Special Programs Newfoundland

SPSM-NL_26.4.0.0 Release Notes

Date of Release:

New Features and Enhancements

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Summary

Release Note

SPEDSM-51420

Updates to the Gender Table KW table

GenderTable KW table is now admin-editable.

SPEDSM-124337

Updates to the PDIRA document

The comment box is now available for all options (Approved, Not Approved, Requires Additional Information) in the Office Use Only section.

SPEDSM-133608

Updates to IEP Workflow and Configuration corrections

  • The Office Use section is now restricted to Review status, preventing access or edits during Draft, as intended.

  • The spelling of “behaviors” is now corrected to “behaviours,” and a new mandatory Yes/No field for adult accompaniment is now added in the Partial Day Individual Run Application.

  • Changes to the EDU notifications, removal of the Summary of Comprehensive Assessment Findings, and the handling of the Special Education Exit Date & Reason fields are now complete, with the latter set to remain blank and non-required.

SPEDSM-136659

Curriculum Aligned to New Standards

New curriculum items aligned to the updated standards have been added to the system.

This is added only for testing purposes and is not configured to any of the documents.

SPEDSM-137305

Updates to the Record of Intervention document

  • When the Tiered Approach to Learning is system-generated, users can now move the RTL Record from Draft or Review to Final without receiving validation errors related to that section.

  • Auto-populated flyout content does not require users to manually open the Tiered Approach to Learning and select “Save Done Editing” in order to finalize.

SPEDSM-137306

Updates to Alerts and Special Education Exit section

  • The Special Education Exit section is now successfully hidden from view and print modes, remaining accessible only in edit mode, which is now read-only.

  • The Tiered Approach to Learning section now allows document finalization without opening the flyout or clicking Save Done Editing, as the section is view-only.

SPEDSM-138175

Restrict PDIRA Document Access to Students with a Finalized AAT

Users can now create a Partial Day Individual Run Application (PDIRA) document only if a finalized AAT (Individualized Transportation Student Application) document is present in the system for the same school year in which the PDIRA is being created.

SPEDSM-139863

Updates to the Special Education Exit section

  • Data is now cleared for two fields, ‘Special Education Exit Date’ and ‘Special Education Exit Reason’ in the Special Education Exit section for all the current and historical student records.

  • A total of 518 student records will be affected.

    • Two separate backend fields are created for ‘Special Education Exit Date’ and ‘Special Education Exit Reason’ to store the deleted data. These fields are not visible in the UI.

SPEDSM-140392

Updates to the ROI tag

RTL Tag is now renamed as ROI tag. This tag now appears correctly in the PowerSchool Alert Export Report.

Bugs Fixed

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Bug Fix Title

Bug Fix Summary

SPEDSM-116051

Updates to the Alternate Curriculum Record document

Now, HTML codes do not display in the edit mode for the Alternate Curriculum Record document.

SPEDSM-136667

Updates to the Comprehensive Assessment Report Template

The font size options appear now for the Background Information text box.