State Reporting 21.8.2.0 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
PSSR-259988	All States/Provinces: Minimum PowerSchool Version for State Reporting - 20.11.1.0	The minimum supported version on PowerSchool SIS State/Provincial Reporting installer is updated. This can now be installed on PowerSchool SIS 20.11.1.0 or later. For details refer PowerSchool SIS – Supported PowerSchool Versions.
PSSR-269849	All States/Provinces: Contact Relationship Details Enterprise Report Update	Additional Reference: PSSR-270776, PSSR-260290 Contact Relationship Details (Enterprise Report): Version 2.0 Updated the Contact Relationship Details Enterprise report with the following changes: Corrected issue where phone, email, or address might not display when there is data in the contact’s record. Added second email address. Added many new student fields, including Track, legal name, legal gender, and guardian alert. Added all fields from the PersonCoreFields table. Added field-level security (FLS) support to all supported student and contact fields. Other design enhancements have been made, including a reset button and full-screen button.
PSSR-258130	All States/Provinces: Contact Tracing Report Update - Attendance Data	Student Contact Tracing Report: Version 1.4 The Contact Tracing report has been updated and now pulls attendance data based on a newly added report parameter. When this parameter is selected, the attendance for the selected students will be reported by Day/Period (depending on if the default for the student’s FTE is meeting or daily attendance).
PSSR-270782	All States/Provinces: Yearly Medication Inventory Report Update	Yearly Medication Inventory Report: Version 1.2 The yearly Medication Inventory Report is updated and will no longer pull invalid inventory records that result in a negative inventory value.
PSSR-271142	STARS 21-22 Data Collection Updates	Additional Reference: PSSR-271719, PSSR-271713, PSSR-271710, PSSR-271698. PSSR-271689, PSSR-271619, PSSR-271192, PSSR-271144, PSSR-270885 The following data collection changes have been made to support 21-22 STARS reporting District Fact Template: The following new fields have been added Start Page > District Setup> Transportation Domain Setup K5P Mileage ELTP mileage Both fields will only be reported when running the District Fact Template for 40D Student Daily Attendance Template: The following new fields have been added K5P and ELTP Calendar Day Indicator check boxes Start Page > School Setup> Calendar Setup K5P S_NM_CLD_X.K5P ELTP S_NM_CLD_X.ELTP Student level K5P Indicator Start Page> [Select Student]> State / Province NM> Misc Start Page> [Select Student]> Transfer Info> Edit Current Enrollment K5P Student Indicator S_NM_STU_X.K5P Start Page> [Select Student]> Transfer Info> Edit Previous Enrollment K5P Student Indicator S_NM_REN_X.K5P Attendance Code - Remote Learning Present Code checkbox Start Page> School Setup> Attendance Codes> Edit/New Remote Learning Present Code S_NM_ATC_X.RLPresent Student Digital Equity Template: Student Digital Equity Fields Start Page> [Select Student]> State / Province NM> Digital Equity Data Start Page> [Select Student]> Transfer Info> Edit Current Enrollment Primary Device Type S_STU_X.DeviceType Primary Device Access S_STU_X.DeviceAccess Internet Access in Residence S_STU_X.InternetInResidence Internet Access Type S_STU_X.InternetAccess Internet Performance S_STU_X.InternetPerformance Start Page> [Select Student]> Transfer Info> Edit Previous Enrollment Primary Device Type S_REN_X.DeviceType Primary Device Access S_REN_X.DeviceAccess Internet Access in Residence S_REN_X.InternetInResidence Internet Access Type S_REN_X.InternetAccess Internet Performance S_REN_X.InternetPerformance Student Template: Start Page> [Select Student]> State / Province NM> Special Education Planned post Grad Activity S_NM_STU_X.SPEDPostGradActivity Start Page> [Select Student]> State / Province NM> Bilingual Ed> Language Spoken in Home or Native Language New Language Options 99 – Amharic 100 - Fulah Staff Language Template: Start Page> [Select Staff]> Edit Information Home Language Code S_NM_USR_X. HomeLangCode Course Instructor Template: Start Page> School Setup> Sections> [Select Course]> [Select Section]> Edit/New> Alternate Instruction Language New Alternate instruction Language Options 99 – Amharic 100 - Fulah Staff Digital Equity Template Staff Digital Equity Fields Start Page> [Select Staff]> Edit information Primary Device Type S_USR_X.DeviceType Primary Device Access S_USR_X.DeviceAccess Internet Access in Residence S_USR_X.InternetInResidence Internet Access Type S_USR_X.InternetAccess Internet Performance S_USR_X.InternetPerformance Program Services Fact Template Start Page> [Select Student]> State / Province NM> Programs Services fact> Edit/New Removed the ELTP Program Code and all subordinate codes. Updated valid EELTO Service Codes Assessment Fact Template: Start page> [select student]> State / Province NM> Assessment Fact> Edit/New New Test Description values: DYS - Dyslexia Screening All applicable, corresponding options have been added. All retired Test Description codes have been grayed out and moved to the bottom of the drop-down list Note: PED announced late, additional changes for the Assess Fact data collection. These changes are being worked on and will be released as soon as possible. STARS Reporting Dates Start Page> District Setup> STARS Submission Date The following fields have been deprecated and removed from the page: K5P Start Date K5P End Date
PSSR-259467	Staff Template - Exited Teachers Logic Update	NM Staff Template: Version 3.1 The Staff Template is updated and will now pull teachers that left during the summer by comparing the Staff Termination Date to the last day (based on the Years and terms) of the previous school year. As long as the staff has a teaching Position Code, and their Termination Date is greater than the last day of the previous school year, they’ll be reported when the report is run and the include Exited Staff parameter is set to Yes.