SPSM-CA_25.3.0.0 Release Notes

Date of release: March 10, 2025

Reference	Summary	Release Note
SPEDSM-101020	Document: Individualized Family Service Plan	The contact format in the IFSP document has been updated to align with the horizontal layout of the Notice of Meeting. Previously, the IFSP document had a different contact format compared to the Notice of Meeting, leading to inconsistency across the documents.
SPEDSM-101875	Document: Summary of Performance	The fields labeled 'Date of PWN' and 'Date Notice of Procedural Safeguards was sent to parent' have been made editable in the 'Prior Written Notice' section of the Summary of Performance document.
SPEDSM-103074	Document: Service Plan for Parentally Placed Pvt Sch Student	The following Special Education profile data now flows to the 'Service Plan for Parentally Placed Pvt Sch Student' document. Eligibility Status Initial Evaluation Consent
SPEDSM-108647	Document: Service Plan for Parentally Placed Pvt Sch Student	Modified the error messages to clearly indicate the action to be taken by parents while they complete the Service Plan document.
SPEDSM-109620	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	The Assessment Plan Signature Page now prints lines for the textboxes located below the parent acknowledgement checkboxes to address the issue where these lines were not printing when the section was printed.
SPEDSM-109927	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	A parent’s signature is now optional in the following scenarios: District Deems Assessment Not needed The student left the district. Eligibility not completed No Response on the Final Attempt
SPEDSM-109977	Document: Section 504 - Eligibility	The document 'Section 504 - Eligibility' now requires the participant's signature and signature date before finalization.
SPEDSM-110375	Document: Individualized Education Program	When a student is 15 years old or older, the IEP document now requires sections 'Individual Transition Plan 1' and 'Individual Transition Plan 2' to be filled in and included in the packet.
SPEDSM-110720	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	Within the 'Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice' section, when the checkbox for withdrawing a child from the assessment process is selected on the 'Assessment Plan Signature Page,' the Student profile field 'PlanType' should be automatically set to 'None' upon finalization of the document.
SPEDSM-110722	Document: Individualized Education Program	The system now prevents setting future dates for IEP Amendment Dates. Users were previously able to select future dates for IEP Amendment Dates, but they are now restricted to choosing the current date or earlier. This update ensures that all IEP Amendment Dates align with the present date or earlier.
SPEDSM-110826	Document: Individualized Education Program	The document IEP section 'Signature and Parent Consent' now requires parent signatures when saving and finalizing. Previously, the document could be saved without requiring the parent’s signature date.
SPEDSM-111035	Team Action Text Boxes	The Topic text box in the Team Action section is now expandable to view entered text. Changes have been made across various documents where the Team Action section is present, as below: Interim Placement Form Evaluation Report Annual Notification Letter Summary of Performance Service Plan
SPEDSM-111052	Document: Evaluation Report	The Team Action section on Revision Documents for Evaluation Reports has been adjusted to display the new Team Action area above the existing Team Action information from the original document. Previously, the Team Action area for the revision was appearing below the Team Action area from the original document.
SPEDSM-111081	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	The Assessment Plan section of the Assessment Plan document is now updated to not be required when the option 'District Deems Assessment Not Needed and Prior Written Notice Sent' is checked. Previously, this section remained mandatory even when the mentioned option was selected.
SPEDSM-111185	Document: Interim Placement Form	In a revision of the 'Interim Placement Form' document, the admin user would be able to edit the 'Last Eval' field. This was not possible earlier.
SPEDSM-111291	Update Script: Maintain SWDS Records	The Maintain SWDSRecords update script has been modified to ensure that when a student on Part C does not require a Part B evaluation, a new SWDS record with specific requirements is created. Currently, the script does not consider these requirements.
SPEDSM-111293	Update Script: Maintain CALPADSPlans	The update script now correctly sets the 'District of Special Education Accountability' in the CALPADS Plans profile and the Services profile to the District of Enrollment for students marked with 'Interdistrict DSEA' on the Demographics page. Previously, the script was pulling the District of Residence from the Students table for this field.
SPEDSM-111573	Keyword Table: STSE	The keyword table STSE has the following keywords added: Assessment Type: Smarter Balanced For Mathematics Type of support/accommodation: Accommodations Support/Accommodations: Print On Demand Assessment Type: Smarter Balanced For Mathematics Type of support/accommodation: Designated Supports Support/Accommodations: Read aloud in Spanish Assessment Type: Smarter Balanced For Mathematics Type of support/accommodation: Designated Supports Support/Accommodations: Permissive Mode
SPEDSM-112038	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	The message has been changed from "Parent/Guardian who respond should also understand the Notice of Procedural Safeguards" to "Parent/Guardian who respond should also indicate their understanding of the Notice of Procedural Safeguards by ticking the box." The behavior has also been changed so that the error message appears before sending the document for signature.
SPEDSM-112115	Document: Individualized Education Program	The Initial IEP process now includes a rule for Referral when transitioning to the Final Attempt with no response from the parent. This enhancement allows staff to initiate a new IEP Referral after the Initial Process has been halted due to a lack of parent response.
SPEDSM-113150	Alternate Assessment Decision-Making Tool	Edited the section title "Alternate Assessment Decision-Making Tool for California" to "Alternate Assessment Decision-Making Tool" to accommodate text limitations. Updated the role "Intervention Specialist Name" to "Educational Specialist". Added a new initial text box for parents to replace signatures.
SPEDSM-113349	Document: Assessment Plan & Prior Written Notice	The Assessment Plan Signature page now requires at least one Attempt area to be checked in order to save the section or set the plan to final.
SPEDSM-113807	Document: Section 504 Plan	Duplicates were previously created when using 'Copy Information from Other Document' and could not be removed, but now they can.
SPEDSM-114149	Exemptions for Participation in State-Wide Assessment Programs	The Special Factors Participation in State Wide Assessment Programs IEP section previously lacked Exemptions for the Standard ELPAC. Exemptions have been added to address this issue.
SPEDSM-114331	Service Start and End Dates Reset	Changes have been implemented in the Individualized Education Program document to ensure that the start and end dates of the services provided to a student do not reset when a document is signed digitally.