FOCUS-45592- Purchasing/AP - Remove PO Name from Printed PO

System improvement adding a setting to remove the Purchase Order name and type from the printed Purchase Order. To enable: Setup > Settings > Accounts Payable > 'Hide Type and Name on Printed PO's.'

See Settings > Accounts Payable > Misc Purchase Requests/Orders and Releasing Settings for more details.

FOCUS-45459- feat(accounts-payable): add new GL setting for p-card transaction batches

System improvement renaming existing "When a Check is written for P-Card Payment" setting to "When a Check is written for P-Card Repayment" and adding new setting "When a Check is written for a P-Card Transaction" which takes precedence over "When a Check is written" but will still use "When a Check is written" if the new setting is not set.

FOCUS-45414- Manage Assets - Search by Barcode - detailed popup for assets you can't view

System improvement adding ability to view assets outside of account strip permission in a pop-up on Fixed Assets > Manage Assets > Search Barcode.

See Manage Assets for more details.

FOCUS-45397- Install 2024 1098-T Layout

This update implements the 2024 format for 1098-T forms, ensuring compliance with the latest federal guidelines. It is applicable to all ERP and Postsecondary customers who generate 1098-Ts from their Focus instance, allowing them to remain in line with updated tax requirements.

FOCUS-45382- feat(accounts-receivable): show invoice details modal on Customer Ledger

System improvement adding new column in customer ledgers called invoice details.

See Student Billing > Customer Ledger for more information.

FOCUS-45308- Transportation - Contact Information

System improvement allowing spaces in the Pick Up Contact field in Transportation > Field Trip Request.

FOCUS-45192- feat(setup): add loading indicator to p-cards tab

System improvement adding visual page loading indicator in Setup > Bank Accounts > P Cards tab.

FOCUS-45050- feat(accounts-payable): remove Send Back to Originator option for change orders

System improvement removing option to send back to originator on a change order as previously approved purchase orders should not be returned to drafts.

See Purchase Requests/Orders and/or Internal Purchase Requests/Orders for more details.

FOCUS-44990- feat(setup): add inactive text to deleted element in facility setup

System improvement to Setup > Settings > Facilities > Facility Elements column indicating if element is (inactive).

FOCUS-44819- Submit draft when not the author

System improvement adding the ability to view and update drafts even if they are not the author. Review profile permissions that have the View All Requests as that will allow them to submit drafts on behalf of others.

See Profiles > Purchasing/Accounts Payable for details.

FOCUS-44136- feat(accounts-payable): add permission to delete files/comments on reassigned POs

System improvement adding new permissions "Delete Previously-Submitted Draft Comments" and "Delete Previously-Submitted Draft Files" in the Purchase Requests/Orders and Internal Purchase Requests/Orders sections to prevent deletion of comments when purchase request is sent back to originator.

See Profiles > Purchasing/Accounts Payables for Purchase Requests/Orders and/or Internal Purchase Requests/Orders for more information.

FOCUS-44039- feat(erp/billing) - funding source invoices/ar invoices: summary only invoice

When the new setting is enabled, add a checkbox "Summary Only Invoice" to lower right corner of Funding Sources Create Invoice screen, above or to left of "Separate Invoices" checkbox. Checking Summary Only will disable Separate Invoices, and checking Separate Invoices will disable Summary Only. When Summary Only is checked, programming will produce an invoice of all checked items, grouped and subtotaled by item (course) with count and cost per unit with a grand total at bottom. This will not affect Funding Source Receive Payment. When FS payments are processed, receipts should be generated as they currently do when separate invoices is not checked.

See Setup > Settings > Accounts Receivable and Funding Sources for more details.

FOCUS-45035- User Action Log: 'By Program' option

See User Action Log for more information.

FOCUS-44834- fix(accounts-receivable): add facility validation for internal receipts

FOCUS-45714- ESS Setting > Printed Checks

System improvement limiting routing number to nine digits on Employee Self Service > Employee Requests > Direct Deposit.

FOCUS-45611- Re-Enrollment Forms: Resolve Hidden Address Considered upon Save/Validation

This branch resolves an issue in the re-enrollment and online application processes where hidden address fields were still being validated and saved. After this update, hidden address fields will be properly ignored during validation, allowing users to save addresses even if those fields are blank. This ensures a smoother and error-free experience when filling out re-enrollment or online application forms.

FOCUS-45581- Add A Position EAF - Hours Per Day

System improvement making Hours per Day field editable in Human Resources > Employee Action Form > Add a Position.

See Employee Action Form for more information.

FOCUS-45578- App Track Onboarding Add Address Options

System improvement adding Address fields to onboarding setup for applicant.

FOCUS-45477- Highlight required deduction fields in deduction maint

System improvement highlighting required fields in Deduction setup.

See Deduction for more details.

FOCUS-45474- Applicant Tracking - Optional Offer Start Date

System improvement adding setting making start date optional when extending offer to applicant in Human Resources > Job Posting Setup > Miscellaneous.

See Job Posting Setup > Miscellaneous for more information.

FOCUS-45460- When a contract status is inactive show inactive on all dropdowns

System improvement adding inactive indicator on Human Resources > Employment Agreement Maintenance > View/Create Agreements > Contract Status dropdown.

FOCUS-45425- Payroll Report - Net Pay By Project

System improvement adding Net Pay By Project Report to Payroll > Payroll Reports.

See Profiles > Payroll tab and Payroll Reports > Net Pay By Project for more information.

FOCUS-45415- Applicant Tracking - Add Multiple Offer Letters

System improvement adding option to select Offer Letter template when making an offer to an applicant, if more than one offer letter template is available on the job code setup.

FOCUS-45389- feat(hr applicant tracking) - show warning when withdrawing application

System improvement adding warning when applicant withdraws application.

FOCUS-45388- feat(hr applicant tracking) - add option to disable offers/recommendations if posting is open

System improvement adding new setting to disable recommendation/offers if job posting status is open.

See Job Posting Setup > Miscellaneous for more information.

FOCUS-45369- Applicant Tracking - Job Posting information on Unprocessed Applications

System improvement adding Job Posting and Position information to Human Resources > Online Application > Unprocessed Applications if Allow Recommendations setting is turned on.

See Online Applications > Unprocessed Applications for more details.

FOCUS-45357- Add ein to the leave explain

System improvement adding Employee Identification Number to Payroll > Run Payroll > Leave > Employee dropdown in the explain section.

FOCUS-45279- When processing retro pay add a progress bar to the prelims

System improvement adding progress bar to Payroll preliminaries when processing retro.

FOCUS-45263- Direct Deposit changes

System improvement to rearranging columns in Employee Self Service > Employee Requests > Direct Deposit and adding new system setting to customize verbiage for instructions.

See Settings > Employee Self Service for more information.

FOCUS-45228- Add Unprocessed Application Portal Alert

System improvement adding Portal Alert for unprocessed applications.

FOCUS-45219- Add Profile Permission to HR > Position Control > Allocations

System improvement adding profile permission for Human Resources > Position Control > Allocations tab.

See Profiles > Human Resources for information about the two new settings that apply to Position Control > Allocation tab.

FOCUS-45208- task(hr supplement report) - Make employee list filtered by accounting strip access

System improvement limiting Employee drop-down in Human Resources > Supplement Report to account strip facility permissions.

