PowerSchool SIS Alabama

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-255009

Added 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-254866

AL 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-249704

AL 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-254590

AL 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-254577

AL 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-253532

ALDOE 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-247607

All 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 ResidenceInternet AccessInternet PerformanceDevice AccessDevice TypeDevice Serial numberPaper Learning Packets

PSSR-249895

Audit 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-258077

Common Snapshot Report Failure

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

PSSR-258722

Digital 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 ResidenceInternet AccessInternet PerformanceDevice AccessDevice TypeDevice Serial numberPaper 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-255744

Missing 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-251033

Updates to AL STC page under Student Enrollment

On the STC page under Student Enrollment -

  • New fields addedPlacement ReasonAssigned ByCase #Judge/Agent NameReturn DateReturn 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-214329

Updates 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