PowerSchool SIS Louisiana

State Reporting 23.2.2.0 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. 

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Release Note

PSSR-305531

Add New Act 567 Parental Consent Flag to eScholar Student Extract

State Student Unique ID Extract: Version 1.9

When generating the eScholar Student extract, the "Act 567 Parental Consent Flag" value is included as the 25th field, as per the file specifications.

PSSR-306117

All States/Provinces: Copyright Year Update

The copyright year has been updated to 2023 on all Compliance pages in the following portal pages

  • Admin portal pages

  • Teachers/Subs portal pages

  • Public/Student portal pages

PSSR-306972

All States/Provinces: Digital Equity & Learning Preferences Link Accessibility

The student Digital Equity & Learning Preferences page will now be visible to users that do (and do not) have access to a student’s Functions page.

PSSR-313768

Incident Management Behavior Codes

Users will now have “50 - Crime of Violence (per R.S. 14:2)” available as a new Incident Management Behavior code.

PSSR-293957

Student Schedules Extract Pulls Records From Outside The Sub-District

LA EdLink Courses Version: 2.5

The student_schedules EdLink extract now only includes students from the selected subdistrict.

PSSR-314410

Update List of Values for Literacy Screener Test Type on LA Page

The K-3 Assessment page now displays updated Literacy Screener Test Type values based on ‘K-3 Literacy Screening Cycle’ selection.

If the Screening Cycle is Beginning of Year, the available values are:

  • Blank - N/A

  • A - Acadience Reading (formerly DIBELS Next) BOY

  • D - STEEP BOY

  • G - STEP BOY

  • J = Dibels 8 BOY

If the Screening Cycle is Middle of Year, the available values are:

  • Blank - N/A

  • B - Acadience Reading (formerly DIBELS Next) MOY

  • E - STEEP MOY

  • H - STEP MOY

  • K - Dibels 8 MOY

If the Screening Cycle is End of Year, the available values are:

  • Blank - N/A

  • C - Acadience Reading (formerly DIBELS Next) EOY

  • F - STEEP EOY

  • I - STEP EOY

  • L - Dibels 8 EOY

Note: The Department of Education has changed the accepted values from 1 - 4 to an alpha value that is dependent on the reporting cycle (BOY, MOY, EOY). Users will need to update the numeric values currently stored in the fields to the acceptable alpha character.

PSSR-310764

Use Subdistrict Code When Creating Calendars and Calendars_ext EdLink Extracts for a Subdistrict

LA EdLink Calendars: Version 2.9

When generating calendars and calendars_ext submissions, the district code column will display the subdistrict number if subdistricts are enabled, or the district number if subdistricts are not enabled.

PSSR-315032

LA - K-3 Assessments Literacy Screener Score - Update required

Report: LA EdLink K-3 Assessments
Version: 2.8

Students having a LITERACY_SCREENER_EXCEPTION_CODE of NULL or '05' will have their LITERACY_SCREENER_SCORE value reported in the K-3 Assessment EdLink extract.