FOCUS-45142- Add change history to staff positions

System improvement to Human Resources > Employee > Jobs > Positions adding a Change Log option to see the change history to the staff position.

See Employee for more information.

FOCUS-45086- Number of Pays on Add Supplements EAF

System improvement adding Number of Pays to 'Add Supplement' in Human Resources > Employee Action Form.

See Employee Action Form for more details.

FOCUS-44957- SIS Form Alerts showing on ERP Alert Portal Ungrouped

System improvement grouping Forms alerts on ERP.

FOCUS-44797- Payroll > Maintenance > Job Codes update

System improvement adding profile permission making EEO, WIC, and Bargaining Unit editable on Job Codes in Payroll > Maintenance By Fiscal Year. Currently defaulting from State Job Code.

FOCUS-44677- Employee Action Form Approval Flow

System improvement adding the ability to add employee fields from the Employee Action Forms as property nodes on approval flow.

FOCUS-44669- Error #10 - Misc Pay

System improvement adding Error #10 to Payroll > Run Payroll if there are any orphan records in Misc Pay that need to be changed.

FOCUS-42677- Multi Page W2's

System improvement adding page numbers to W2's for employees with more than four Box 12 items.

See Setup > Settings > Payroll > Outside Reporting Options for more details.

FOCUS-45416- ERP Print Avery Labels new dropdowns

See Print Avery Labels (ERP) for more details.

FOCUS-45717- Edit Rules & Workflow: Improve Handling of Special Characters in Title

This update improves the behavior of the Edit Rules & Workflow feature when using a "<" symbol in the title. Previously, the system would remove the symbol and any text following it, mistaking it for a tag. With this update, the "<" symbol and its following text will be retained, while still removing unwanted <br> tags from the title, ensuring better title formatting without stripping out necessary characters.

FOCUS-45716- Seating Charts: Respect Defined Sort Order

This branch resolves an issue in Teacher Seating Charts where, if multiple seating charts were created for the same period, the system would default to the most recently added chart instead of respecting the assigned sort order. The branch corrects the query to ensure that seating charts now follow the proper sort order as intended.

FOCUS-45677- Student Groups: Improve Dynamic Student Groups Created by Teachers

This update resolves an issue in the Teacher Student Groups functionality, where teachers were unable to successfully create and use dynamic student groups in the search feature. Previously, groups would appear to save but would not include the intended search results, leading to the creation of empty groups. With this update, dynamic student groups will now be saved correctly, including all applicable search results, ensuring they function as expected.

FOCUS-45668- Planning Periods Not Showing on Teacher Schedule Report

This update resolves an issue in the Scheduling module where Planning Periods were not displaying as expected in the Teacher Schedules report. With this update, Planning Periods will now appear correctly.

FOCUS-45664- Custom Fields: "Visible on Student Grades" Fields Not Appearing on Grades Detailed View, Test History or Graduation Requirements Report (MO)

This branch resolves an issue where custom fields marked as "Visible on Student Grades" were not appearing in the Grades Detailed View, Test History, or Graduation Requirements Report. This problem was specific to customers using Missouri State Reporting. The update ensures that these custom fields now display correctly across the relevant reports and views for affected users.

FOCUS-45654- Graduation Req. Report: Update Biliteracy Logic for PM3 FAST Records (FL)

This update resolves an issue in the Graduation Requirements Report for customers in Florida. Previously, students were incorrectly marked as meeting the Biliteracy Seal 'Meets FSA/FAST ELA Requirement (4 or higher)' with PM2 scores. The update ensures that only PM3 assessments are considered for this requirement, correcting the inaccurate report data.

FOCUS-45652- Kiosk: Change SMS and Push Notifications to Custodial Contacts Only

This update improves the Communications Platform's Call Out System. Previously, when the kiosk sent SMS messages, both attendance notifications and supplementary threshold alerts were sent to all student contacts, rather than just primary contacts. With this branch, SMS notifications are now properly limited to the student's primary contacts, ensuring messages reach only the designated recipients.

FOCUS-45632- Focus Assessments: Limit Teachers to Assign Assessment to Students in Scheduled Sections

This branch enhances the Focus Assessments module by improving how district assessments are assigned. Before the update, teachers could see all students in the selected course across the entire school. With this update, the list of students is restricted to only those in the teacher's class. However, admin users will still have access to view students from the entire school or selected schools, maintaining their broader oversight.

See District Assessments > Assigning an Assessment to Students (teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-45629- Mobile App: Larger Dates when Scheduling Messages

This update improves the Communication Platform when used in the Community Mobile App. The layout for selecting dates when scheduling messages has been adjusted, spreading the dates out to fill more white space, making it easier for users to select a date. This change enhances the user experience by improving the overall interface for date selection.

FOCUS-45602- Grade Change Request: Require Both Reason Code and Explanation

This update enhances the validation process for submitting grade change requests. Previously, it was possible to save a request even if either the Reason Code or Explanation field was left empty. With this change, stricter validation will be enforced, requiring both the Reason Code and Explanation fields to be filled with valid input before a grade change request can be saved. This ensures that both pieces of required information are consistently provided for final grade changes.

FOCUS-45599- Communication Platform: Sort Communication Report Chronologically in Student Info/User Info

This update improves the Communication Platform by addressing an issue with message order on individual communication reports. Previously, messages could appear out of chronological order. With this branch, messages are now consistently ordered by the sent time in descending order, ensuring they display in the correct sequence for easier review.

FOCUS-45593- Communication Report: Populate Fields for Message Previews Regarding a Student with Multiple Recipients

This update enhances the Communication Platform by improving the handling of inserted fields in messages sent to multiple recipients. Previously, when sending messages with inserted fields for one student to several recipients, such as custodial contacts or groups like students and primary contacts, the report would display the field titles instead of their values. With this branch, the inserted fields will now correctly populate with the appropriate data in the communication report, ensuring clarity for all recipients.

FOCUS-45582- System Preferences: Improve Deletion of SSO Profiles with SSO Session Data

This update resolves an issue in System Preferences related to Single Sign On (SSO) profile deletion. Previously, attempting to delete an SSO profile that had associated SSO sessions would result in an error due to a foreign key constraint on the SSO session table. This would cause the system to display a white screen. With this branch, both the SSO profile and associated SSO session records will be properly deleted, preventing the error and ensuring smooth deletion of SSO profiles.

FOCUS-45571- Ed-Fi API: Ignore Deleted Addresses in StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation

This update improves the Ed-Fi API by resolving an issue where deleted records in the students_join_address table were not being properly excluded. This caused incorrect data to be included for students in the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation. With the branch, the system now correctly checks the "deleted" column, ensuring that only active records are included in the association, enhancing data accuracy and synchronization with the Ed-Fi standard.

FOCUS-45568- Communication Report: Display Correct School Title for Students with Multiple Enrollments

This update corrects an issue in the individual student communication report. Previously, if a school or district message was sent while a student was enrolled at a previous school and the student has since transferred to a new school, the newer school would incorrectly appear as the school in the report. With the branch, the report now reflects the correct school based on the student's enrollment records at the time the message was sent, ensuring accurate historical tracking.

