FOCUS-44988- feat(accounts-receivable): add grace period to deposit date fiscal year restriction

System enhancement to allow deposits from prior fiscal year to be deposited within first five days of the new year.

See Deposits and Internal Account Deposits for more information.

FOCUS-44620- AP: Reissue prior year Check setting

System improvement adding new setting for District to assign GL Debit for a reissued prior year check that was voided in Setup > Setting > Misc > When an Invoice is reissued for a prior fiscal year check void.

FOCUS-43922- feat(budget): add permission to override required Budget Maintenance elements

System improvement adding new profile permission to bypass required elements on Budget Maintenance and Internal Account Budget Maintenance. To enable: Setup > Permissions > Profiles > Budget > "Override Required Elements."

See Profiles > Budgeting/General Ledger tab for details on the new profile permissions.

FOCUS-30456- Change menu direction in Government Codes and Florida Codes

System improvement to move the top menu tabs to a sidebar menu with filtering in both Setup > General Ledger > Government Codes and Setup> General Ledger > Florida Codes.

See Government Codes and Florida Codes for more information.

FOCUS-45019-Field Trip Requests Automatically Assign School Drivers

System Improvement to Transportation > Field Trip Requests > Driver Pool. All Pool will now assign from all pools and a blank will not assign a driver.

FOCUS-44903- Employee Wages > Min/Max: Yearly Change Pay

System improvement adding rounding options to Employee Wages > Min/Max: Yearly Change Pay. To enable: Setup > Settings > Payroll > Contract Calculation: Min/Max Pay Increase.

See Settings > Payroll tab for more information about this new setting.

FOCUS-44854- HR_ER > 'View Offer Letter' button

System Improvement adding copy of Offer Letter sent to applicant in Human Resources > Applicant Tracking > Current Applicant.

See Applicant Tracking for more details.

FOCUS-44241- Functionality to show applicant progress for Recommendations/Offers

System Improvement adding Recommendations/Offers tab for applicant to track their progress.

See Applicant Tracking, Recommendations/Offers (Admin), and Recommendations/Offers (Teachers) for more details.

FOCUS-45185 - Teacher Gradebook: Resolve Downloading Powerpoint Student Uploads in Edge Browser

This update resolves an issue where teachers were unable to download a PowerPoint file attached to an assignment in the Gradebook while using the Microsoft Edge browser. Now, teachers can successfully download the attached file when using Edge.

FOCUS-45155 - Address & Contacts: When Adding New Contact, Don't Default to Student Primary Address

This update reverts a previous change that automatically selected the student’s primary address by default when adding a New Contact through the Address & Contacts screen. With this update, the system now follows the original functionality, where no address is selected by default when adding a new contact.​

FOCUS-45152 - Proficiency Gradebook: Unable to Delete Assignment After Standards are Unlinked

This update resolves an issue with deleting assignments in the Proficiency Gradebook. Previously, if an assignment had no standards attached, the save button would not activate when attempting to delete it via the pop-up, preventing the deletion from taking place. With the branch, the save button will now activate, allowing teachers to successfully delete assignments without any attached standards.​

FOCUS-45104 - Tardy Tracking: Allow Multiple Check Ins/ Check Outs in Same Period

The update modifies the Check In and Check Out process for Tardy Tracking devices, including the Kiosk and the Late Check In/Early Release screen. Students can now check in and out multiple times during the same period, a change that is particularly useful for elementary school setups. This enhancement allows more flexibility in managing student movements throughout the day.

See System Preferences > Attendance tab and Tardy Tracking & Check In/Check Out System > System Preferences for more information.

FOCUS-45059 - Document Management: Improve ID Recognition in Student/Staff File Import

This improvement is specific to customers with the Document Management module. Previously, any digits in a file name were evaluated as potential student/User IDs when uploading a file through Student/Staff File Import. With this update, only numbers separated by spaces or underscores will be considered. For example, a file named "Grade01_Results_Eng_12345.pdf" previously evaluated "01" as a student ID if there was a matching student with an ID of 1. Now, only "12345" will be evaluated as a potential match.

See Import Student Files and Import Staff Files for more information.

FOCUS-45046 - Scheduling: Remove Inactive Teachers from Mass Requests

This update ensures that inactive teachers are no longer displayed in the Scheduling Mass Requests feature, streamlining the selection process to only show active staff members.

FOCUS-45037 - Scheduling: Respect "Does Grades" Course Catalog Setting when Adding New Sections

This update fixes an issue in the Scheduling Module related to the Course Catalog. Previously, when creating a new section, the "Graded" option was incorrectly defaulting to checked, even when the "Does Grades" option was set to No for the course in the Course Catalog. This has now been resolved.

FOCUS-45036 - Advanced Reports: Allow Teachers to Mass Update (With Permission)

This update introduces a Mass Update feature to Advanced Reports in the Teacher Portal. Teachers with edit permissions for a student field can now use this feature to perform mass updates on students within that field. This enhancement streamlines the process of making bulk changes.

See Advanced Report (Teachers) for more information.

FOCUS-45026 - Transcripts: ImproveSelect Multiple Graduation Requirements Matching

This update addresses an issue where select multiple graduation requirements were not correctly matched by shortname. Now, if a graduation subject includes multiple entries like "PF, VO, PA," they will be split apart, allowing each to be individually identified by shortname for transcripts.

FOCUS-45018 - Positive Behaviors: New Hide Student Alert Icons Feature

This enhancement introduces a new "Hide Alert Icons" option under Positive Behaviors, which is disabled by default. When enabled, Student Alert Icons will not appear in the report. The system will also remember the last setting when returning to the screen, allowing for a more customized view.

See Positive Behavior Awards (admin), Reward Positive Behavior (Teacher Programs) (admin), and Positive Behaviors (teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-45003 - Communication Platform: Improve Letter Log Tracking to Prevent Duplicates

This update enhances Letter Log tracking in the Communication Platform by preventing duplicate entries from being added to a student's Letter Log, ensuring more accurate record-keeping.

FOCUS-44998 - Student Breakdown Report: Improve Gradelevel Sort when All Schools Selected

This update improves the sorting of Grade Levels in the Student Breakdown report when evaluating data across all schools, providing a more organized and consistent display of information.

FOCUS-44994 - Immunization Compliance: Improve USIIS Import Behavior (UT)

This update enhances the Immunization Compliance process by improving how TDAP vaccinations are handled through the USIIS import. This improvement is specifically for customers in Utah.

FOCUS-44985 - Scheduling: New Option to Hide Lunches on Student Schedules

This enhancement introduces a new System Preference called "Hide lunch from schedules," which will be set to Off by default to maintain existing functionality. When enabled, the student's lunch period will not be displayed on the Student Schedule or when printing Student Schedules.

See System Preferences > Scheduling tab and Lunches for more information.

FOCUS-44940 - Advanced Reports: Prevent Duplicate Records Appearing in Report

This update prevents duplicate student entries from appearing in Advanced Reports when certain custom fields are included, ensuring accurate and streamlined reporting.

FOCUS-44938 - Application Editor: Hide Allowed Profiles for Legacy Form Records

This update modifies the Application Editor, ensuring that the Allowed Profiles feature is only applicable to standard Application Layouts for Re-Enrollment Forms. Previously, this feature was also visible for legacy custom Form Records. With this update, the feature will now be hidden when a legacy Form Record is selected.

See Application Editor > Creating a New Form Based on Form Record Fields for more information.

FOCUS-44925 - Re-Enrollment Forms: Ensure Contact Flag Changes are Recorded for Approval

This update resolves an issue where changes to Contact Flags were not being recorded or displayed for administrator approval during the Re-Enrollment form process. These changes are now correctly tracked and shown for approval.

FOCUS-44892 - Transcripts: Enhancements to Transcript Display Preferences

This update introduces a new system preference called “Edit Course Title on Course History Records” for customers using the Course Catalog. When enabled, this preference allows the Course Title to be edited on Student Final Grades, GPA, and Class Rank screens. If the edited title differs from the Course Catalog name, the custom title will be used on printed transcripts, offering greater flexibility in transcript customization. This feature is available for customers outside of Florida.

FOCUS-44551 - Custom Fields: Right-Align Field Title Wrapping

This update enhances the visibility of custom field titles on the info screen. If a custom field title wraps to a second line, it will now be right-aligned instead of left-aligned, improving readability and consistency.

FOCUS-44487 - Elementary Scheduler: Improve Visibility of Contents in Student Pop-Up

This update enhances the visibility of the student pop-up window in the Elementary Scheduler. Previously, the blue pop-up window was too small to display its contents properly when a user clicked on a student. The window size has been adjusted to ensure all information is clearly visible.

FOCUS-44350 - Address & Contacts: Restore "Edit Primary Residence" Permission Functionality

This update ensures that when the "Edit Primary Residence" permissions are unchecked, end-users can still edit the Student Phone Number and Mailing Address, while being restricted from editing the Primary Address fields. This allows for more granular control over which address information can be modified by users, maintaining the integrity of the primary residence details while still permitting updates to other contact information.

FOCUS-44342 - Communication: Regarding Student for Parent Poll & Signup Responses

This update improves the functionality of polls and sign-ups within the system. The tabs for closed polls and sign-ups are now reordered to appear at the bottom of the list, while open polls and sign-ups display with the most recent at the top. The update also resolves an issue where long questions would overlap with responses, ensuring better readability regardless of window size. Additionally, parents can now select which student to respond for if they have multiple children, with a new student selector available in the poll and sign-up tabs.

FOCUS-44286 - Custom Fields: New Restricted Edit Permission on Logging Fields

This new feature introduces a "Restricted Edit" permission for Logging Fields. This complements the existing "Restricted View" permission. With this enhancement, organizations can configure permissions so that end users can view all records within a logging field but only edit those they created. This allows for more granular control over data access and editing capabilities within the system.

FOCUS-44072 - Scheduling: Improve Credits Value Display in Student Requests

This update corrects an issue in the student request screen for the 24-25 school year, where the Credits column was displaying "0" even when "Credits per Course History Term" was populated. The query has been adjusted so that if there is no value in the Total Credit column, the value from the Credits per Course column will now display.

FOCUS-43776 - Scheduling: Resolve Error in Print Request by Student

This update resolves an error that was occurring when using the Scheduling Request Reports, specifically the "Print Request by Student" feature. The issue has been corrected to ensure the report runs without displaying an error.

FOCUS-43313 - Grades Summary View: Improve Display of Grades with "Show All Schools"

This branch corrects an issue in the Final Grades, GPA & Class Rank, Summary View. When "Show All Schools" is checked, certain quarter grades were not displaying as separate line items, failing to indicate their different school locations. This update ensures that all grades display accurately, reflecting the correct school locations as separate line items.

FOCUS-43145 - Address Fields: New "Hidden" Feature on Contact Flags

This update prevents the deletion of Address Fields and Contact Flags once they have been used. Additionally, a new "Hidden" setting has been introduced. By selecting this option, a Contact Flag can be inactivated, preventing it from appearing in the interface on Address & Contacts and Enrollment Forms.

See Address Fields for more information.

FOCUS-42656 - Rooms: New Limit Seat Count By Max Seats in Room Feature

This update introduces a new system preference, "Limit Seat Count By Max Seats in Room," designed to enforce room capacity limits when scheduling stacked sections. Located in Setup > System Preferences > Default School Preferences > Scheduling, this option, when enabled, prevents any section from exceeding the room's designated seat capacity.

The room's maximum seat count is set within Setup > School Setup > Rooms > Max Seats in Room. When the preference is active, the total number of students across all sections in a stacked period cannot exceed the room's seat limit. For example, if two sections are scheduled simultaneously in a room with a 25-seat capacity, the system will cap the combined student count at 25, overriding the individual section seat counts to prevent overcrowding.

This update also ensures that the scheduling process respects the "Limit Seat Count By Max Seats in Room" setting. When enabled, the system will not allow seats to be filled beyond the total room capacity. Users will be unable to manually assign students or use the 'Auto Schedule' button to exceed the room's maximum seat count. However, if the "Override Seat Count" option is selected, the system preference will be bypassed, allowing students to be scheduled into the room beyond the set maximum.

See System Preferences > Scheduling tab, Rooms, and Run Scheduler for more information.

FOCUS-44737 - User Permissions: Changing school causes permission error

FOCUS-45080- SSS: Resolve Error Clearing Signature Fields

This update fixes an issue in the SSS module where an error occurred after a user signed a form in an SSS Event, saved changes, cleared the form, and attempted to save again. The error message "An error occurred trying to save the form" no longer appears, allowing the form to be saved successfully.

FOCUS-45027- SSS: Do Not Filter on PMP Content Area if None are Selected

In the SSS module, prior to this update, if no Content Area was selected, the strategies, hypotheses, and monitoring tools dropdowns remained empty due to filtering based on the Content Area. With this update, if no Content Area is selected, the dropdowns will now display all available options based on the other required filters. This ensures that users can proceed without needing to select a Content Area.

FOCUS-45017- OH SSS August Snapshot [Part 2] 2024

This update includes modifications and enhancements to the SSS master forms and workflow for customers in Ohio. For more detailed information, please refer to the following Zendesk article:

https://focusschoolsoftware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/28848588214427-August-2024-Part-2-Updates-to-OH-Master-Forms-Setup

FOCUS-44856- SSS: Prevent Additional Fields Auto-Population in PMPs

This update enhances Progress Monitoring within the SSS Module by preventing additional fields from automatically populating after selecting the content area in PMPs. Previously, selecting a content area would trigger the appearance of related fields, but with this improvement, those fields will not populate, allowing for a more streamlined and user-controlled process.

FOCUS-44688- SSS: Improves to Step Validation when Selections are Changed in Forms

This update to the SSS module addresses an issue where users could not save a form after removing a required response from a previously completed step. Previously, a static message prevented saving with no option to proceed. With this update, the message is replaced with a pop-up similar to incomplete steps, asking if you'd like to save the form as a draft. If saved as a draft, the form reverts to incomplete, and a draft message appears at the top.

FOCUS-44675- Postsecondary: Resolve Section Dropdown in Teacher Programs, Student Reauthorization

This update resolves an issue for Postsecondary customers where, while logged in as a teacher and using the Final Grades > Student Reauthorization feature, the course section dropdown was displaying incorrect courses. The course section dropdown now correctly shows the appropriate courses.