School Finance Blog

School Level AFR Updates

  • Fri, Sep 22 2023  •
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The School Level AFRs are expected to be released September 29, 2023 after the Auditor General’s office finalizes its updates. You will be able to access this form on the Auditor General’s website here upon the release of the forms.

AFR Packet Forms Are Available To Submit In Budget System

  • Wed, Sep 20 2023  •
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The AFR packet forms are now able to be submitted in Budget System. Navigate to this link to access ADE Connect for submission in Budget System.

FY2023 Statewide Recalculation

  • Mon, Sep 18 2023  •
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The FY2023 Statewide Recalculation has been completed and a list of results can be seen in the file linked attached; Charters and Districts are listed alphabetically.

FY 2023 SRC FRPL & Gifted Add-on Payment

  • Mon, Sep 18 2023  •
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School Finance has manually calculated final Group B FRPL and Gifted add-on payments for the FY23 Statewide Recalculation. The files included describe the calculation process and details for each district and charter.

SDER Application Open

  • Thu, Sep 14 2023  •
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The School District Employee Report (SDER) On-Line Application is now open to accept employee data. This application is accessible through ADE Connect.

Data Capture Reminder - 9/15/23

  • Wed, Sep 13 2023  •
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Reminder: Payment 4 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 4.

K3 FY23 AFR & FY24 Budget Released Files

  • Thu, Sep 7 2023  •
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School Finance had to rerelease the K3 FY23 AFR and FY24 Budget files. Please download the latest files by navigating to this website.

K-3 Reading 2024 Budget and 2023 AFR Forms Posted

  • Thu, Aug 31 2023  •
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The FY 2024 K-3 Reading Budget and FY 2023 K-3 Reading AFR zip files have been posted to the LEA Budget Resources page of the School Finance website.

Update to Integrity Rule - 10023

  • Tue, Aug 29 2023  •
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Integrity rule -10023 has been updated to align with ARS§15-902(A) which defines the allowable age for students to be assigned ungraded (grade UE) as children with disabilities who are at least five years old, but under six years of age by September 1.

Type 03 District FAQs

  • Tue, Aug 29 2023  •
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School Finance is aware that there are still some lingering questions regarding the transition for Type 03 High School Students for the 2023-2024 School Year.  School Finance has compiled a list of answers to frequently asked questions that can be found here.