Data Management
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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar for November – SPECIAL EDITION
Special Education Data Updates Webinar for November – SPECIAL EDITION
FISCAL INFO: FY 2026 High-Cost Child Claims Open
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that the High-Cost Child Claims have opened for the FY 2026 school year as of October 1, 2025.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: October 1 Data Collection Phase II Trainings for FY 2026
October 1 Data Collection Phase II Trainings for FY 2026
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application is now OPEN
FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application is now OPEN!
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar
Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Revised Preschool Outcomes Reporting Guidance
The Preschool Outcomes Reporting Guidance has been revised to provide clarity on what data needs to be submitted as well as when the data needs to be submitted for preschool students that are receiving special education services.
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025
FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Application will open October 2, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY 2026 October 1 Data Collection Phase I Training
Annually, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is required to report special education data to the federal government. The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) is part of that process and is required by all Public Education Agencies (PEAs).
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar
Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY26 Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is Now Open!
This message has been sent to inform you that the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) application is now open for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. SEDD is a one-stop shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely review their SPED data collected over the fiscal reporting year and certify said SPED data at year-end. Effective this year, PEAs can now access, and are expected to review, their SEDD data year-round.