Good morning Superintendents and Business Managers,

You are listed in our Enterprise system as an Entity Administrator or Business Manager for a school district which has not yet submitted its School District Employee Report (SDER for FY 2018. This submission was due October 15, 2017. However, statute allows for corrections to be submitted in February.

Data submitted to the SDER is used to calculate the Teacher Experience Index (TEI). For accurate TEIs to be calculated SDER data for every school district is required. SDER data must be submitted and indicated as Complete no later thanMarch 1, 2018, 5:00PM. Failure to submit SDER data AND check the completed box (see end of e-mail) will result in reduced state aid and expenditure capacity for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 in most cases. Your FY 2017 TEI can be found in the table below. Even if your FY2017 TEI is less than 1.000 your SDER data impacts every districts’ TEI.

District / FY 2017 TEI / FY 2018 TEI
Ajo Unified District / 1.0100 / -
Antelope Union High School District / 1.0689 / -
Bicentennial Union High School District / 0.9484 / -
Blue Elementary District / 1.1284 / -
Bouse Elementary District / 1.0534 / -
Chandler Unified District #80 / 1.0145 / -
Colorado City Unified District / 0.9957 / -
Deer Valley Unified District / 1.0128 / -
Elfrida Elementary District / 1.0484 / -
Isaac Elementary District / 0.9699 / -
Mayer Unified School District / 1.0498 / -
Murphy Elementary District / 0.9345 / -
Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education / 0.8359 / -
Pinon Unified District / 0.9790 / -
Red Mesa Unified District / 1.0862 / -
Round Valley Unified District / 1.0169 / -
Toltec School District / 0.9917 / -
Vernon Elementary District / 1.0009 / -
Whiteriver Unified District / 1.0058 / -
Yucca Elementary District / 0.9859 / -

SDER submission guidance is available at:

Please be aware that you must check the box to complete your submission. Even if you only review the data,

The final step to submitting your data is to go to the “Status Page” within the SDER application and check the box. By checking the box, you are verifying that the information submitted is accurate and your district will then be eligible to have the Teacher Experience Index (TEI) calculated. Checking the box is your electronic signature stating that you are confirming the data is accurate and takes the place of the Signature Sheet that can be found within the reports area of the SDER application. Failure to follow this step may have an unexpected effect on your district’s state aid funding.

All questions regarding the completion of the SDER must be sent to the School Finance Analyst Inbox .

Your quick completion of this report is greatly appreciated.

Lyle Friesen

Deputy Associate Superintendent, School Finance

Arizona Department of Education