FOCUS-45563- New Search: Resolve Grade Level in Saved Searches

This update resolves an issue in Saved Searches where the Gradelevel criteria were not being properly respected when switching schools. With this branch, saved searches that include Gradelevel criteria will now correctly apply the search criteria even after the user switches between schools. This ensures consistent search functionality and accurate filtering based on grade level across different schools within the system.

FOCUS-45559- Signature Fields: Render Correct Date When Signature Date Stored as Unix Timestamp

This branch resolves an issue where the signature fields displayed an incorrect date of '12/31/1969' when printing due to invalid Unix timestamp formatting. The problem arose from some signature dates being stored as millisecond Unix Timestamps, while the rendering method expected a string format. The branch updates the signature rendering process to accommodate both millisecond timestamps and string-formatted dates, ensuring that signature dates print correctly. Existing signatures stored as strings will remain unaffected by this change.

FOCUS-45550- Online Application: Incorrect Form Selected as Default

This branch resolves an issue where the default Online Application for parents was not always selected as intended when initiating a new application for a student. Now, the system correctly sets the default application in all cases when a parent begins filling out a new Online Application.

FOCUS-45539- Scheduling: New System Preferences to Limit Section Numbers

This enhancement introduces two new system preferences under the Scheduling tab: "Limit Section Numbers to x digits" and "Limit Section Numbers to Alphanumeric." By default, the section number is set to a 25-character limit, but users can adjust this through the interface. If a lower limit is specified, it will be enforced in both Courses & Sections and the Master Schedule Report. Additionally, if the Alphanumeric preference is enabled, section numbers will be restricted to alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).

See System Preferences > Scheduling for more information.

FOCUS-45529- Student Info: Performance Improvement to Validations

This update includes a performance improvement to the Edit Rules & Workflow Validations, specifically enhancing the speed and efficiency when these validations are applied within the Student Info module. This change is aimed at improving the overall responsiveness when performing operations that rely on Edit Rules and Workflow, benefiting end users with faster processing times.

FOCUS-45528- Graduation Req. Report: Resolve ROTC Waivers (Florida)

This branch resolves an issue in the Graduation Requirements Report for Florida customers related to the PE requirement. Previously, the short name was incorrectly prioritized over the original short name, which caused confusion in districts where personal fitness was labeled with variations like "PE_XX." With this update, the system will correctly prioritize the original short name, ensuring accurate tracking of the PE requirement across districts.

FOCUS-45523- Portal: Resolve Logout with SSO

This branch resolves an issue where users were being automatically logged out of Focus when navigating to the portal screen. This occurred in certain instances when specific Single Sign-On (SSO) provider types were in use. The update ensures users remain logged in while navigating, improving user experience and preventing unexpected logouts due to SSO configurations.

FOCUS-45515- Third Party Systems: Ensure Co-Teachers Extract in OneRoster API

This update ensures that Co-Teacher information is accurately pulled into the necessary resources when using the OneRoster dialect of the API within Third Party Systems. This improvement ensures better data integration and consistency across platforms that leverage the OneRoster standard, providing accurate and seamless access to Co-Teacher details in the appropriate resources.

FOCUS-45514- Gradebook: Resolve Grade Formatting when Exporting

This branch resolves an issue in the Teacher Gradebook where exporting or printing immediately after updating or inserting a grade caused formatting issues. Specifically, a hyphen was being incorrectly added between the percent and letter grade in the print preview. With this branch, the format is corrected, ensuring that grades appear as intended when exported or printed.

FOCUS-45490- Communication Platform: Ensure Emergency Call Indicator Displays in Communication Report

This update enhances the Communication Platform's Communication Report by correcting an issue with recorded emergency calls. Previously, if a call was sent with the emergency option selected, the "Emergency" column in the report would not display as checked. With this branch, the report will now accurately reflect the emergency status for such calls, providing clearer visibility in the communication logs.

FOCUS-45489- Communication Platform: Ensure Active Enrollment When Messaging Teachers of a Student

This update improves the Communication Platform by enhancing the "Teachers Of" recipient generation logic. Previously, messages could be sent to teachers of a school where the student no longer had an active enrollment but still had scheduled records. With this branch, the system will ensure that messages are only sent to teachers of the school where the student is actively enrolled, preventing communication errors involving past or ended enrollment records.

FOCUS-45481- Post Final Grades: Ensure Max Posted Percent Restrictions do not Impact Semester Exam Posting

This update introduces a distinction in system preferences for posted grade percentages. The "Max Posted Percent" setting, which applies when all marking periods are selected, will no longer affect the posting of semester exams. Instead, the system preference, called "Maximum Semester Exam Grade," is available specifically to set a cap for semester exam grades. This update ensures that these two grading areas are treated independently, offering more flexibility in grade management.

FOCUS-45470- Parent Portal: Resolve Automated Parent Portal Email Content

This branch resolves an issue with the Parent Portal email notifications. Previously, emails sent for grade changes or missing assignments were missing the expected content and only contained a link to log into Focus. This update ensures that the email notifications, which are configured under the Parent Portal Preferences > Notifications tab, now include the relevant information as expected.

FOCUS-45454- Imports Enhancement: Template Management

This branch introduces several workflow improvements and refinements to the Imports module: Enhancements include:  

• Unique keys to distinguish templates by district, title, and tool.  
• Proprietary Focus templates that cannot be edited, with the ability to copy settings for custom use.  
• An overwrite confirmation modal and streamlined fixed-width template functionality.

Additional refinements include improvements in template selection after saving, ensuring titles are required, and resolving template display issues in multi-tenant sites. These changes improve template management and user experience within the module.

FOCUS-45453- Scheduling: Include Allow Repeat Requests Setting on Courses/Master Schedule Report

This update ensures that the "Allow Repeat Requests" setting is now available at the Course level within both the Courses and Sections screen and the Master Schedule Report. Previously, this setting could only be applied at the Course Catalog level. This enhancement provides users with more flexibility by allowing them to manage repeat requests directly within individual course configurations across the system, streamlining course scheduling processes.

FOCUS-45448- My Preferences: Add New 'Use 24 Hour Clock Format' Setting & Shortcut

This update adds a new "My Preference" setting called "Use 24 Hour Clock Format," allowing users to enter time in military format in Custom Fields. The setting is available by default in "My Preferences," but not enabled. Customers can remove the setting by selecting "Disallow" under System Preferences, Default User Preferences. Additionally, a new keyboard shortcut is introduced, enabling users to auto-populate the current time in a date field by pressing the 'n' key.

See System Preferences > Default User Preferences > Display Options, My Preferences, and Preferences (Teachers) for details.

FOCUS-45445- Grade Change Requests: Enforce Reason Code & Explanation when Applicable

This update corrects an issue where grade change requests could be submitted without a Reason Code, even though system preferences were set to require both a Reason Code and an Explanation. The expected behavior is now enforced: the system will prevent saving a grade change request if either the Reason Code or Explanation is missing, ensuring that both fields are properly filled out before the request can be submitted, regardless of the order in which they are entered.

FOCUS-45439- Mass Add Log Entries: Resolve School Year Population when using Group Tab

This update resolves an issue on the Mass Add Log Records page when using the Group tab to add logging field data for a student. Previously, if the logging field included a School Year column, it would not populate, leaving the column blank while other data was successfully populated. With this branch, the School Year column is correctly populated alongside the other data.

