SPSM-AL_23.9.1.0 Release Notes

Date of Release: September 18, 2023

Reference	Summary	Release Note
SPEDSM-78232	ACAP Testing Support	Made the following changes to the ACAP Testing Support document: Merged Accessibility Supports and Accommodations and labelled as Accessibility Supports, Accommodations, or both, as only one of the two will be selected. Previously, these were listed separately. Removed the check boxes for Accommodations and the label. Renamed the assessment PreACT as PreACT Secure and added English as a new subject selection for PreACT Secure. Added ALL as a selection under subjects for all assessment types so that staff can avoid adding each subject separately. Added tooltip to the date fields DATE OF DETERMINATION and DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
SPEDSM-88413	Advanced Report - EI to Preschool Tracking Log	Made the following logic changes to the advance reports EI to PreSchool Tracking Log Summary and EI to PreSchool Tracking Log Snapshot Summary: Percentage (%) of students was corrected to display 100% when field e = Yes. Previously, the report displayed greater than 100%. Updated row d, Number of children for whom parent refusal to provide consent caused delays in evaluation or initial services to remove RDL delay code. The only codes displayed in row d are PD, SIA, PIA, STILEA, and STOLEA. Updated row b, Number of those referred determined to be NOT eligible and whose eligibilities were determined before their third birthdays to include either not eligible or students with delay code RDL. Previously, row b displayed only the not eligible students. These reports must be unprocessed and processed again for the noted changes to display.
SPEDSM-72885	AL Special Education Documents Transfers Will Now Stay in Final Status	Added a property to the following documents to stay in Final status when transferred and made a live document: Referral - Referral for Evaluation InitEvCons - Notice and Consent for Initial Evaluation ProvServ - Notice and Consent for the Provision of Services NRCIE - Notice of Revocation of Consent for Initial Eval NAITMC - Notice and Invitation / Consent for Agency Part NotOfRefus - Notice of Proposal or Refusal to Take Action FBABIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan WABPPA - Written Agreement to Amend IEP EligDec - Notice and Eligibility Decision NotOfReEva - Notice and Consent for Reevaluation ReDecision - Notice of IEP Team's Decision Regarding Reeval IORWA - Initial or Reevaluation Written Agreement(s) VisionSF - Vision Screening Form HearingSF - Hearing Screening Form OBSVFORM - Observation Form ECAOEC - Environmental Cultural and/or Economic Concerns SAAFP - Summary of Academic Achievement & Functional Perf PostSchSur - Post-School Outcomes Survey NRC12 - Notice of Revocation of Consent for Services ACAP - Alternate Participation Decision-Making Tool ACAPTSF - ACAP Testing Supports Form
SPEDSM-82733	AL Gifted Documents Transfers Will Now Stay in Final Status	Added a property to the following documents to stay in Final status when transferred and made a live document: NPMFG - Notice of Proposed Meeting for Gifted RFGS - Referral for Gifted Services NotifCons - Notification and Consent for Gifted Screening NGRSTD - Notification of Gifted Referral Screening Team Dec GiftElig - Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination Form NotifEligD - Notification of Eligibility Determination and Plac NotEligDe - Notification of Eligibility Determination Team Dec GEP - Gifted Education Plan GEPAccom - Accommodations For Gifted Students in GenEd GRASR - Gifted Record of Access to Student Records
SPEDSM-82919	Behavioral Intervention Plan	Made the grade level and school fields editable in the Functional Behavioral Assessment section. Once the document is finalized, a revision will be made to edit the grade level and school as necessary.
SPEDSM-78947	Description of Progress / Comments Field Is Added for Graph	Before this release, users could not enter the comments for Progress Monitoring (Graph) as the Comments field was unavailable. Added a new field labelled Description of Progress / Comments. Hence, comments entered in the initial IEP will be copied using Progress Monitoring (Graph) in the revision.
SPEDSM-86880	Enrollment/Exit Reason Keyword Table	Added a keyword WB4 Transfer in State - Alabama Independent School to the Enrollment/Exit Reason keyword table with the InUse column set as Yes.
SPEDSM-82032	Gifted Documents - Staff Position	Made the Staff Position as a drop-down list on the following documents: Referral for Gifted Services Form Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination Form Previously, this was a textbox. Added Gifted column to the StaffPositions keyword table and set as Yes for below existing staff positions: School Counselor Teacher – Gifted Teacher - Regular Teacher – Retired Teacher – Virtual Program Coordinator – Special Education Administrator Psychometrist Other Added the following three new staff positions with the Gifted column set as Yes: P1322 Coordinator – Gifted Program P1302 Principal P1303 Principal - Assistant
SPEDSM-86162	Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination Form	Resolved an issue in the Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination form to update the responses of Yes or No in the Eligibility Decision field based on Column E value for Aptitude Tests Administered. Previously, staff were allowed to select Yes in the Eligibility Decision field when the Column E value for Aptitude Tests Administered was No and documents were finalized without error.
SPEDSM-85021	Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination Form	Added a field labelled School Name in the header of the Gifted Eligibility/Screening Determination document. The data flows from profile to document.
SPEDSM-86747	IEP - Transition Goal	On the IEP - Transition Goal section, the Date of Mastery field is now editable on documents created and finalized after this release.
SPEDSM-87756	IEP Document Student Profile (Continued) Section	Modified the Student Profile (Continued) section to always display the Transportation Needs checkboxes and make them optional. Previously, these fields were hidden until Yes was selected for the Does the student require transportation as a related service? checkbox.
SPEDSM-85007	Notice and Consent for Reevaluation	Resolved an issue where the document could not be finalized without the Consent, Signature, and Date of Signature fields. These fields become optional when the second attempt date and data are entered.
SPEDSM-84286	Notice and Eligibility Decision - Text Change	Changed text from affect to effect in the following question: Does the disability have an adverse affect on educational performance?
SPEDSM-85156	Notice and Invitation to a Meeting / Consent for Agency Participation - Text Change	Corrected the spelling of assessment in the following statement: The purpose of this meeting is to: > Develop Functional Behavioral Assessment Plan.
SPEDSM-81187	Notice of IEP Team's Decision Regarding Reeval	Added an insert icon to add additional attendees to the Notice of IEP Team's Decision Regarding Reevaluation document.
SPEDSM-86882	RecordOfAccessCategory Keyword Table	Made the following changes to the Record of Access to Student Records document: Added a new keyword Category 7 Other. Updated the column heading from Category 1-6 to Category 1-7. Staff can now select option 7 for Other in Category 1-7. Added 7 Other in the key at the top of the document.
SPEDSM-85020	Referral for Gifted Services	Updated the Referral for Gifted Services document to display the EL Status next to the following statement when it is selected: Limited opportunity to acquire depth in English (English not spoken in home, transiency due to migrant employment of family, dialectical differences acting as a barrier to learning).
SPEDSM-85019	Revocation Documents - Removal of Draft Watermark	Removed the Draft watermark from displaying on the following documents when they are in draft status: Notice of Revocation of Consent for Services Notice of Revocation of Consent for Initial Eval
SPEDSM-82914	Section 504 - Plan	Made the grade level and school fields editable in the Section 504 - Plan document. Once the document is finalized, a revision will be made to edit the grade level and school as needed.
SPEDSM-88266	Student Profile	Updated the Is_IEP profile field calculation to include both Student Status and Status to display the IEP icon alert in the student profile when a student is active and eligible.