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State Reporting 21.7.2.0 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.


  • You must complete all 2020-2021 school year submissions prior to installing the PowerSchool SIS State Reporting Update version 21.7.2.0. Please review the release notes for details.
  • This release contains updates to the KIDS Collection reports for the 2021-2022 school year ahead of updates from the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE). KSDE plans to open the KIDS production environment on or after August 1, 2021.

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Summary

Release Note

SSR-261917All States/Provinces: Attendance Change History Report

Attendance Change History Report: Version 1.0
Attendance Change History Report is a new System report that lists the students with attendance changes during the selected period.

PSSR-267750All States/Provinces: Edit School Page - Security updates

Implemented Security updates on the Edit School page.

PSSR-259236All States/Provinces: Enable Digital Equity and Learning Preference in Public Portal Pref Does Not Save

The Miscellaneous page in District is updated to save the Pref to Enable Digital Equity and Learning Preference in the Public Portal correctly.

PSSR-269275All States/Provinces: Health Report Update

Health Report: Version 1.3

The Health report is updated and it runs (and completes) as expected when a medication has a time value entered.

PSSR-252074All States/Provinces: Learning Preferences Code Updates

The following updates are made to the Learning Preference Code definition page:

  • The Alternative Report Code and Set as Default fields are now editable
  • The Edit & New Digital Equity & Learning Preference record page is now updated to honor the Learning Preference Set as Default setting.
PSSR-267527All States/Provinces: Teacher Portal - All Students Page - Security Updates

Implemented Security updates on the All Students page in the Teacher Portal.

PSSR-265894All States/Provinces: tlist_sql/table_info tag Use Update

The improper use of tlist_sql/table_info tags, related to Prefs, has been fixed on the following page:

\\common\\teachersclassattendance.cust.content.footer.txt

PSSR-269123All States/Provinces: Yearly Medication Administration Record Update

Yearly Medication Administration Record: Version1.3

The Yearly Medication Administration Record is updated and it runs (and completes) as expected when a medication has a time value entered.

PSSR-257496All States/Provinces: Yearly Medication Inventory Report Update

Yearly Medication Inventory Report: Version 1.1

The yearly Medication Inventory Report is updated, and it runs (and completes) as expected for medications with “Received” inventory.

PSSR-2662672021-2022 KCAN and TASC Report Updates

KIDS Collection KCAN Report: Version 2.4
KIDS Collection TASC Report: Version 2.6
The header version is updated to 17.0 in KCAN and TASC Reports for SY 2021-2022.

PSSR-2683852021-2022 KCAN Report Update

KIDS Collection KCAN Report: Version 2.4

  • A new input parameter is added on the report setup page, ‘Select Reporting Year’. Based upon the selection of Reporting Year, the report will run with the template defined for the specific year.
  • 2019-2020 KCAN Report template is removed from the State Reporting Page.
PSSR-2660502021-2022 KIDS Collection Data Entry Updates
  1. The following fields are updated as per 2021-2022 school year specifications. These fields are present on the Demographics tab of the student’s State/Province - KS page.
  • D78.History/Gov Recognize and Evaluate Score is renamed to D77. History/Gov Claim/Thesis Score.
  • D79. History/Gov Analyze Context and Draw Conclusions Score is renamed to D78. History/Gov Evidence Score.
  • D80. History/Gov Research and Make Connections Score is renamed to D79. History/Gov Reasoning Score.
PSSR-2660482021-2022 KIDS Collection Data Entry Updates
  1. The following fields are updated as per 2021-2022 school year specifications:
  • D59. Dyslexia Screener
  • D60. Dyslexia Subtest
  • D61. Dyslexia Spring Benchmark Performance

2. New values are added to the drop-down list of the following field:

  • D61. Dyslexia Spring Benchmark Performance

Location: Start Page → Student Selection → Kansas State Information → Demographics Tab

PSSR-2625532021-2022 KIDS Collection Report Updates

KIDS Collection ENRL: Version 3.4

KIDS Collection TEST: Version 3.1

KIDS Collection EOYA: Version 2.1

KIDS Collection EXIT: Version 5.4

KIDS Collection ASGT: Version 1.7

KIDS Collection QERY: Version 1.6

KIDS Collection MILT: Version 2.1

KIDS Collection SPED: Version 1.8

KIDS Collection SMSC: Version 1.8

Below updates are made to the KIDS collection ENRL, TEST, EOYA, EXIT, ASGT, QERY, MILT, SPED, and SMSC extracts:

  • The report version in the header is updated to 17.0
  • The field “QUALIFIED_ADMISSIONS (D30)” is removed
  • All fields D31-D93 are renumbered by one number backward
  • The field “STUDENT_TRANS_ADDRESS (D50)” is renamed “STUDENT_STREET_ADDRESS (D49)”
  • The field “STUDENT_TRANS_CITY (D51)” is renamed “STUDENT_CITY (D50)”
  • The field “STUDENT_TRANS_ZIP (D52)” is renamed “STUDENT_ZIP_CODE (D51)”
  • The field “HIST_ASSESS_TASK_1 (D78)” is renamed “HIST_CLAIM_THESIS_SCORE (D77)”
  • The field “HIST_ASSESS_TASK_2 (D79)” is renamed “HIST_EVIDENCE_SCORE (D78)”
  • The field “HIST_ASSESS_TASK_1 (D80)” is renamed “HIST_REASONING_SCORE (D79)”
PSSR-2625172021-22 KIDS Collection Data Entry Updates

The following fields are updated as per 2021-2022 school year specifications. These fields are present on the Demographics Tab of the Students State/Province Page.

  • A link is added to field D10. Current Grade Level Override to assist users
  • Removed field D30. Qualified Admissions
  • Renumbered fields D31-D93 by one number backward
  • Field D34. Eligibility for National School Lunch Program is renamed D33. Eligibility for National School Lunch Program and/or At-Risk Funding
  • Two new values are added to the field D33. Eligibility for National School Lunch Program and/or At-Risk Funding
  • Field D50. The student’s Transportation Street Address is renamed D49. Student’s Street Address
  • Field D51. The student’s Transportation City is renamed D50. Student’s City
  • Field D52. The student’s Transportation Zip Code is renamed D51. Student’s Zip Code
PSSR-268769KIDS Collection KCAN Report Update

KIDS Collection KCAN Report: Version 2.4
The KCAN report previously was extracting students from another school which was not selected.

This is rectified and the report is updated to extract students only from the selected school.

PSSR-268231KIDS Collection KCAN Report Update: Local Course ID

KIDS Collection KCAN Report: Version 2.4

Previously, the ‘Local Course ID’ field in the report was pulling values of the Course Number, even when a value is present in ‘Local Course ID'. This is now rectified and the report is updated to pull value from the 'Local Course ID’ field, if present, else from the Course Number.

Note: No changes are made to any other existing logic for the field “Local Course ID”

PSSR-268578Security Updates

Security updates are deployed to prevent attacks on all the affected pages.

PSSR-265159State Course Setup Field Name Update

The field 'F28. College Credits Earned' is renamed to 'F26. College Credits Earned' as per the PowerSchool State Guide.

Location:

  • Start Page > School Setup > Courses > Select any Course
    • Under Kansas Course Code Information > F26. College Credits Earned
  • Start Page > Select a student > All Enrollments (Under Enrollment) > Edit Current Enrollment
    • Under Kansas State Information > 'F26. College Credits Earned Override (KCAN)'.
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