FOCUS-45438- Upload Test Score Reports to Student/Parent Portal: Introduce Support for College Board Score Reports

This update enhances the functionality for uploading test score reports to the Student/Parent Portal, now allowing support for College Board Score Reports. A new case-sensitive folder, test_score_reports/College_Board, has been introduced for organizing these reports. Additionally, a new file naming convention is required: `{STUDENT_ID}_{TERM}_{YEAR_RANGE}_{TEST_NAME}.pdf`. This enhancement streamlines the process for uploading and accessing standardized test score reports within the portal.

See Publishing Test Scores and Reports to the Student/Parent Portal for more information.

FOCUS-45431- Communication Platform: Improve Handing of Action Record Log field and Action Record Log field columns within same Template when Printing

This update enhances the behavior of the Communication Platform by allowing both the action log and individual fields from the log to appear simultaneously in messages. Previously, only the action log would display when both were included. After the update, both elements will print together in communication, print letters, and emails in letterhead templates. For Advanced Reports, the individual fields and action log will continue to appear once, with individual fields prioritized on the left side.

FOCUS-45429- Print Letters & Send Emails: Improve Handling of JSON School Fields in Body

This branch resolves an issue in Print Letters and Send Emails where Insert Fields containing JSON custom field types were not displaying properly. With this update, letters and emails will correctly display the content of custom JSON fields as expected.

FOCUS-45426- Discipline Referrals: Respect "Enable Search Entire School for Teachers" Preference

This branch resolves an issue where, on the Discipline Category Breakdown screen, teachers were able to see students outside their assignment when clicking to view the list of referrals. The issue occurred even if the system preference "Enable search entire school for teachers" was not selected. With this update, the list of referrals will only display students assigned to the teacher as intended, respecting the system preference settings.

FOCUS-45417- Graduation Req. Report: Ensure Values from Custom Fields indicated as "Visible on Student Grades" Display in Overview

This branch corrects an issue in the Graduation Requirements Report overview, where certain custom fields marked as "Visible on Student Grades" were not populating data as expected. With this update, all applicable custom fields will display the correct information, ensuring a more complete and accurate overview of student progress on the report.

FOCUS-45413- Kiosk: Change Launch Screen Permission Check

This update addresses a discrepancy between the kiosk and desktop versions in how a user's selected school is handled. Previously, the kiosk did not allow users to change schools and relied on permissions for the school selected in the top right of the desktop version, causing issues. With this branch, the kiosk will check permissions for all schools the user is permitted in, displaying options accordingly. When the user attempts an action, a second check will verify the correct permissions for the selected school.

FOCUS-45403- School Choice: Add Lottery Run By/Date Columns to School Choice Report

This update introduces two new columns, "Lottery Run By" and "Lottery Run Date," to the School Choice Reports and Magnet/Special Assignment pages. These columns will automatically populate after the School Choice Lottery runs and a student has been placed, providing transparency on who ran the lottery and when it occurred.

See School Choice Reports and Magnet/Special Assignment for more information.

FOCUS-45379- Importer: Period Attendance Performance Improvements

This update enhances the Importer process for Period Attendance, focusing on improving efficiency and reducing execution time. These changes ensure that importing attendance records is faster and more streamlined, minimizing delays and enhancing overall system performance.

FOCUS-45364- Communications Platform: Resolve Error Sending Call without Message

This branch resolves an issue in the Communication Platform expansion where users attempting to send a recorded message via a draft or update a template would encounter the error "Please type a message." The branch ensures that recorded messages on the Call tab can be successfully sent without error. Additionally, this update corrects an issue where the time remaining displayed incorrectly for records in the database, ensuring accurate time calculations.

FOCUS-45354- School Choice: New Birthdate and Letter Date Issued Elements on School Choice Report

This branch enhances the School Choice report by adding two new elements: the student's birthdate and the Letter Date. The student's birthdate is now available within the report, and the Letter Date will pull its content from the "letter_date" field in the school_choice_application_status table. These updates provide additional data for administrators when reviewing School Choice applications.

See School Choice Reports for more information.

FOCUS-45352- School Choice: Add School's Zone Value on Capacity Reports

This enhancement adds a new "School's Zone" column to the three Capacity Reports located under School Choice Setup. The value displayed in this column will be sourced from the Program's designated Zone Group, providing greater clarity on the zoning assignments related to school capacity.

See School Choice Setup > Setting Up Program Capacity for more information.

FOCUS-45351- Master Schedule Report: Highlight Courses Attached to Inactive Courses in Catalog

This improvement to the Master Schedule Report introduces a visual enhancement by highlighting in red any courses that are associated with courses marked as inactive through the Course Catalog. This makes it easier for users to quickly identify and address any instances where inactive courses are still linked to active sections.

See Master Schedule Report >  Viewing the Courses Tab for more information.

FOCUS-45347- Online Enrollments: No Longer Require Student Username to View Record in Unprocessed Applications

With this update, student usernames are no longer required to view unprocessed applications through the Online Enrollments report. This change simplifies the review process for unprocessed applications, allowing users to access relevant records without needing student username details.

FOCUS-45345- Community Mobile App: Resolve Grade Display for Parents with Multiple Children

This update resolves an issue in the Community Mobile App where parents were unable to view their child's assignment grades if they had multiple children. The problem was caused by the system using the wrong school ID when verifying grade permissions, defaulting to the first listed school in the app. With this fix, the correct school ID is passed, ensuring that parents can view assignment grades for all their children as expected.

FOCUS-45344- Students: Resolve Error on Student Audit Trail, Contacts

This update resolves an issue with the Student Audit Trail on the Contacts report, where an error would previously appear when accessing the report. With this fix, the report now generates correctly without errors.

FOCUS-45335- Scheduling: Improve Inclusion Minutes Calculation (Florida)

This update corrects an issue with Inclusion Minutes for Florida customers. Previously, when the "Automatically update schedule class minutes" system preference was enabled and an inclusion section was inactive or dropped, the Class Minutes Weekly for another section of the same course and period could erroneously include minutes from the inactive course. After this update, Class Minutes Weekly will no longer be incorrectly updated to include minutes from an inactive course in the same period.

FOCUS-45330- Scheduled Jobs: Learnfare Log Records & Sent History (FL)

This update enhances the Learnfare scheduled job for Florida customers by adding functionality to log students into the new Learnfare History Log Record, which is part of the required State Reporting update. Additionally, the scheduled job will now generate an output table showing the students who were included in the execution, providing clearer tracking and reporting for this process.

See Scheduled Jobs > Florida Scheduled Jobs and LearnFare Attendance for more information.

FOCUS-45319- Communication Platform: Detect Call Windows Spanning Midnight

This branch improves the Communication Platform by adjusting the logic for call window system preferences. If the maximum time is set to a value earlier than the minimum time, the system will treat the window as extending past midnight into the next day. For example, if the minimum time is 8:00 AM and the maximum time is 1:00 AM, calls will be allowed anytime between 8:00 AM and 1:00 AM the next day. Calls will not be sent between 1:00 AM and 8:00 AM.

See System Preferences > Default School Preferences > General for more details.

