–20, 2026, with preconference activities on Monday August 17, at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort.

FY 2026 March Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Tue, Mar 24 2026  •
    • Hot Topics
    • Budget Hot Topics

FY 2026 March Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

Superintendent Horne sends letter of concern to Channel 12.

  • Wed, Mar 18 2026

Superintendent Horne sends letter of concern to Channel 12.

Regarding Senator Miranda‘s views expressed at the hearing on keeping boys out of sports for girls, showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms.

  • Mon, Mar 16 2026

Regarding Senator Miranda‘s views expressed at the hearing on keeping boys out of sports for girls, showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms.