SPSM-VA_21.2.1.0 Release Notes

SPEDSM-33630

504 Eligibility

Removed all references to 'special education' from question #3 within the Section 504 - Eligibility form.

SPEDSM-36659

Authorization for Release/Exchange of Information

Renamed the label in the 'Send Records to' section from 'Principal' to 'Name.'

SPEDSM-32695

Demographic Profile

• Updated the descriptions for the following sections on the Configuration page:

  • Enrollment School

  • Servicing School

• Updated the profile to no longer require the following fields:

  • Serving School

  • Special Ed Secondary Serving School

  • Special Ed Third Serving School

SPEDSM-31134

Eligibility Profile

• Updated the Annual Review Due Date to show the date when the student is set to "Eligible", adding 1 year minus a day.

• Updated the Reevaluation Due Date, adding 3 years minus a day.

SPEDSM-36350

Eligibility Summary

• Updated the "Consent for Proposed Change" section. When checkboxes within "Consent for Proposed Change" are not selected, the "I give/I do not give consent for this action" option will not appear.

• Added non-lookup for General Education Teacher.

• Updated the Current Disability and Characteristics section. When a user selects "I do not give consent", Eligible status and Disability information will no longer flow to the Eligibility profile.

SPEDDEV-14765

eSchoolPLUS: GeneralEdStudent Demographics Import and eSchoolPLUS: Student Demographics Import

Updated the gender field to include the "Non-Binary" option within the Gender keyword table.

SPEDSM-36633

ESL Status

Updated the following changes to the ESLStatuses table:

• Added 2 new state codes

• Updated all descriptions to match the values from VDOE

• Updated the "EL Code" drop-down on the December 1st Count profile to only show values where InUse "Yes."

SPEDSM-29419

Globals

• Formatted fields to appear left-justified.

• Renamed "Your District" to "District Name."

• Renamed "Your District's ID" to "District ID."

• Removed bold font type in the Yes/No checkboxes.

SPEDSM-37711

IEP

Updated the IEP Prior Notice and Parental Consent section, adding the Transfer of Rights section.

SPEDSM-32959

IEP

Updated the following changes to sections within the IEP:

• Services-LRE-Placement section

  • Added a non-required text area under Transportation labeled "Justification". If this field is blank, the label and the field will not appear when printed.

  • Added a new grid for Related Services under the Services grid. Created a new keyword table called "RelatedServices."

• Extended School Year Services section

  • The user can now add ESY services directly to this section. These services do not appear on the Services-LRE-Services page.

• IEP at a Glance section
  Added the Related Services and ESY grids to the section.

• Profiles

  • Created a new profile called "Related Services." Information from the related services within IEP will flow to this new profile.

SPEDSM-35745

IEP > Cover Page

Updated the calculated field "Next re-evaluation, including eligibility, must occur before" to always update from the profile when the IEP is open.

SPEDSM-32830

IEP: Participation State and Division-Wide Accountability

Updated the Justification Summary text area within the "Participation in the State and Division-wide Accountability/Assessment System" section. The Justification Summary text area will now be a required field only when the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP) checkbox is selected within the "Services-LRE-Placement Assessments" section.

SPEDSM-36956

Medicaid Profiles

• Removed the Medicaid profile since it was duplicating information already available within the Medicaid Information profile.

• Updated the profile and fixed the alignment of the fields within the Medicaid Information profile.

SPEDDEV-14766

PowerSchool - Student Change Notification, PowerSchool - Student Import, AND PowerSchool - StudentContact Import

Updated the gender field to include the "Non-Binary" option within the Gender keyword table.

SPEDSM-33702

Review of Existing Data

• When the meeting reason is Reevaluation, and at least one box is "No" on #16, then the form will prompt the user to complete the Parental Consent to Evaluate and not the Eligibility Summary form.

• When the meeting reason is Reevaluation, and all the boxes are "Yes" on #16, then the form will prompt the user to complete the Eligibility Summary form.

• When the student's primary disability is Speech, the Speech Therapist is required, and neither the Social Worker nor the School Psychologist is not required.

• When the student's primary disability is not Speech, the Speech Therapist is not required; then either the Social Worker or School Psychologist is required.

SPEDSM-33632

Rights Afforded by Section 504

Updated the text "Procedural Safeguards" to "Rights Afforded by Section 504."

SPEDSM-34806

Section 504 Plan

• Changed the wording from "Who at the District is Responsible" to "Who is Responsible." Changed "Who at the District is Responsible" from the drop-down list to a text box.

• Updated the DisabilityCategories keyword table by adding 15 Qualified with Disability Under Section 504.

SPEDSM-34078

Security

Modified security so that Staff access to students has now changed from "Building of Residence" to "Responsible School."

SPEDSM-33637

Written Notice/Consent

• Corrected a typo where "other" was misspelled as "oother."

• Bolded the text "do not give permission" under the Parent/Guardian Consent to set it apart from the other options. Added 2 blank lines between "I have received a copy" and "I consent to the Section 504."

• Under Purpose of Evaluation, removed "special education" from option three.