PowerSchool SIS New Jersey

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.

Reference

Summary

Release Note

SSR-261917

All 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-267750

All States/Provinces: Edit School Page - Security updates

Implemented Security updates on the Edit School page.

PSSR-259236

All 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-269275

All 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-252074

All 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-267527

All States/Provinces: Teacher Portal - All Students Page - Security Updates

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

PSSR-265894

All 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-269123

All 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-257496

All 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-267360

NJSMART SID Management Report: 2021-2022 UI Updates

The following page changes are made for the 2021-2022 SID reporting year:

  1. Relocated all data entry fields from the Student tab to the SID tab as the fields have been merged into the SID report.

  2. The Student tab is removed from view.

  3. The SID tab now displays a STUDENT INFORMATION section, an ENROLLMENT / PROGRAM INFORMATION section, an ATTENDANCE INFORMATION section, a REMOTE LEARNING INFORMATION information section, and a new ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section to allow new and existing fields to be grouped and more easily managed.

  4. A new field, Reported Shared Voc is added to the Schools/School Info page to indicate that a school is reporting as a vocational school.(Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School)

  5. Existing field, Shared Time (Enrollment Type) is added to the student Create New School Enrollment page (Start Page > Student Selection > Functions > Create New School Enrollment)

PSSR-267865

NJSMART SID Management Report: 2021-2022 Data Entry Updates (Current & Historical)

The fields below are added to display on the Transfer Info > Previous Enrollment page to allow SID related data associated with the previous enrollment to be maintained historically:

  1. Shared Time (Enrollment Type)

  2. Resident - County Code Override

  3. Resident - District Code Override

  4. Resident - School Code Override

  5. Receiving - County Code Override

  6. Receiving - District Code Override

  7. Receiving - School Code Override

  8. Attending - County Code Override

  9. Attending - District Code Override

  10. Attending - School Code Override

  11. Program Type Code

  12. Gifted and Talented

  13. Non-Public

  14. Resident Municipal Code

  15. In District Placement

  16. Students Learning Model

  17. Student Device Owner

  18. Student Device Type

  19. Student Internet Connectivity

  20. Homeless

  21. Homeless Primary Nighttime Residence

  22. Alternative Education Program

  23. Title I Science

  24. Title I Math

  25. Title I Language

  26. City Of Residence

  27. Remote Days Present

  28. Remote Days Absent

  29. Number of Days Present (Override)

  30. Number of Days Absent (Override)

  31. Days Open (Override)

  32. Number of State Excused Absences (Override)

In addition to that a new field “Days Open (Override)” is added in Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School page under the “New Jersey State Reporting Information“ section.

These changes support the new multiple enrollment record requirement for the 2021-2022 SID collection.