FOCUS-45316- Advanced Reports: Lock First Column if Student's Name in Large Datasets

This update enhances Advanced Reports by locking the student's name in the first column while scrolling through the report, improving readability. This functionality only applies if there are 11 or more columns in the report, ensuring that names remain visible when navigating through large datasets.

See Advanced Report (Students) and Advanced Report (Users) for more information.

FOCUS-45310- Scheduling: Improved ESE Students Determination in Elementary Scheduler

This update improves the identification of active ESE students in the Elementary Scheduler for Florida customers. Now, students will no longer be listed as active in the ESE column if the dismissal date has passed in the ESE Exceptionalities record. This ensures more accurate representation of ESE students within the scheduler.

FOCUS-45309- Communication Platform: Prevent Duplicate Letter Log Entries when Copy Self Leveraged

This update improves the functionality of the Communication Platform. Previously, if both "Copy Self" and "Add Log Record" options were selected when sending a message, two records would be created in the student's letter logging field. With this update, only one log record is created, streamlining the logging process.

FOCUS-45305- Portal: Resolve Error with Calendar Events when Student ID Changed

This update resolves a critical error on the Portal page that occurs when a Calendar event includes a participant whose Student ID has changed. Additionally, it updates records in `calendar_event_participants` when the `SISStudent->updateStudentId` function is executed. After applying this update, the error will no longer appear when accessing the events page as an admin or student following a Student ID change. This ensures smooth operation and accurate participant information in calendar events.

FOCUS-45298- Gradebook Reports: Improve Legend Text

This update makes improvements to the Gradebook Reports by removing the 'Assignments' and 'Grades' sections from the legend. Additionally, it corrects a typo in the legend text, changing "Red represents of failed grades." to "Red represents failed grades." This ensures clearer and more accurate communication in the Gradebook Reports interface.

See Gradebook Reports (Teachers) for more information.

FOCUS-45296- Communication Platform: Improve Visibility of Test Call Button after Recording Messages

This update improves the Communication Platform Expansion by ensuring that the test call button appears after recording a message. Previously, the test call option would not display once a message was recorded. Now, users can access the test call button immediately after clicking "Finish" on their recording, streamlining the process for testing messages.

FOCUS-45289- Assessments: Restore School Year on Test History Reports

This update restores the "School Year" column in the Assessments, Test History Report, allowing users to view the school year associated with each assessment record.

FOCUS-45274- Communication Platform: Allow Sending Drafts Without Modifying

This update improves the Communication Platform by addressing an issue with saved drafts. Previously, when opening a draft, users needed to click into the message or make an edit to activate the "Send," "Print," or "Schedule" buttons. With the update, these options are now available and active as soon as the draft is opened, streamlining the process and eliminating unnecessary extra steps for users.

FOCUS-45273- New Search: Improve More Search Options Searching on Logging Fields

This update enhances New Search functionality to ensure accurate search results when querying custom fields. Previously, incorrect results could occur if an option's ID matched another option's code value in a log field. This change corrects the search parameters used in GetStuList, ensuring that the search targets the correct ID associated with the option's code value, eliminating potential mismatches.

FOCUS-45270- Ed-Fi API: Include the Last 6 Years for Assessment Data

This update enhances the Ed-Fi API functionality by expanding the transmission of Assessment data to include six years of data. This ensures a broader historical context and improved data sharing for assessments across multiple years, aligning with reporting and analysis requirements.

FOCUS-45269- Communication Platform: Resolve Error when Students use a Communications Template

This update improves the Communication Platform by resolving an issue that previously caused errors when generating letters from a tab with attached templates. Before the branch, if a template was linked to a tab and included a student profile, an error would occur when students attempted to print from the tab. With this update, the error has been resolved, and the letter will now generate as expected.

FOCUS-45266- Florida Reports: New Math Deficiency Element on EWS Report

This update introduces the Math Deficiency Indicator to the Early Warning System (EWS) Report for customers in Florida. This new feature allows schools to identify students who may be struggling in math and take proactive measures. Please note that this enhancement requires the customer to be on the latest version of Florida State Reporting for compatibility and full functionality.

See EWS for more information.

FOCUS-45265- Scheduling: New Option to Exclude Teacher Middle Names from Section Titles

This update introduces a new feature to exclude teacher middle names from section titles in Scheduling. The feature can be activated via the new system preference, "Exclude Teachers Middle Names From Section Titles," which is disabled by default to preserve current behavior. Once enabled, it is recommended to run the "Retitle Sections" scheduled job to update existing section titles according to the new formatting.

See System Preferences > Scheduling for more information.

FOCUS-45259- Grades: Add Letterhead Template Selection on Print Progression Plan

This update adds a new feature allowing users to select a Letterhead Template when printing Progression Plans. This setting provides greater flexibility in customizing the appearance of printed Progression Plans, ensuring that the selected letterhead matches the institution's branding or formal requirements.

See Print Progression Plans for more information.

FOCUS-45253- Communication Platform: Improve Avery Label Wording

This update improves the Communication Platform by updating the wording for printing Avery labels. The new message on the compose screen print option now reads: "Navigate to 'Print Avery Labels' to create/print mailing labels after closing," replacing the previous text, "Redirect to print Avery Labels for students upon closing modal?"

See Student Info > Printing Forms and Letters for more information.

FOCUS-45243- Communication Platform: Improve Formatting of Poll Bar Graphs

This update enhances the Communication Platform by improving the display of poll response graphs. Previously, if there were more than 20 responses, the graph scale would become compressed at the top. With the update, the scale is now evenly distributed from the bottom to the top, ensuring clear and accurate visualization of poll results.

FOCUS-45242- Scheduled Jobs: Improve Performance of Florida DOE Extracts and Verification Reports

This update enhances the performance of the "Florida DOE Extracts and Verification Reports" scheduled job. Multiple jobs scheduled on the same day will now append results to the file instead of replacing it. Additionally, the error report limit has been increased to display up to 30 errors, instead of the previous limit of 10, providing a more comprehensive view of any issues encountered.

FOCUS-45234- Communication Report: Improve Handling of Teacher Attendance Alert Messages

This update resolves an issue in the Communication Platform where users could view teacher attendance alerts from schools they were not associated with on the Communication History tab of the Communication Reports. With this update, teacher attendance alerts will now only display on the Communication History tab for users affiliated with the respective schools, ensuring appropriate data visibility and access control.

FOCUS-45232- Edit Rules & Workflow: Validations not Evaluating Z and 0 Correctly

This update refines the criteria comparison logic within Edit Rules and Workflow. Previously, 'Z' and '0' were incorrectly evaluated as equivalent, causing confusion with matching logic. With this update, these values will be compared as strings instead of integers, ensuring accurate rule matching and reducing errors.

FOCUS-45229- Scheduling: Do Not Auto-Schedule Student into Inactive Section

This update enhances the automated scheduling functionality to prevent students from being scheduled into inactive sections when no active classes are available. Moving forward, if there are no suitable classes for a student, the system will leave the request as "Unscheduled" rather than assigning them to an inactive section.

FOCUS-45215- Graduation Reqs. Report: No Longer Restrict by Grade Levels when Grade Tabs are Hidden

This update improves the Graduation Requirements Report by ensuring that when grade tabs are hidden during the report search, the system will no longer restrict results based on grade levels upon initial loading. This change provides a more inclusive view of graduation requirements regardless of the grade level configurations.

