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District Setup

To complete the tasks required for District Setup, you must have the required permissions to work with district-level data. For further information, see Help > System Help > Sign In to PowerSchool.

To perform district setup tasks:

  1. On the Start Page, click the School link. The school list appears.

  2. Choose District Office from the pop-up menu. The district start page appears.

  3. Under Setup, click District. The District Setup page appears.

District Setup Tasks

Setting up a district in PowerSchool for California involves the following tasks:

Task

Navigation

Page Name > Section Heading Name: Link Name

Set up Truancy Reporting

District Setup > Attendance: Attendance Tracking and Notification

Enter the Emergency Closure School Day Type

District Setup > Calendar: Calendar Membership Types

Define School Years & Terms

District Setup > Calendar: Years & Terms

Set up District Courses

District Setup > Courses: Courses

Verify Incident Management Setup

District Setup > Discipline and Log Entries: Incident Management

Enter District Info

District Setup > District Information: District Info

Define Districts of Residence

District Setup > District Information: Districts of Residence

Set up Sub-Districts

District Setup > California Sub-District Information: Sub-District Configuration

Add Enrollment Entry Codes

District Setup > Enrollment: Entry Codes

Add Enrollment Exit Codes

District Setup > Enrollment: Exit Codes

Define Federal Ethnicity and Race Codes

District Setup > Enrollment: Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings

District Setup > Enrollment: Scheduling/Reporting Ethnicity Codes

Add Special Programs

District Setup > Enrollment: Special Program

Create Citizenship Codes for Grading

District Setup > Grading: Citizenship Codes

Health: Set up Immunizations, Screenings, and Certifications

District Setup > Health: Health Setup

Create GPA Calculation Methods

District Setup >Grading: GPA Calculations > Calculation Methods

Define Tests and Test Scores

District Setup > Grading: Tests

District Setup > Grading: Add SBAC

How to Add a California School

District Setup > District Information: Schools/School Info > New

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