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Program Area: Special Education
Please join ADE/ESS for the next Special Education Professionals Check-In on Thursday, February 15, 2024, from 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
The Center for Technical Assistance in Excellence for Special Education (TAESE), in partnership with ADE/ESS, is pleased to offer Saturday Mornings with the NRCP for free to all paraeducators, teachers, and administrators working in Arizona public education agencies.
Program Area: Special Education
Please see the following information regarding free professional learning for special education staff, K-12 leadership and educators, and adult education.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – All 307 School Resource Officers in Arizona have received an appreciative letter from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in honor of today’s National School Resource Officers Appreciation Day.
Program Area: Human Resources
Program Area: Assessments
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne and Dr. Mehmet Oz, M.D., are announcing a partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and the non-profit HealthCorps initiative founded by Dr. Oz more than 20 years ago.
Program Area: School Finance
Reminder: Payment 9 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 9.
Program Area: School Finance
The School District Employee Report (SDER) On-Line Application is now open to accept employee data revisions. You can access this application through ADE Connect.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – The majority of a $10 million state grant that provides schools money to buy arts supplies has been put on hold by the Governor’s office, threatening payments to teachers and vendors. The funds are used to buy items such as paints, brushes, sheet music, dance props, theatrical costumes, and pay for repairs.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – On the same day that state legislators have introduced legislation - prepared at the department and submitted at Superintendent Tom Horne’s request - to strengthen the Arizona law that requires Holocaust education in public schools, Horne is announcing an extension of the deadline to February 23 for schools to report their compliance with the current law.
Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, February 21, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.
Program Area: Academic Achievement
The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is designed to help rural school districts that may lack the personnel and resources to compete effectively for Federal competitive grants and that of
Program Area: School Finance
BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website. FY 2024 January BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 January BSA-55 information.
Program Area: Homeless Education
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has released a report for all state education funding, including the Empowerment Scholarship Account Program, that shows a projected total surplus of more than $28 million through the remainder of the 2024 state Fiscal Year that ends June 30.
Program Area: School Finance
Reminder: Payment 8 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 8.
Program Area: School Finance
School Finance has manually calculated initial add-on payments for gifted students in accordance with Laws 2021, Chapter 404 and the files below describe the calculation process and details for each district and charter.
Program Area: School Finance
Audit PDFs can be uploaded to the Budget System. This Hot Topic provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to upload the Audit PDF to the Budget system.




