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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Wed, Mar 26 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

Horne, Maricopa Co. Sheriff Sheridan urge more action to battle truancy, absenteeism

  • Wed, Mar 26 2025

PHOENIX – in response to the 30 percent statewide chronic absenteeism rate in Arizona, state schools chief Tom Horne and Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan are urging law enforcement, the courts, parents and schools to make sure school-aged students are attending school and any violations of state law are promptly addressed by the legal system.

OPERATIONS UPDATE: Special Education Emotional Disabilities Public Programs FY26 Update

  • Wed, Mar 26 2025  •
    • Operations
    • Updates

Please see the attached memo that provides an update on Emotional Disabilities Public (ED-P) programs.

SECONDARY TRANSITION INFO: Arizona State Board of Education Rule Change Webpage

  • Tue, Mar 25 2025  •
    • Transition News
    • Transition Training
    • Updates

Are you interested in learning more about the recent Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) rule change that affects secondary transition services? 

Teach Camp 6.0

  • Tue, Mar 25 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that Teach Camp 6.0 is now open for registration!

FY 2025 March Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Fri, Mar 21 2025  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

FY 2025 March Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Recruiting for you at the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention!

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ArSHA) will hold its annual convention on April 11–12 in Tempe, Arizona. Hundreds of speech-language pathologists (SLPs), speech-language technicians (SLTs), speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), and students enrolled in SLP graduate programs will attend this event.

SPED DATA UPDATE: Reminder: Parent Involvement Survey Open through May 31

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • Parent Involvement Survey
    • Updates

All school districts, charter schools, secure care facilities, and the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) are required to annually administer the State Performance Plan Indicator 8 Parent Involvement Survey to parents of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP)

VIRTUAL PD INFO: April 2025 Universal Design for Learning Webinars

  • Thu, Mar 20 2025  •
    • Updates

Are you ready to transform learning and create more inclusive educational experiences? The ADE/ESS Academic Achievement and Inclusive Practices Unit invites all educators to our upcoming free virtual professional learning series on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Supt. Horne works hard to protect school choice to empower parents!

  • Wed, Mar 19 2025  •
    • News

Supt. Horne works hard to protect school choice to empower parents!