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SPED DATA INFO: PEA Determinations for FFY 2022 Now Available

  • Tue, Jul 16 2024  •
    • Updates

PEA Determinations for FFY 2022 Now Available

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY24 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts 1-Month Reminder

  • Fri, Jul 12 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

FY24 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey (PPPSS) required by all Public School Districts only (charter schools are excluded), due on August 14th, 2024.

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.

Defining Instructional Calendar

  • Wed, Jul 3 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics

The Defining the Instructional Calendar Chapter has been updated and posted on the School Finance webpage under the School Finance Guidelines & Manuals section. This chapter was revised to remove duplicate guidance referred to in the Reporting Student Membership chapter and remove outdated guidance.

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.

Reporting Student Membership Guidance

  • Tue, Jul 2 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics

Reporting Student Membership, formally part of the School Finance Manual, has been updated and posted.

Charter Estimated Counts

  • Tue, Jun 25 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

Charter Estimated Counts files are due on 07/01/24. This requirement does not apply to districts as it is specifically for Charter schools.

School Finance does NOT pay based on the prior year's ADM in AzEDS for Charters.

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.

FY 2024 June Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Fri, Jun 21 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

School Finance has posted the BUDG-25 reports for all school districts to the School Finance website. The FY 2024 June BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 June BSA-55 information.

Horne effort to reduce red tape for teachers succeeds with lawmakers

  • Tue, Jun 18 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne says the newly-passed state budget includes a change that he has long sought: the elimination of the Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) program, which many educators consider an unnecessary bureaucratic requirement and a waste of classroom time.