FOCUS-45214- Focus Assessments: Resolve Assessment Reports Data with Mass Assign Course

This update resolves an issue in the Focus Assessment module where assessments that were both mass assigned to a course and individually assigned to students would not display the individual student results in the report. With this fix, all relevant student data will now appear in the assessment reports, ensuring accurate representation of both course-level and individual student assignments.

FOCUS-45209- Student Groups: Resolve Editing User Created Groups without Edit Other Group Permissions

This update resolves an issue in Student Groups where the user who created a group was unable to edit it, such as adding students, unless they had both the "Edit Groups" and "Edit Other Groups" permissions. With this branch, the creator of a group can now edit their own groups independently, without needing the additional permission to edit other users' groups.

FOCUS-45205- Student/User Groups: Resolve Error Deleting Groups with Individuals Added

This update resolves an issue in Student Groups where deleting a Student or User Group with associated students or users could cause a SQL error. The branch now prevents these errors from occurring when such groups are deleted.

FOCUS-45195- Recalculate GPA: Do not Update Class Rank with Option Selected and Null Values

This update changes the GPA calculation logic when the "Do Not Update Class Rank" option is selected. Previously, class rank was still being updated if it was null. Now, with this update, class rank will not be updated even if it is null, ensuring that the "Do Not Update Class Rank" option is respected under all conditions.

FOCUS-45194- Hall Pass: Resolve Referral Permissions & Cancel Button

This update enhances the Hall Pass Module by addressing several issues. It fixes the visibility of the referral button for users without referral permissions, ensuring it no longer appears. Additionally, the cancel button will now be hidden after a pass has ended or been canceled, improving interface clarity. Lastly, an error that occurred with passes lasting over an hour has been corrected, ensuring smoother functionality for extended hall passes.

FOCUS-45193- Seating Charts: Resolve Saving Flags on MSSQL

This update resolves an issue for self-hosted MSSQL customers in the Seating Chart module. Previously, modifications to the "Front of Class" and "Talkative" flags were not being saved. With this update, any changes made to these flags will now be saved correctly, ensuring that the seating chart settings are applied as intended.

FOCUS-45191- Gradebook: Gradebook Notes not Saving Visible to Parents (MSSQL)

This update addresses an issue for self-hosted customers using MSSQL where the "Make notes visible to students and parents" checkbox in the Gradebook would always start unchecked when loading the Gradebook, even if previously saved as checked. With this update, the checkbox will now correctly reflect its saved state, ensuring that the visibility settings for notes are accurately displayed and maintained.

FOCUS-45180- Discipline: When Modifying Actions tied to Attendance, Don't Update Past Attendance

This update refines the handling of Discipline Referrals when modifying a Referral Action linked to an Attendance Record. It prevents past attendance records from being altered when the action dates are changed. However, future attendance records will still be overwritten as needed. This ensures historical attendance records remain accurate while maintaining flexibility for future updates.

FOCUS-45177- Communication Platform: New Export Options to Announcements & Templates Table Views

This update enhances the Communication Platform by adding export options to the template and announcement table views. Users can now easily export data from these views, improving data management and reporting capabilities within the platform.

See Communication (Admin) and Communication (Teachers) for more information.

FOCUS-45175- Parent Portal: Resolve Redirecting when using School Choice Portal Alerts

This update resolves an issue in the School Choice Module regarding the "Make Required Re-Enrollment Forms Student Specific" system preference. Previously, parents with multiple children were incorrectly redirected to complete re-enrollment forms for a student when accessing School Choice options, even if the forms were not applicable to that child. This update ensures that the system properly respects this preference, only showing forms relevant to each individual student as intended. This functionality is controlled by the "Make Required Re-Enrollment Forms Student Specific" preference under Default School Preferences > Online Applications.

FOCUS-45172- Focus Assessments: Share Assessments to Selected Teachers by Courses Enhancement

This update reintroduces functionality in the Focus Assessments module, allowing users to share district assessments with courses so that any teacher of the course can view and assign the assessment. It also adds a new profile permission called "Show all assessments." This permission, enabled by default, allows users to see all district assessments. If disabled, users will only see assessments shared with them or their courses. This enhancement provides better control over district assessment visibility and sharing.

See Create Assessments > Setting Sharing Options (Admin), Create Assessments > Setting Sharing Options (Teacher), District Assessments (Admin), District Assessments (Teacher), and Profiles for more information.

FOCUS-45170- Communication Platform: Improve Errors Column Link in Communication Report

This update enhances the Communication Platform by improving the Communication Report. The Errors column now functions as a clickable link when populated. Clicking this link will open the Recipient drilldown, similar to the behavior of the To column, but with filters pre-applied to display only records with errors. This enhancement streamlines the process of reviewing and addressing communication errors.

See Communication Reports (Teachers) and Communication Reports (Admin) for more details.

FOCUS-45169- Communication Platform: New Staff ID Column to Recipients Drill Down in Communication Report

This update enhances the Communication Platform by adding a new "Staff ID" column to the recipient modal within the Communication Report. The new column will display the ID for any record where the type is set to "user," providing clearer identification and tracking of communication recipients.

See Communication Reports (Teachers) and Communication Reports (Admin) for more details.

FOCUS-45166- Graduation Req. Report: Improve Credits with Weight by Credits Preference Disabled

This update ensures that the Graduation Requirements Report accurately reflects credits for future scheduled classes when the grading system preference "Include Future Classes as Enrolled in Graduation Requirements Report" is enabled. This applies specifically when the Graduation Requirements Program Weight by Credits is set to "No," the marking period is configured as Full Year, and the Course History Term is set to Semesters.

FOCUS-45165- Online Application: Improve Pre-Populating of Contact Information

This update improves the behavior of the Online Application process when Simple Address Entry is enabled. Previously, if a parent filled out an application and saved it, reopening it would cause additional contacts to be pre-populated with the parent's information, even if other contacts were already added. With this update, only the first contact added will be pre-populated with the parent's details and marked with the Custody flag, ensuring additional contacts are handled correctly without repeating this pre-population behavior.

FOCUS-45153- Online Application: Ensure Required Contact Detail Elements are Enforced

This update ensures that when filling out the Online Application, any Contact Detail elements marked as required in the Application Editor will be enforced during the application process. This guarantees that applicants provide all necessary contact information as specified by the configuration.

FOCUS-45150- Imports: ImproveUTF-8 BOM Processing Behavior

This update addresses issues in the Import module caused by UTF-8 encoded files with a Byte Order Mark (BOM), which could lead to data misinterpretation or errors. The update includes a check to ensure that uploaded files are correctly UTF-8 encoded, mitigating potential import problems.

FOCUS-45149- System Preferences: Resolve Disallowed User Preferences from Prior Years Impacting Other School Years

This update resolves an issue where preferences set to be uneditable in one school year were incorrectly being disallowed across all school years. Preferences that are not specific to a school year will now function as intended, ensuring that users can manage them correctly based on their assigned permissions in each year.

FOCUS-45148- Address Catalog: Implement PK Zoning in Invalid Address Report

This update ensures that the new Address Catalog feature for PK zoning is accurately reflected in the Invalid Address Report, allowing for better identification and correction of zoning issues for pre-kindergarten students.

