MOE

The purpose of Maintenance of Effort Eligibility testing is to ensure that public education agencies (PEAs) are not supplanting state and local funds with IDEA federal funding sources in accordance with 34 C.F.R. §300.203(a). Therefore, any PEA that has received federal funds for IDEA must complete Maintenance of Effort (MOE) testing. To accurately test for MOE budgets, the Arizona Department of Education requires PEAs to log in to the MOE application, which is located in ADEConnect. If you need access to this application, please contact your ADEConnect Entity Administrator within your PEA.

Any PEA that is failing all tests for MOE will be unable to have its IDEA Entitlement grant approved. Once the MOE items have been resolved, ADE can continue processing the submitted IDEA Entitlement grant.

Please review this handout describing the Maintenance of Effort Eligibility testing.

View the quick reference guide for the ESS Maintenance of Effort application

Revised page on 3/3/2026