Welcome to Comparability
All Title I LEAs must Calculate Comparability Annually
Each year, either the calculation, exemption form (if applicable), or the Assurance of Comparability is submitted to the ADE for review by November 30th.
Reporting Timeline
- Calculations or Exemption Form is completed each year.
- Every EVEN year, i.e., 2020, 2022, etc., submit Assurance of Comparability
- Every ODD year, i.e., 2019, 2021, etc., submit Calculations or Exemption Form
All reporting is submitted to the ADE by uploading evidence in EMAC no later than November 30.
- Calculations or Exemption Form is completed each year.
- Every ODD year, i.e., 2019, 2021, etc., submit Assurance of Comparability
- Every EVEN year, i.e., 2020, 2022, etc., submit Calculations or Exemption Form
All reporting is submitted to the ADE by uploading evidence in EMAC no later than November 30.
Resources
Comparability records must be retained on-site for three fiscal years, regardless of exemption status or reporting requirements:
- Comparability Handbook
- ALL Title I Sites Comparability Worksheets
- LEA with Both Title I and Non Title 1 Sites Comparability Worksheets
- Comparability Exemption with Timeline Calendar Year 2022
- Comparability LEA Procedure with Timeline Template Year 2022
- Comparability Presentation
Enrollment Report for Comparability Training
Updates
1. There are two Calculation worksheets, one for LEAs with ALL Title I schools and one for LEAs with both Title I and Non-Title I school sites.
2. There is now a LEA Procedure with Timeline template for non-exempt LEAs to use.
3. ADE now requires that student counts be the LEA’s number of enrolled K-12 students on October 1st. A report of this data can be located in AzEds.
For questions, please contact your Title I Specialist or Sharon Estrada at 602-542-7894 or [email protected]