FOCUS-45118- Focus Assessments: Add Text to Speech to Mass Assign and Improve Column Filters

This update introduces two enhancements to the Focus Assessments module in the District Assessments Assign feature:

- Text-to-Speech (TTS) Setting: Users can now apply the TTS setting to multiple students at once, similar to other assessment settings in the left panel.

- Improved Student Activities Table: Filters have been added to all columns, addressing the previous lack of filtering options for some columns, providing better data management and search functionality.

See District Assessments > Assigning an Assessment to Students (Admin), District Assessments > Assigning an Assessment to Students (Teacher), and Teacher Assessments > Assigning an Assessment to Students (Teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-45109- Gradebook: Resolve Teachers Entering Records to Custom Grades (MSSQL)

This update resolves an issue for self-hosted customers on MSSQL where teachers were unable to enter custom grade records in the Gradebook, receiving a "You do not have permission to edit this record" error. This branch ensures that teachers can now enter custom grades without encountering this permission issue.

FOCUS-45102- Course Catalog: Add Course Level for Maryland

This update introduces a new "Course Level" field in the Scheduling Course Catalog for customers utilizing Maryland State Reporting. This addition enhances the ability to categorize and report on courses more effectively in compliance with state requirements.

FOCUS-45101- Student Enrollment: Resolve Some Applicant Student Data Not Merging

This update resolves an issue where custom field data was not correctly merged when an applicant record was processed into an existing student using the Online Enrollments or Add a Student feature. With this branch, all custom field data will now be successfully merged during the process, ensuring complete and accurate integration of applicant information.

FOCUS-45089- Test History: Prevent Duplicate Records Upon Page Refresh

This update resolves an issue on the Test History page where adding a new test part and then refreshing the page would result in duplicate test history score records being saved to the database. With this branch, duplicate records will no longer be created, ensuring data integrity when test parts are added.

FOCUS-45081- User Info: Update Program User Config when Username Changed

This branch ensures that when a user's username is changed via User Info, the settings and preferences stored in the program_user_config table are updated accordingly. This allows for the seamless continuation of personalized settings under the new username, preventing any issues that might arise from outdated references to the old username in the system's database.

FOCUS-45078- New Translations: Performance Improvements

This update optimizes the performance of translations on the Parent Portal by caching translation records for 't.js.php' files. Instead of executing a query for each user, the translation query will now only run when the server cache expires, reducing server load and improving response times for users.

FOCUS-45074- Graduation Reqs. Report: Improve FSA ELA Requirements (Florida)

This update enhances the Graduation Requirements Report for Florida customers by adjusting the criteria for the Biliteracy Seal Gold. Now, the report will validate both the test level and grade level to ensure students meet the FSA ELA requirement accurately.

FOCUS-45070- Mass Add Log Records: Resolve Error Importing from CSV File

This update resolves an issue in the Mass Add Log Records module. Previously, attempting to import a CSV file would cause an error due to the incorrect data being passed to a function. This has been corrected by ensuring that only the necessary options are passed, preventing the error and allowing for successful CSV imports.

FOCUS-45064- Parent Portal: Improve Display of Assignments in News Tab when Letter Only Used in Gradebook

This branch corrects an issue in the Parent Portal's News tab, where assignments were displaying both percentage and letter grades even when a teacher's Gradebook was set to show only letter grades. With this update, the News tab will now reflect the grade format settings of the teacher's Gradebook, ensuring consistency in the grade display between the teacher's view and the Parent Portal.

FOCUS-45043- Test History: Index on test_history_scores for New Entries

This update installs a new index on the Test History module, specifically targeting the test_history_scores table. The index is designed to prevent duplicate entries from being created with identical values for the administration_id, part_id, and score_type_id. This enhancement only affects newly created or inserted records, helping to maintain data integrity.

FOCUS-45033- Portal: Ensure Preferred Name My Preference Setting Displays Consistently

This branch updates the logic to ensure the "Student Name Display" preference is consistently applied throughout the portal. The check for CustomFieldsPermissions in systemPreferences has been revised, so when users navigate to Student Info (General), they will now see the preferred name displayed correctly as per their preferences.

FOCUS-45029- Delete a Student: Prevent Error Merging Students when Pending Change Awaiting Approval

This update resolves an issue where end-users were unable to merge two student records if one of the students had a pending change request. With this fix, student records can now be successfully merged even when there are pending changes associated with one of the records.

FOCUS-45009- Discipline: Display Non-Scheduled Student in Session for Referrals

This update resolves an issue within the Teacher Portal when completing a Discipline referral. Previously, if the system preference "Teachers Discipline Referral View" was set to "All referrals entered by any user" and "Enabled search entire school for teachers" was unselected, a teacher entering a referral for a student not scheduled in their class would not see the student's name in the session. With this correction, the student's name will now display as expected in the referral session.

FOCUS-45007- Add-On Translations Module: Translate Report Card Comments

This update to the Translation Expansion module introduces automatic translations for Report Card Comments under certain conditions. Auto-translations will be applied to various comment types, including short comments per course, longer comments per course or student, conduct comments, and explanations for pull-down comment codes. Preconditions for this feature include enabling the "Multilingual Report Cards" option in the report card setup.

FOCUS-45006- Hall Pass: Integrate Hall Pass with Attendance Check Ins/Kiosks

This update enhances the Hall Pass module by integrating it with the attendance kiosk. Now, when a student checks in at a kiosk, a hall pass is automatically generated, directing them to their scheduled class. The kiosk serves as the departure location, and the destination is the student's scheduled room. A new Attendance Pass Limit setting in the Hall Pass Setup menu allows schools to define how long students have to reach class after checking in. This ensures streamlined tracking and management of student movement.

See Hall Pass Setup > Setting the Attendance Pass Limit for more information.

FOCUS-44996- Attendance: Resolve Issues with Take Attendance when Bell Schedule Deleted

This update resolves an issue where teachers were unable to take attendance due to a problem with bell schedules. The branch corrects this by ensuring that any deleted bell schedule is removed from the calendar, restoring proper functionality for attendance-taking in the affected areas.

FOCUS-44993- Communication Platform: Button for Links in SMS

This update improves the Call Out System within the Communication Platform Add-on Module. Previously, if an SMS message contained a link, it would not appear as clickable in the inbox or sent box. With this update, hyperlinks will now display correctly in both the inbox and sent box, for both English and translated messages. Please note, links sent via SMS cannot have customized link names.

FOCUS-44987- Standard Report Cards: New Adding Letter Names and Sounds Functionality

This update introduces new functionality to Standard Report Cards. Administrators can now enable a "Letters and Sounds Knowledge Skill Table" option under System Preferences for specific courses. Teachers can add and view detailed standard grades, including letters and sounds, in the "Post Standard Grades" section. When generating report cards, the "Letters and Sounds Knowledge Skill Table" displays these detailed grades for each student, enhancing the reporting of foundational reading skills. This functionality allows a more comprehensive assessment of early literacy progress for students.

See System Preferences > Grading tab and Standard Grades Report Cards (Admin) for more information.

FOCUS-44983- Students: New Schools Multi-Select Option in Mass Add Log Entries By Student

This update introduces a new feature to the Mass Add Log Entries functionality. Users can now add records for multiple students simultaneously, with the addition of a "Schools" multi-select option on the "By Student" tab. This enhancement streamlines the process, allowing easier logging for multiple students across different schools.

