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Program Area: Office of Communications
State schools chief Tom Horne, responding to inquiries made to him about a recent National Education Association (NEA) study on teacher pay, says the national organization and Arizona Education Association (AEA) are surprisingly at odds with each other on this issue
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools superintendent Tom Horne is urging public schools that use “equitable grading” for students to abolish the practice.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Attorneys for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne have filed a motion for a change of venue in the lawsuit brought against the State of Arizona by parents of biological boys who want to play on girls’ sports teams.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne meets with Principals of high-performing Arizona schools
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne submits filings to defend state law prohibiting biological boys from playing on girls’ teams
Program Area: Office of Communications
Cutting red tape and unnecessary administrative burdens on educators is one of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s primary goals so that they can spend more time on teaching academics to the students. Today Horne is announcing a major initiative in that effort.
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne: Phoenix Union schools to get safety grants individually
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Complaints submitted to the Arizona Department of Education through the Empower Hotline have revealed potential violations to state law and demonstrate that elements of Critical Race Theory are present in the public school system.
Program Area: Office of Communications
English immersion opponents make false claims
Program Area: Office of Communications
Horne: AG Opinion on dual language is politically charged Vows court challenge
Program Area: Special Education
The inconsistency issues with the exit data in the SEDD application have resulted from incorrect timing in our processing steps.
The exit data in the SEDD application is static as of 7:00 am on July 19, 2023 (yesterday).
The exit data in the SEDD application is static as of 7:00 am on July 19, 2023 (yesterday).
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, the lone defendant in the lawsuit challenging Arizona’s law prohibiting biological boys from competing on girls’ interscholastic sports teams, issued the following statement in response to today’s preliminary injunction ruling by a federal judge.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has issued the following statement in response to today’s remarks by Attorney General Kris Mayes concerning the universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS has received numerous questions about Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) evaluations. The purpose of this Hot Topic is to help to highlight the differences between evaluations specified in federal and state special education regulations and ESA evaluations outlined in state regulations.
Program Area: Special Education
We are aware of the inability of PEAs (and ESS) to access SPED exit data within the SEDD application. This is due to issues with the application date settings. We're working with our IT team to resolve this issue quickly.
Program Area: Special Education
-21002 and Operational Data Store (ODS) Updates
Program Area: Special Education
School Finance released this Hot Topic: Update to Statewide ADM Recalculation Date (7/17/2023).The Important Dates website has been updated to reflect this change in the Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) for exit data and Discipline Data Collection (DDC) due dates to ensure consistency.
Program Area: Special Education
FY 2023 ESS Data Management Year-End ChecklistThe attached checklist serves as a reminder to all public education agencies (PEAs).
Program Area: Special Education
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, ESS Data Management has rescheduled the Discipline Data Collection (DDC) training webinar from August 25 to September 2, 2020, from 10am - 11am.
Program Area: Special Education
As the new school year approaches, we encourage you to ask yourself if Secondary Transition training would be helpful for you or your staff. Whether it's a quick refresher or an in-depth professional development opportunity, the ADE/ESS team has various training options available to help meet the unique best practice needs of your school or region.
