DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT 

Reporting Special Education Students Attending Secondary Transition Programs and October 1 Child Counts 

On February 13, 2024, Public Education Agencies (PEAs) were notified that new school sites must be created if they meet specific criteria. In the process, it became necessary for PEAs to report students in Secondary Transition programs located in businesses or colleges, including creating new entities for these programs. 

We appreciate your patience while we create these new entities in our systems and update AzEDS and integrity rules to allow reporting. We anticipate PEAs will be able to successfully report their students attending Secondary Transition programs in AzEDS by November. 

Special Education students attending Secondary Transition programs must be counted for the October 1 Child Count if they received services on October 1.  

Once AzEDS has been updated to allow the reporting, we will send a follow-up alert with guidance. 

Please email the ESS Data Management inbox with any questions or concerns.