Data Management

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT ED-P reporting in Residential Treatment CentersAn update to allowable SPED Needs reported for Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) ES will take effect in AzEDS shortly. This update will allow the combination of SPED Need ED-P to be reported with LRE ES (Public or Private Residential Facility for greater than 50% of the school day placed by another state agency (not an IEP team decision)).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, October 19th   The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, October 19th from 2pm – 3pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTFY 2023 October 1 Data Collection Application is now OPENThe October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application is now open, and Phase I is underway. This phase includes the submission of your Public Education Agency (PEA) Special Education (SPED) student count and personnel Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) data.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTExceptional Student Services (ESS) Discipline Data Collection (DDC) Application Opening September 14The ESS DDC application will open for fiscal year (FY) 2023 incident entry on September 14, 2022.There are no significant changes to the DDC application this school year. ESS requires all Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to manually enter or bulk upload discipline data incidents into the DDC application. The XML Schema for PEAs choosing the bulk upload option is unchanged.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTFY23 ESS October 1 Parentally Placed Private School Students Training Webinar ESS Data Management will host a training webinar for the ESS October 1 Parentally Placed Private School Students on September 28, 2022, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am.This webinar is intended for School Districts with geographic boundaries ONLY. (Charter schools are not responsible for private school count or required for proportionate share.)

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT       Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, September 21st The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, September 21st from 2pm – 3pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT     New AzEDS SPED Integrity Rule -40079 for FY23A new Integrity Rule -40079 will be introduced into the integrity process on FY23 SPED data shortly. This update is a continuation of our effort to ensure clean data for the state. A new one-sheet Integrity Tool is available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips, and the rule has been added to our SPED Integrity Rules Reference document and the FY23 ESS Data Reporting Updates document.Integrity Rule -40079This rule will validate the reported Resident School ID is a site of the District of Residence (DOR).Except in cases if the student is attending a Union or High School District and the DOR is an Elementary District without a High School, then the Resident School ID should be a site within the District of Attendance.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT      Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, August 17th    The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, August 17th from 2pm – 3pm.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT SEDD Certification begins tomorrow July 20thCertification of final FY22 Special Education Data begins tomorrow July 20th, and is due by August 3rd.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERTNew Integrity Rule -40086 – New SPED14 Exit Code for PreschoolA new Special Education integrity rule -40086, will be introduced into the integrity process on FY23 SPED data. This update is a continuation of our effort to ensure clean data for the state. A new one-sheet Integrity Tool is now available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips for Integrity Rule -40086.