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State Reporting 21.3.2.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2021 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Release Note

PSSR-255009Added Targeted Assistance Functionality based on School Level Flag for Title I

The targeted Assistance section on the Student Federal page will be disabled when the Title I School level flag is not Targeted Assistance.
Path: State/Province - AL > Federal Program > Student Support: Title I Programs

PSSR-254866AL DOE Update - New Data Collection Field for Title I Added on School Info Page

Added a new field 'Title I' on the School Level Info page under the Alabama State Reporting Information category
Path: Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School

PSSR-249704AL DOE Update - New Data Collection for College/Post-Secondary Added to Edit Enrollment Page

Added new field 'College/Post-Secondary' to the Edit Enrollment page.
Path: Start Page > Student Selection > All Enrollments > Edit Enrollment Record

PSSR-254590AL DOE Update - School Status Field to Be Read-only

School Status field updated to be read-only.

Path: Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School > Alabama State Reporting Information section

PSSR-254577AL DOE Update - School Type Field to Be Read-only

School Type field updated to be read-only
Path: Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School > Alabama State Reporting Information section

PSSR-253532ALDOE Updates: School County Name and School County Number Validations

School County Name and School Country Number are populated from the Valid School File for each school and are non-editable fields
Path: Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School

PSSR-247607All States/Provinces: Learning Preferences Functionality Updates

The following updates have been made to the Learning Preferences functionality:

  • Learning Preferences Code creation link is moved to District Setup page under the Code Sets link.
  • The Code Start Date & Code End Date are now editable.
  • The Learning Preferences link at Student-Level is renamed to Digital Equity & Learning Preferences.
  • When creating a new record, field values from the last record with the greatest Effective Date carry forward if present.
    • Fields that copy to a new record:
      • Internet In Residence
      • Internet Access
      • Internet Performance
      • Device Access
      • Device Type
      • Device Serial number
      • Paper Learning Packets
PSSR-249895Audit tracking for Instructional Delivery at Section Level

Implemented Audit tracking for Instructional Delivery at the Section level.

Note: The Section Audit requires PowerSchool version 20.11.2.

PSSR-258077Common Snapshot Report Failure

The Snapshot reports are fixed now and the reports are running and showing the completed successfully status as expected.

PSSR-258722Digital Equity & Learning Preferences Functionality Updates

The following updates have been made to the Learning Preferences functionality:

  • Learning Preferences Code creation link is moved to District Setup page under the Code Sets link.
    • If a state has code sets disabled then the Learning Preferences Code creation link can be found at the last section under the Code Setup Header
  • The Code Start Date & Code End Date are now editable.
  • The Learning Preferences link at Student-Level is renamed to Digital Equity & Learning Preferences.
  • When creating a new record, field values from the last record with the greatest Effective Date carry forward if present.
    • Fields that copy to a new record:
      • Internet In Residence
      • Internet Access
      • Internet Performance
      • Device Access
      • Device Type
      • Device Serial number
      • Paper Learning Packets
  • Access to the Digital Equity & Learning Preferences link, at the student level, is now governed by a check box in the "Edit Security Group" page (path below).
    Path: Start page> System> Groups>[ select group ]
    Upon receiving the update, administrators must go into security groups and give the appropriate groups access to this page.
    Note: This security group setting is suppressed for ND and TX.
PSSR-255744Missing HTML ID Fixed on Migrant check box in Federal Program page

Added ID(#Migrant) for Migrant check box in State/Province - AL > Federal Program page.

PSSR-251033Updates to AL STC page under Student Enrollment

On the STC page under Student Enrollment -

  • New fields added
    • Placement Reason
    • Assigned By
    • Case #
    • Judge/Agent Name
    • Return Date
    • Return Reason
  • Existing field names changed
    • "Specialized Treatment Center" to "STC Site" which will pull values from the valid school
    • "STC Start Date" to "Date of Assignment"
    • "STC End Date" to "End of Assignment"
  • Validation on mandatory fields implemented
PSSR-214329Updates to Student Transfer Out Pages With Withdrawal Codes

Additional Reference:  PSSR-221928 

Data collections on Student Transfer out pages updated for all withdrawal codes and the institution name field will populate using a valid school file. The following pages will reflect this change:
1. Transfer Student Out
2. Current Enrollment
3. Previous Enrollment


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