Data Management
The ESS Data Managment team strives to keep all public education agencies informed of upcoming deadlines, changes to data reporting, and updates to ESS applications or integrity rules. To recieve Data Management Alerts in your inbox, please subscribe:
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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar for February
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: ESS October 1 Data Collection—Phase III: Non-Reconciliation Webinar
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team is happy to announce an upcoming October 1 Data Collection—Phase III: Non-Reconciliation training. Phase III is only for the PEAs that could not match the number of SPED students submitted in Phase I with the number of SPED students in AzEDS during Phase II.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SPED73 and SPED07 Report Update
The SPED07 report for Phase II of the October 1 Data Collection process has been finalized.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SPED73 and SPED07 Report Update
Due to an issue with the Data Mart processing, the SPED73 and SPED07 reports were last updated on December 8, 2025. These reports should be updated later today, and we will send a follow-up alert to advise when they are available based on last night’s integrity run.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Updated Discipline Data Guidance Document Now Available
Updated Discipline Data Guidance Document Now Available
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Updated SPED School Concurrency vs Federal Primary Need Indicator Guidance
The SPED School Concurrency vs Federal Primary Need Indicator Guidance has been modified to reflect updates for the 2025-2026 reporting year.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: October Data Collection Phase II Office Hours
To help you be more successful in the Reconciliation (Phase II), ESS Data Management is offering PEA’s the opportunity to meet 1-on-1 with an ESS Data Management Specialist via Microsoft Teams.
IMPORTANT: Update on Tomorrow’s SEDU Webinar
For the Special Education Data Updates (SEDU) webinar scheduled for tomorrow, November 19, at 2:00 PM, please note that Monica Paz from School Finance will be unable to present due to illness. While this is unfortunate, we have rescheduled this special session for Tuesday, December 2, at 2:00 PM. Save your School Finance questions for the rescheduled SEDU session with Monica Paz.