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State Reporting 23.7.3.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2023 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

  • In the 2023-2024 school year, Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) announced a change to the valid values reported in the Grade Level field. This is a breaking change and is NOT backward compatible.

  • This release also contains updates to the KIDS Collection reports for the 2023-2024 school year ahead of updates from KSDE. They plan to open the KIDS production environment on or after August 1, 2023.

  • You MUST complete all 2022-2023 school year submissions prior to installing the PowerSchool SIS State Reporting Update version 23.7.3.0. Please review the release notes for details.

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Summary

Release Note

PSSR-324708

All States/Provinces: Attendance Profile Report Cannot be Run Successfully For More Than 1000 Students

Attendance Profile Report: Version1.7

The Attendance Profile now has a maximum limit of 200 students per report run.

PSSR-320066

All States/Provinces: CRDC 2021-2022: Add PSCH-3 Preschool Enrollment of Students with Disabilities on School Template/Report

CRDC Report (2021-2022): Version 0.2

The 2021-2022 CRDC school report now collects additional information of Preschool Enrollment of English Learners in the question PSCH-3 Preschool Enrollment of Students with Disabilities - IDEA and Section504.

PSSR-319966

All States/Provinces: CRDC 2021-2022: Add PSCH-3 Preschool Enrollment of Students with Disabilities on School Template/Report

CRDC Report (2021-2022): Version 0.2

The 2021-2022 CRDC school report now collects additional information of Preschool Enrollment of English Learners in the question PSCH-3 Preschool Enrollment of Students with Disabilities - IDEA and Section504.

PSSR-319955

All States/Provinces: CRDC 2021-2022: New Disaggregation of Section 504 for Preschool Enrollment (PSCH-1) on School Template/Report

CRDC Report (2021-2022): Version 0.2

The 2021-2022 CRDC school report will now have a new disaggregation of “Section 504 Only” for the PSCH-1 Preschool Enrollment item.

PSSR-320083

All States/Provinces: CRDC School CSV report update

The CRDC 2021-2022 Collection requires the removal of questions regarding courses taught by certified teachers from the school CSV report.

PSSR-288826

All States/Provinces: CRDC School Submission File Update

If a school has no out-of-school suspensions to report, the following columns will be populated with a value of zero:

  • SCH_OOSINSTANCES_WODIS

  • SCH_OOSINSTANCES_IDEA

  • SCH_OOSINSTANCES_504

PSSR-321787

All States/Provinces: Immunization Rules Engine Update

The immunization rules engine can now compare immunization dose dates and the number of doses a student has received to date fields in Core and extended tables (Student.EntryDate, for example)

Note: Immunization rules must be updated to utilize this new functionality.

PSSR-324024

All States/Provinces: Null Pointer Exception Error When Saving Vaccine Dose Data

Student dose data is now saved now in the Nightly Batch process. This will prevent users from receiving the null pointer exception error when entering (and saving) vaccination dose data.

PSSR-320173

CRDC: COUR-1 to COUR-4 questions update to school csv report

The reporting of the Grade 7 and 8 Algebra I Classes is now reported as a combined value instead of reporting them separately.

PSSR-320666

CRDC - Mandatory - Add new fields for Interscholastic Athletics - school csv

The CRDC 2021-2022 Collection requires additional data elements to track the Interscholastic Athletics questions ATHL-1 and ATHL-2.

The new fields added to the school csv file are :

  • SCH_SPORTS_ALLSTU

  • SCH_TEAMS_ALLSTU

  • SCH_PART_NONBINARY

PSSR-320064

CRDC - Mandatory - Add new question PSCH-2 Preschool Enrollment of English Learners - school csv

Two new questions PSCH-2a and PSCH-2b have been added to the CRDC 2021-22 School csv report which counts the number of students enrolled in English Learner and English Learner Programs.

PSSR-319962

CRDC - Mandatory - Add new question PSCH-2 Preschool Enrollment of English Learners - pdf report

Two new questions PSCH-2a and PSCH-2b have been added to the pdf report which will count the number of students enrolled in English Learner and English Learners Program.

PSSR-319786

CRDC - Merged the Algebra/Geometry and Other mathematics fields to one single mathematics field

The CRDC 2021-2022 Collection requires modifications to the data elements to be reported in the school PDF report for COUR-13 Single-Sex Academic Classes Detail. The counts for Algebra/Geometry and Other Mathematics fields are now reported under a single Mathematics field.

PSSR-320635

2023-2024: KIDS Collection Data Entry Updates

Additional Reference: PSSR-322301, PSSR-323278 , PSSR-322920

The data entry on the Compliance pages is updated based on the 2023-2024 KIDS collection requirements.

