Special Programs Massachusetts

SPSM-MA_26.4.1.0 Release Notes

Release Date:

New features and Enhancements

Reference

Feature Title

Description

SPEDSM-129803

Document: Section 504 Evaluation Consent

The Section 504 Consent to Evaluation field manages data flow from the Section 504 Evaluation Consent document.

SPEDSM-136696

Document: Section 504 Evaluation Consent

Added an "Office Use" section to the Written Notice part of the 504 Evaluation Consent document that appears during review for staff to record necessary information.

SPEDSM-137878

Translatable Goal Criteria

The GoalCriteria field in the IEP document's Goal template has been made translatable.

SPEDSM-137988

Assessment accommodations update

Extended testing of a test domain over multiple days is no longer permitted for ACCESS and MCAS assessments across both the IEP and Section 504 documents.

SPEDSM-138291

Document: Individualized Education Program

Appropriate validation has been added while saving entries in the frequency duration section of the IEP document.

SPEDSM-138882

Kindergarten age alignment in PL3

PL3 includes 5-year-olds in Kindergarten within the 6-21-year-old section and excludes 5-year-olds in PreK, with labels updated for consistency across related sections.

SPEDSM-139089

Document: Written Notice/Consent

For the following templates

  1. Written Notice/Consent [504Written]

  2. Written Notice/Consent [WNC]

  3. Section 504 - Refusal to Act Notice

Have had text made available in Easy Edit. The districts can update the wording directly to match their local requirements.

SPEDSM-140094

Document: Individualized Education Program

Statement Bank options appear in both text boxes within the Schedule Modification section of the Individualized Education Program document.

SPEDSM-141290

Special Ed Elig/Initial & Reeval Determination - Disability Update

On the Special Ed Elig/Initial & Reeval Determination, we have removed the designation of Primary and secondary.

The top Disability will still flow to the Primary Disability field for SIMS reporting requirements.

SPEDSM-141800

New EL Document 'Pre-K Identification and Screening Tool'

The ‘Pre-K Identification and Screening Tool’ Document Template has been added for users with the EL module.

Bugs fixed

Reference

Bug Fix Title

Bug Fix Summary

SPEDSM-137792

IEP Annual Review Meeting

The IEP Amendment Date no longer populates when the Type of Meeting is Annual Review.

SPEDSM-139687

Documents: PDF Generation

The following documents now include proper page breaks to prevent words and sentences from splitting across pages during PDF generation.

  1. Special Ed Elig/Initial & Reeval Determination

  2. Meeting Invitation

  3. Placement Consent Form - PL1: 5 in K and 6-21

  4. Section 504 - Plan

  5. Section 504 - Meeting Notice and Invitation