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Data Capture Reminder - 02/15/24

  • Tue, Feb 6 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics
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Reminder: Payment 9 will be based on data captured that is passing integrity and generating ADM in AzEDS. Actual data in AzEDS will be used to calculate ADM for Payment 9.

Horne extends deadline to schools for Holocaust instruction reporting

  • Mon, Feb 5 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – On the same day that state legislators have introduced legislation - prepared at the department and submitted at Superintendent Tom Horne’s request - to strengthen the Arizona law that requires Holocaust education in public schools, Horne is announcing an extension of the deadline to February 23 for schools to report their compliance with the current law.

Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference: Expect, Engage, Achieve—Save the Date and Call for Papers

  • Fri, Feb 2 2024  •
    • IDEA Conference

ADE/ESS is excited to share that Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference will be held from September 4–6, 2024 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. ADE/ESS is pleased to request proposals for this year’s conference. Please consider submitting presentations that represent your creative and research-based work. See the attached 2024 IDEA Conference Call for Papers Guidelines for information on how to submit.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

  • Fri, Feb 2 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, February 21, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

SDER Application Open

  • Thu, Feb 1 2024  •
    • Data Hot Topics
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The School District Employee Report (SDER) On-Line Application is now open to accept employee data revisions. You can access this application through ADE Connect.

Health and Nutrition Services Announces the Availability of the 2024 Summer Food Service Program

  • Thu, Feb 1 2024

The Arizona Department of Education Health and Nutrition Services (HNS) is pleased to announce the availability of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) during summer 2024. 

FY 2024 January Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Wed, Jan 31 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
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BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website. FY 2024 January BUDG-25 reports have been calculated using the FY 2024 January BSA-55 information.

Horne: State funding for education, including ESAs, has multi-million-dollar surplus

  • Tue, Jan 30 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has released a report for all state education funding, including the Empowerment Scholarship Account Program, that shows a projected total surplus of more than $28 million through the remainder of the 2024 state Fiscal Year that ends June 30.

Audit PDF Upload

  • Wed, Jan 24 2024  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

Audit PDFs can be uploaded to the Budget System. This Hot Topic provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to upload the Audit PDF to the Budget system.

Horne: State Board upholds ADE rejection of inappropriate ESA expense requests

  • Tue, Jan 23 2024  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is applauding this week’s unanimous action by the State Board of Education to uphold the Department of Education’s rejection of questionable Empowerment Scholarship Account expense requests.