1, Moved the following fields from State/Province-KS > Demographics tab to Legacy tab.

  • D21. First Instruction Date

  • D31. Post-Graduation Plans

  • D43. ESOL/Bilingual Program Ending Date

  1. Moved the following field from State/Province-KS > Assessments tab to Legacy tab.

  • D76. State History/Gov Assessment

  1. Added the following fields to the State/Province-KS > Demographics tab:

  • D29. High School Credits Earned

  • D30. High School Credits Required to Graduate

  • D31. Dropout Diploma Completion Virtual Student

  • D39. K-12 Kansas At-Risk Program Participation

  • D58. Preschool-Aged At-Risk Program Participation

  1. D10. Grade Level Override field is updated with new options and is now required for preschool and ungraded students.

Note: This is a breaking change and is not backward compatible.

  1. D25. Concurrent High School Enrollment is updated with Yes and No options only.

  2. D27. Exit Withdrawal Type Override is updated and Code '23' is disabled.

  3. D61. Dyslexia Screener is updated with new options.

  4. D62. Dyslexia Subtest is updated with new options.

  5. Updated the Edit Current Enrollment, the Edit Previous Enrollment, and the Civil Rights Data Collection pages to maintain consistency across field descriptions.

10. All fields are renumbered to match the 2023-2024 school year requirements on the following pages:

  • State/Province-KS > Demographics

  • State/Province-KS > Assessments

  • Transfer Info > Edit Current Enrollment and Edit Previous Enrollment

  • Transfer Out

  • CRDC

11. Updated student-level data validations on the Demographics and the Assessment tabs. The validations on fields D17, D29, D30, D31, D59, D60, D61, D62, D63, D75, D76, D77, D78, D79, D80, D81, D82, D83, D84, D85, and D88 are updated.

The Grade Level update is a breaking change. It is NOT backward compatible. Customers MUST complete all the 2022-2023 school year reporting before applying the 2023-2024 school year updates.

PSSR-321145

2023-2024: KIDS Collection Report Updates

Additional Reference: PSSR-323045, PSSR-323046, PSSR-325154

KIDS Collection ENRL: Version 3.7
KIDS Collection TEST: Version 3.3
KIDS Collection EOYA: Version 2.4
KIDS Collection AGST: Version 1.9
KIDS Collection QERY: Version 1.8
KIDS Collection MILT: Version 2.4
KIDS Collection SMSC: Version 2.0
KIDS Collection SPED: Version 2.0
KIDS Collection EXIT: Version 6.1

The KIDS Collection reports are updated for the 2023-2024 school year.

In the header record, the report version is updated to 19.

The new data elements added are:

  • D29. High School Credits Earned

  • D30. High School Credits Required to Graduate

  • D31. Dropout Diploma Completion Virtual Student

  • D39. K-12 Kansas At-Risk Program Participation

  • D58. Preschool-Aged At-Risk Program Participation

The fields removed are:

  • First Instruction Date

  • Post-Graduation Plans

  • ESOL/Bilingual Program Ending Date

  • State History/Gov Assessment

The columns have been rearranged as per the 2023-2024 school year template.

For details refer to the State Reporting Online help.

The Grade Level update is a breaking change. It is NOT backward compatible. Customers MUST complete all the 2022-2023 school year reporting before applying the 2023-2024 school year updates.

PSSR-323237

2023-2024: KIDS Collection TASC Report Update

KIDS Collection TASC: Version 2.8

The KIDS Collection TASC report is updated for the 2023-2024 school year,

In the header record, the report version is updated to 19.

The Grade Level is updated to extract as follows:

  • If the student’s grade level is 0 through 12, then extract it.

  • If the student’s grade level is less than 0 or greater than 12, then check if the grade level override has IT, PR, or UG. If yes, extract it. If no, extract the student’s grade level.

PSSR-322480

Performance Improvement: Student-related Data Entry Pages

Additional Reference: PSSR-322481, PSSR-322482

The Kansas-specific Student-related fields on the following pages are updated to use the database extensions:

  • General Demographics, Kansas State Report Information section

  • Kansas State Information, Assessments tab

  • Kansas State Information, Legacy Tab, Kansas Student Educational Satisfaction

  • Kansas State Information, Legacy Tab, Kansas Student Transportation

  • Kansas State Information, Legacy Tab, Kansas Student E-Transcript

The Kansas-specific Enrollment-related fields on the following pages are updated to use the database extensions:

  • Transfer Information, Edit Current Enrollment, Kansas State Information section

  • Transfer Information, Edit Previous Enrollment, Kansas State Information section

  • Functions, Transfer Student Out, Kansas State Information section

  • Functions, Re-Enroll Student, Kansas State Information section

Note: There is no change in page functionality.

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