SPSM-AL_25.7.0.0 Release Notes

SPEDSM-118577

Special Education and State Reporting Profiles

Made an update to the Special Education and State Reporting profiles:

• Set several fields on the profiles to read-only.

SPEDSM-122186

Student Transfer Review Document - Transfer IEP Decision Section

Made the following updates to the Transfer IEP Decision document section when the Out-of-State Transfer option is selected:

• Added an Exceptionality field.

  • This field is required.

• Added a Yes/No checkbox field with statement, “The student is working toward alternate achievement standards and participating in the state’s alternate assessment.”

  • This field is optional.

Data values for the fields will flow to the Special Education profile when the document is set to Final.

The document footer has been updated to ALSDE approved July 2025.

SPEDSM-122212

Individualized Education Program (IEP) Document - Student Profile (Cover Page) Section

A validation rule has been added to the IEP – Student Profile (Cover Page) section. This rule requires the Preschool Student checkbox to be selected when:

• The student’s Grade is PK2 or PK3, and

• The IEP Type is set to Initial IEP

This validation ensures that the Office Use Only fields at the bottom of the Student Profile (Continued) section populates correctly, allowing for accurate collection of Early Intervention (EI) to Preschool transition data.

SPEDSM-122214

EI to Pre-School Tracking Log Validation Report

Made the following changes:

1. Removed Columns:

   • Column 8: Parental Delay reason PD can't be used if the child has not been determined eligible for services.

   • Column 9: Reason code STOLEA can't be used if there is no date in the Date Signed Notice and Consent for Evaluation Received in Public cy column.

2. Renamed Column:

   • Previous: Column 10. Date of Initial Eligibility Determination can’t be greater than the Date of Initial IEP Meeting date.

   • Current: Column 8. Initial Eligibility Determination can’t be after the Initial IEP Meeting Date.

SPEDSM-122528

Personnel and Supplemental Snapshots

Made the following updates:

• Data Clearing:

  • Existing Personnel and Supplemental snapshot data collected in May 2025 will be cleared on September 1, 2025.

• Data Collection:

  • The PersonnelSnapshots script now populates 2025–2026 data instead of 2024–2025.

  • The SupplementalSnapshots script now populates 2026–2027 data instead of 2025–2026.

• Field Update:

  • The District Name field character limit has been increased from 50 to 55 characters to match the district entity.

SPEDSM-122990

Notice and Consent for Initial Evaluation Document

Added a non-lookup option to the Signature of Education Agency Official field, allowing manual input without relying solely on the existing lookup option.

SPEDSM-123362

Early Intervention Delay Reasons

Removed the following Early Intervention Delay reasons from the Reasons for Late (or no) Eligibility Determination and Reasons for Late (or no) IEP Development and Implementation dropdown menus.

• EID - Early Intervention Delay

• PNS - Preschool Not in Session

SPEDSM-125900

Preschool Profile and Early Intervention to Preschool Tracking Log Report

Added conditions to retain data from the Early Intervention referral type on the Preschool Profile and the EI to Preschool Tracking Log report when an additional referral and/or evaluation is processed from a Parent or School-Based referral type.