PowerSchool SIS Tennessee

State Reporting 22.7.1.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2022 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Release Note

PSSR-293637

All States/Provinces: 2022-23 NCEA Data Collection Updates

Data collection updates to support 2022-23 NCEA Data Bank reporting are now available for the Diocese, School and Student pages. There are no changes to the NCEA Staff page. The related report updates will follow in a subsequent release.

  • District > Diocese Information for NCEA Reporting: Updates for Principal RetentionNumber of principals who were employed during the last school year: new source fields are added.Elementary: [Prefs]NCEA_Princ_LastYear_ElemSecondary: [Prefs]NCEA_Princ_LastYear_SecNumber of principals who did not return for the current school year: source fields are unchanged.Elementary: [Prefs]NCEA_Princ_Not_Return_ElemSecondary: [Prefs]NCEA_Princ_Not_Return_Sec

  • School > General > School Information for NCEA Reporting: Elements are re-organized under new panels; explanatory text is added; fields are updated or added as noted.General School InformationExclude school from NCEA reportingSchool LocationSchool SponsorshipSchool GenderSchool serves grades PK-12 or K-12 as a single schoolGovernment Funded ProgramsSchool receives Title I services: Explanatory text is added to indicate "If Title I services is not selected for the school, no students in the school can be reported as receiving Title I services."School receives Title II servicesSchool receives Title III servicesSchool receives Title IV servicesSchool offers federal nutrition programs: Explanatory text is added to indicate "If federal nutrition programs is not selected for the school, no students in the school can be reported as receiving free/reduced lunch."New field: All students in the school receive free/reduced lunchS_SCH_NCEA_X.FederalNutritionAll_TFSelect this box if the school provides free/reduced lunch to all students regardless of income qualification.All students will be automatically reported as receiving free/reduced lunch without the need to code students individually on the NCEA Student page.Additional InformationSchool has Board, Commission or Council: New data collection model and source field (S_SCH_NCEA_X.BoardType). Select the appropriate code from the dropdown list.(A) Advisory(C) Consultative(F) Full Authority(L) Limited Jurisdiction(N) No BoardSchool has Extended Day ProgramSchool has waiting listSchool received E-rate telecom discounts last school yearSchool offers Dual Language Immersion ProgramSchool offers International Baccalaureate ProgramNumber of Staff by Type: New field for Librarians is added (S_SCH_NCEA_X.Staff_Lib).Teacher RetentionNumber of teachers who were employed during the last school year: New source field is added (S_SCH_NCEA_NCEA_Teacher_Last_Year).Number of teachers who did not return for the current school year: Source field is unchanged (S_SCH_NCEA_X.Teacher_Not_Return).

  • Student > Information > NCEA Student Information

    • New explanatory text added for “Has diagnosed disability” to indicate "Includes ADD/ADHD, Autism, Emotional/behavioral, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, speech/language impairments, visual impairments".

    • The obsolete “Eligible for Title I Services” element is removed.

    • New logic for “Receives free/reduced meals” is implemented.If the school-level setting for federal nutrition program is not checked, no students can be flagged for free/reduced lunch and the field displays “Not Offered.” Explanatory text indicates “School offers federal nutrition programs is not selected on the NCEA school page.”If the school-level setting for “All students in the school receive free/reduced lunch” is checked, the field displays “Yes.” Explanatory text indicates “All students will be reported as receiving free/reduced lunch based on the NCEA school page setting.”If the school offers federal nutrition, but the setting for “All students in the school receive free/reduced lunch” is not checked, the checkbox for “Receives free/reduced meals” is enabled and individual students can be selected as applicable.

    • Eligible for free/reduced meals: New explanatory text is added to indicate “Students whose household income is below the U.S. Department of Agriculture threshold should be selected as eligible for free or reduced priced lunch regardless of whether the school offers federal nutrition programs.”

PSSR-295642

Ed-Fi Profile for 2022-2023 Term Update

The Ed-Fi Profile is updated to include Term 2022-2023.

PSSR-296604

Ed-Fi TN: Race Descriptor Missing Namespace Prefix for studentEducationOrganizationAssociations Records

StudentEducationOrganizationAssociations- races.raceDescriptor updated with the correct values and namespaces.

PSSR-294876

TN - BOY 22-23 New Disciplinary Action Code added.

Student Disciplinary Action Code C - Corporal Punishment is added . EIS 046 extract is updated to reflect the change.

PSSR-294875

TN - BOY 22-23: Teaching Method Codes have been updated

Teaching Method Code updates

The following new codes have been added starting 2022 2023 school year:

  • A-Asynchronous Virtual course

  • S- Synchronous Virtual Course

  • B-Bisynchronous Virtual Course

  • H-Hybrid Virtual Course

  • O-On-line - Retired

EIS 030 is updated to reflect the code changes.

PSSR-296608

Ed-Fi TN: EstimatedMilesFromSchool required for StudentTransportations

A new dependency check has been added to publish only a non null, greater than zero value for EstimatedMilesFromSchool, in the StudentTransportations resource. Dependency message: “Estimated Miles From School must be greater than Zero miles.”

PSSR-296607

TN Ed-Fi

The StudentAcademicRecord and CourseTranscript resourse data for educationOrganizationId is updated with required data.

PSSR-296605

Ed-Fi TN: whenTakenGradeLevelDescriptor missing namespace prefix for CourseTranscripts resource

CourseTranscripts - whenTakenGradeLevelDescriptor updated with the correct values and namespaces.

PSSR-286889

Error when Trying To Unschedule Or Change the EIS TN Nightly Process

When you Unschedule Or change The EIS TN Nightly Process, no error is reported.