What Should Schools Do With Expired Hand Sanatizer?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across Arizona acquired large amounts of hand sanitizer that will require proper disposal. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is reaching out to contacts at all Arizona public school districts and charter schools to help schools understand the options for correctly and safely disposing of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and the applicable rules and regulations. To guide school(s) through proper disposal options, ADEQ prepared an educational fact sheet and an accompanying infographic. These materials are attached and also can be viewed on this webpage:

https://azdeq.gov/handsanitizer.

Please note that we have provided English and Spanish versions of the infographic, which was designed to be printed and posted. If schools have any questions or want further guidance, they can reach out to ADEQ at HazardousWasteICU@azdeq.gov.

The State Tutoring Grant application is now open!

In accordance with ARS §15-241 (K): The ADE State Tutoring fund represents the program available to all pupils in a school assigned a letter grade of D or F. The parents or guardians of pupils attending a school assigned a letter grade of D or F may select an alternative tutoring program in academic standards from an approved provider.

There is a finite amount of funding available; therefore, when that amount has been encumbered, the agency cannot approve any additional funding. 

A new resource from the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) helps charter school leaders determine the effectiveness of grant-funded programs and determine how to sustain these activities beyond the life of the grant.

Grant funds—federal, state, local, and philanthropic—have played a key role in helping charter schools thrive as labs of innovation. But these funds don’t last forever, leaving charter school leaders to ponder how they can continue programs critical to their mission when funding runs out.

“Sustaining Effective Programs Even when Grant Funding Runs Out: A Toolkit for Charter School Leadership Teams” provides a guide to help charter schools:

1. Evaluate the use and impact of funds;
2. Determine how to financially sustain effective programs; and 
3. Reflect on grant program effectiveness to foster continuous improvement.

Charter school leaders can use this toolkit, and its accompanying Excel worksheet, to walk through each of these steps to create timelines, gather data, analyze that data, and determine overall costs to sustain programs and other funding sources. After leveraging this toolkit, leadership teams will have insight into whether programs achieved their intended impacts and ways to sustain programs meeting their goals for their school communities.

If you have a grant-funded activity nearing its conclusion, schedule a meeting with your team to work through this toolkit to determine the next steps for your program!

Charter school leaders can use this toolkit, and its accompanying Excel worksheet, to walk through each of these steps to create timelines, gather data, analyze that data, and determine overall costs to sustain programs and other funding sources. After leveraging this toolkit, leadership teams will have insight into whether programs achieved their intended impacts and ways to sustain programs meeting their goals for their school communities.

If you have a grant-funded activity nearing its conclusion, schedule a meeting with your team to work through this toolkit to determine the next steps for your program!