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Program Area: Special Education
Mediation is a no-cost, voluntary, problem-solving process rather than an adversarial process that allows parents and schools to communicate directly with each other as they work with a trained med
Program Area: Special Education
The State Complaint falls under the State’s general supervisory authority and is a process through which members of the community can alert the state education agency (SEA) of potential noncomplian
Program Area: Policy Development & Government Relations
The ADE Policy Development and Government Relations Team has compiled documents outlining legislation impacting the Arizona Department of Education from previous legislative sessions.
Program Area: Special Education
Although the spirit of the federal special education regulations is that parents and schools will arrive at a consensus, sometimes conflict arises.
Program Area: Grants Management
Meet Our Grants Fiscal Monitoring Unit:The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) serves as the pass-through entity and fiscal/cognizant agency for several different grants.
Program Area: Grants Management
Meet Our Fiscal Processing Unit:The Processing Unit assists the Local Education Agencies (LEA) and entities in all their fiscal grant related processes.
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Recent questions raised about school policies for the usage of restrooms, locker rooms and shower areas has state schools chief Tom Horne responding to concerns he has received from parents and other interested citizens statewide.
Program Area: Special Education
The Extraordinary Special Education Needs fund was established through A.R.S.
Horne: Governor’s ESA cost alarms unfounded Independent analysis shows program will save tax dollars
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – Arizona schools chief Tom Horne says an independent analysis of how much the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program will cost shows the dire predictions made by Governor Hobbs and other opponents of the program are incorrect.
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: School Safety & Social Wellness
ADE can provide Arizona school staff with required Suicide Prevention Training.The Mitch Warnock A
Program Area: Special Education
This month’s Special Education Director Check-In topic will address an upcoming flexibility regarding preschool disability data reporting. It will briefly discuss deployment dates, timelines, and implementation for this current school year. The main presentation will be an ESS Fiscal Update for federal grants. Please extend this invitation to your Business Managers, as ESS will present updates for the Fiscal Year 2024 IDEA funding applications, review available High-Cost Child funding opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024, and provide an overview of the upcoming GM Completion Report season. The ARP-IDEA funding cycle ends on September 30, and ESS Program Management wants to ensure that PEAs maximize their funding opportunities in the grant. Finally, we will cover where to find Maintenance of Effort Compliance standards to ensure that PEAs accurately report state-level expenditures on the 2023 Annual Financial Reports.
Program Area: School Finance
Payment 3 - Data Capture Reminder - 8/15/23
Program Area: Office of Communications
PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has responded to a warning sent last week to his office by the Arizona Attorney General regarding the enforcement of the state’s voter-approved English language instruction model. Horne says the warning amounts to a threat and ignores the will of Arizona voters when they passed the voter-protected Proposition 203 in 2000.
Program Area: Office of Communications
TUCSON – The Arizona Department of Education has restored in-person teacher certification assistance at the department’s downtown Tucson office, making it available there for the first time since 2019.
Program Area: Empowerment Scholarship Account Program
The Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program was passed in 2011 by the Arizona State Legislature. The Arizona Department of Education is responsible for administering the program according to
Program Area: School Finance
New AzEDS Issues2019: Some LEAs are reporting deleted 12th grade students in FY2019 after rollover to FY2020.
