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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-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-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-136252EL Services Provided - Field Updates

'EL Services Provided' field options name and order are updated to comply with state reporting requirements.
Location: IL State Reporting Information -> EL / Screener Tab.

PSSR-257669Exiting Students V2 Report - Pulls Incorrect Exit Date for Concurrent Enrollment

Exiting Students V2 Report: Version 2.0
The issue with Exiting Students V2 Report pulling Incorrect Exit Date for Concurrent Enrollment has been fixed and now the report fetches the last in session date for the same.

PSSR-256894IL - Updates to IL State Reports Page

IL EL Report Version: 3.6
'EL - The school Year 2017' report name changed to 'IL EL' with an updated description as 'Used to monitor the EL program. (Formerly the ACCESS for ELL report). The report is valid as of 2017 School Year.'

IL Early Childhood Report V3 Report Version:1.3
'IL Early Childhood Report V3' moved under Student Demographics - Legacy Reports category

PSSR-257856New IPEDS Code Values

The IPEDS code values now include:

  • Millikin University - 147244
  • Lake Forest College - 146481
  • Trinity University - 229267
  • University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - 240453

The IPEDS codes are updated at the following screens:
Start Page > Student Selection > Historical Grades > New Stored Grade
Start Page > Student Selection > Historical Grades > Edit Stored Grade
Start Page > School Setup > <section> > Edit Section

PSSR-132317Updates to IL Teacher Course Assignment Report - New Parameter for Excluding Sections with no Enrollments

IL Teacher Course Assignment: Version 2.8
A parameter option is provided as a checkbox on the IL Teacher Course Assignment report to exclude sections with 0 enrollments.

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