SPED DATA UPDATE: Reporting Expulsions for Students without Disabilities into AzEDS

The United States Department of Education and the Office of Special Education Programs require that public education agencies (PEAs) submit discipline data to state education agencies for federal reporting into EDFacts. The Arizona Department of Education will now require expulsions involving students without disabilities to be reported in the discipline domain of Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS) beginning fiscal year (FY) 2026.

Please read the attached memo for details and contact ESS Data Management if you have any questions.