Arizona's Educator Workforce

Arizona's LEA 2.0/LEA2 portal

Purpose

LEA 2.0/LEA2 is an enhanced portal within Arizona's Certification System that provides local education agencies (LEAs) with integrated workforce management and credentialing tools. In addition to certification information, LEA 2.0 enables LEAs to maintain staff data, manage positions and assignments, monitor compliance-related status, complete required surveys, submit performance evaluation data, and access reporting resources through a centralized portal.

Every LEA in the State of Arizona is required to provide data in the LEA2 system, pursuant to A.R.S. 15-505(E). The accuracy and effectiveness of LEA 2.0 depend on timely and accurate reporting by LEAs. By maintaining comprehensive educator workforce data in a single system, LEAs, the Arizona Department of Education, and the State Board of Education can better support educator credentialing, workforce planning, compliance monitoring, and informed decision-making to strengthen Arizona's education system.

LEA2 2026 Due Dates

Staff Reporting Data is due October 15, 2026
Teacher and Principal Evaluation Classification Data is due December 1, 2026

Resources

If you need guidance or help with this process, please refer to the Department of Education webpage https://www.azed.gov/teach/lea-2.0.

School District Employee Report (SDER)

Purpose

The primary use of School District Employee Report (SDER) data is to calculate your district's Teacher Experience Index (TEI) per A.R.S. § 15-941. This TEI calculation may have the effect of increasing a district's budget limit and equalization assistance (state aid) in the subsequent year.

A district must report all full-time and part-time district employees paid from the district budget.

Deadlines

The due date for SDER data is October 15th each year. The window for submissions will open one month prior to the due date. If a district needs to revise the submitted SDER data, the window for SDER revisions will open on February 1. The final deadline within the current fiscal year is March 1. Prior year data cannot be updated.

Resources

The manual for the SDER is available at the Department of Education webpage.

Contact SchoolFinance@azed.gov for assistance.

Recommendations

Current reporting mandates that district schools disclose information about both certified and classified instructional staff in TIA and SDER. We propose allocating financial resources to integrate these systems to prevent redundant reporting and ensure more comprehensive data reporting.

Furthermore, the position descriptions provided for LEAs to input into TIA may not fully or accurately represent the educators' responsibilities. We recommend updating these descriptions to better reflect contemporary educational trends in Arizona, which will necessitate a financial investment.

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