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Program Area: Early Childhood, Grants Management, OELAS, Title IV-A
State & Federal Grants
Program Area: Special Education
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. PEAs will receive an email if they qualify for Phase III on January 6th, 2025.
Program Area: Office of Indian Education
Identification matters for our communitiesNow more than ever, as we strive to strengthen tribal sovereignty and have accurate representation in the U.S.
Program Area: ESSA Conference
Program Area: School Finance
FY 2025 December Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)
Program Area: Special Education
The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is a one-stop-shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely view their unique education data and provide public statewide data with redaction.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne issued the following statement in response to Governor Hobbs’ letter critical of the risk-based auditing approach for Empowerment Scholarship Program reimbursements:
Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live webinar on Special Education Data Updates on Wednesday, January 15, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
We were unable to finalize the SPED07 report yesterday as planned. AzEDS integrity processing for the evening of December 11 had to be done manually and did not finish until 2:30 pm yesterday. However, this did not affect the October 1 Special Education Reconciliation results.
Program Area: Empowerment Scholarship Account Program
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) developed the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) as a means of getting parent feedback on the ESA program.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is pleased to present “A Deep Dive into Speech Sound Disorders: Intervention Only” with Amy Graham, CCC-SLP, for a second time.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) unit, in collaboration with the Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP), is pleased to announce its 10th Annual Summit. Improved Outcomes: Access. Connections. Belonging is scheduled for March 5—7, 2025.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is pleased to announce the third presentation in our 2024—2025 AT National Presenter Series AT + AEM = UDL4Ever: The Perfect Marriage, with Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles, Ph.D., ATP.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is announcing the release of nearly $48 million in accumulated school safety funding that will now be used to fund schools that request armed campus officers, counselors, and social workers. In compliance with state law, all requests for law enforcement officers are granted with remaining monies used for counselor and social workers.
Program Area: Special Education
Exceptional Student Services (ESS) has revised how federal primary need indicator reporting works in AzEDS to align with federal guidance on special education data disability reporting.
Program Area: Special Education
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) allocation funding may be modified on the Fiscal Year 2025 IDEA Part B Consolidated funding application to reflect the revised allocation.
Program Area: 21st CCLC - Afterschool Programs
Mandatory Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Logos, Funding Statement & Vision StatementMandatory funding statement and the Arizona Nita M.
Program Area: OELAS
In 2019, the Arizona State Board of Education was charged with developing and adopting research-based models of Structured English Immersion (SEI) to be used in school districts and charter




