IDEA Entitlement Grant

The IDEA formula grants are used to assist Arizona in meeting the excess costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities. In order to be eligible for funding, PEAs must serve all children with disabilities between the ages of 3 through 21 and be non-profit.

Information on the audit resolution

Fiscal Year 2020 Allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent.

Fiscal Year 2021 Allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent.

Fiscal Year 2022 IDEA and ARP IDEA Allocations, respective proportionate share obligations for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Allocations were updated on 02/18/2022.)

Fiscal Year 2023 IDEA Full Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Final Allocations were posted on 2/10/2023.)

Fiscal Year 2024 IDEA Full Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Full Allocations were posted on 2/4/2024.)

2024 IDEA Grant Award Notifications can be printed by each public education agency.

Fiscal Year 2025 IDEA Final Full Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Full Allocations were posted on 5/29/2025.)

Fiscal Year 2026 IDEA Preliminary Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Preliminary Allocations were updated on 8/11/2025.)

Fiscal Year 2026 IDEA Final Full Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Full allocations were posted on 03/26/2026.)

Fiscal Year 2027 IDEA Preliminary Allocations, respective proportionate share for those allocations, and the maximum CEIS activities that can be spent. (Preliminary Allocations were updated on 4/2/2026.)

Allocations Formula

The funding formula consists of three main parts with some supplemental items:

Base - the amount the LEA would have received under section 611 or section 619 if the State had distributed 75% of its funds prior to an allocation formula shift in 1998/2002, for new charters, this amount would lock in the first year a special education count was provided to ESS

Population - Proportion of students enrolled over October 1 by District of Residence, and the number of students K-12 attending an elementary or secondary non-profit private school within any school district boundaries

Poverty - Proportion of students enrolled over October 1 by District of Residence and submitted free or reduced information into AzEDS or provided school lunch program information to health & nutrition

Audit Resolution Year One - Repayment as part of the Arizona Department of Education’s repayment to resolve a federal fiscal audit finding from prior years, to be paid over 5 years

Small percentage of Set-Aside - a small percentage of set-aside funds put on top of the entitlement formula proportionate to population/poverty, provides flexibility so ESS does not have to recalculate all PEAs’ allocations if entities close

Page Revised 4/3/2026