See Students > Mass Add Log Records for more details.

FOCUS-44982- Late Check In/Early Release: Improve Switching Check-in to Check-out

This update improves the handling of attendance records when using the Late Check In/ Early Release screen. Previously, when the type of a kiosk entry (e.g., check-in to check-out) was changed, the student's attendance record was not correctly updated, leaving check-in times incorrectly set. With this branch, the check-in time will be cleared, and if there is another check-in for that day, the system will replace the previous check-in time with the latest valid entry. This ensures more accurate attendance records.

FOCUS-44953- Scheduling: Prioritize Attendance Calendar Bell Schedule if none set on Section

This update modifies the Bell Schedule requirement in the Scheduling section. Previously, if a Bell Schedule was not set on a section, it would use the school's default Bell Schedule. With the branch, it will now first check the applicable Attendance Calendar for a Bell Schedule, and if none is found, it will then leverage the school's default Bell Schedule as before. This change provides greater flexibility by prioritizing the calendar-specific Bell Schedule before defaulting to the overall school schedule.

See Courses & Sections > Adding Sections for more information.

FOCUS-44951- Proficiency Gradebook: New Category Weighting Calculations

This update introduces a new feature for customers using the Proficiency Gradebook. It allows for the use of weighted categories, managed through gradebook templates with the "force category weighting" option. When enabled, the most recent category per standard is used to determine the category affecting the overall grade for that standard. This feature provides more flexibility in grading by allowing different standards to have varying impacts on the overall proficiency grade.

See Gradebook Templates for more information.

FOCUS-44948- Ed-Fi: Update Previous Year Descriptors Mapping

This update enhances the EdFi API by migrating previous year descriptors to utilize codes instead of labels, ensuring consistent data mapping. It also resolves an issue specific to Texas customers related to the `specialEducationSetting` descriptor mapping, which was previously causing errors. These improvements streamline the data integration process and provide more accurate descriptor mappings for historical data, improving overall API functionality and alignment with EdFi standards.

FOCUS-44941- Focus Font: Reapply CSS within Scheduling Features and Portal

This update restores previously removed CSS styles to various areas, including the Teacher Schedule Report, the Footer of the Schedule Module, the Courses & Sections page, and the Name section on the main page. These changes ensure consistent visual formatting and improve the user interface in these specific areas.

FOCUS-44921- Scheduling: Remove Unnecessary Users from Teacher Schedules Report

This update addresses an issue in the Teacher Schedules Report where teachers without active classes, those with no classes at all, and users without an active Teacher profile were appearing in the report. With this correction, only teachers with active classes and active profiles will be displayed.

FOCUS-44920- Re-Enrollment Forms: Ensure Parent Edit Restriction Respected

This update resolves an issue with the Re-Enrollment form when the system preference to restrict parents to editing only their own information is enabled. Previously, parents were still able to edit other contacts despite this restriction. Now, when the preference "Enable Restrict Parents/Guardians to editing their own Contact and Address info and Non-Custodial Contact info" is active, only the parent's own contact details can be edited, and their name must match a student's contact to have access.

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-44874- Invalid Address Report: Improve Handling of PK Records

This update ensures the Zoned PK column in the Invalid Address Report under Zoning Issues is correctly populated. It resolves an issue where the report was not recognizing Address Catalog selections for PK Schools, ensuring accurate zoning data for pre-kindergarten enrollments.

FOCUS-44853- Hall Pass: New "Override Hall Pass Restrictions" Permission

This update enhances the Hall Pass Module by introducing a new "Override Hall Pass Restrictions" permission. This permission controls whether a user can override restrictions placed on a student's pass. By default, no profiles will have the ability to override these restrictions, adding an extra layer of control. Additionally, this update fixes an issue where restrictions were not correctly displayed when multiple students were selected, and one or more had a pass limit less than the number of selected students.

See Profiles > Permissions Explained, Hall Pass Setup, Hall Passes (Admin), Student Info: Hall Passes (Admin), Hall Passes (Teacher), and Student Info: Hall Passes (Teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-44846- Form Builder: Respect User School Permission with "Show All" in History

This update resolves an issue on the Form History screen. When users have access to a limited number of schools, the 'Show all' option now properly limits the form requests displayed to only those from the schools the user has access to, ensuring appropriate visibility and access control.

FOCUS-44844- Enrollment: Respect Edit Previous Year Enrollment Other Schools When Deleting

This update enhances the permission settings for editing previous year enrollment records from other schools. Now, the system will verify the "Edit Previous Year Enrollment Other Schools" permission ensuring users without this permission cannot perform an unauthorized deletion of such records.

See Student Info: Enrollment for more information.

FOCUS-44838- Communication: View Messages After Sender is End Dated or Deleted

This update improves the Communication Platform by enhancing how student data is handled. When a student is deleted, they are removed from messages, poll responses, and any messages they've created are also removed. Merging students now consolidates all communication data, including messages and poll responses. Additionally, messages from end-dated users are now accessible and marked as read. Deleted users' messages will display their role (e.g., [Deleted Contact]), ensuring clarity when no user name is available for the message.

See Communication (Admin) > Did You Know? for details.

FOCUS-44830- New Translations: Add Translation for Re-enrollment Form Titles

This update improves the behavior of the new Translations feature. The Application Editor's required form name will now translate to the student's or parent's preferred language on the Forms Summary page, enhancing clarity and accessibility for users based on their language preferences.

FOCUS-44828- Online Application: Extend Character Limits in Address to Prevent, Affects New App/Address & Contacts

This update addresses SQL errors occurring on the Online Application when adding City, +4, and phone number information that exceeds the expected length. The City and Phone number fields have been extended to accommodate longer entries, while the +4 field will be limited to four characters to prevent errors.

FOCUS-44826- Immunization Compliance: Improve Logic in Utah

This update enhances the computation of Immunization Compliance for Utah customers. Previously, if a student received an extra dose of a vaccine, the system would mark them as out of compliance due to the violation. With this update, the extra dose is excluded from the calculation, ensuring the student remains in compliance.

FOCUS-44816- Address Fields: Move all Hardcoded Contact Details to Address Fields

This update enhances the functionality of the Address & Contacts module by removing all hard-coded Contact Detail Titles, except for "Others," which can be modified through system preferences. All available Contact Detail Titles in Focus are now accessible as options under Address Fields, allowing customers to customize display names and include them on Enrollment Forms. This gives greater flexibility in managing and displaying contact details.

FOCUS-44771- Graduation Requirements Report: Show Detailed View Enhancement

This update enhances the visual presentation of the Graduation Requirements Report by adding a new "Show Detailed Option" checkbox. When selected, a color-coded "Credits Detailed" column will be displayed, providing a clear and visually engaging representation of credit details. This option is available for both single and multi-student views, making it easier to review credit information at a glance.

See Graduation Requirements Report for more information.

FOCUS-44730- LAUSD - CR: Add Section Number Column to Course History Screen

This update adds the Section Number as a new column to Course History/Student Final Grades for Postsecondary institutions. If the "Use Individual Final Grades" setting is enabled in Default System Preferences, the new Section Number Final Grade field will be available for both view and edit access. This enhancement provides a more granular view of final grades linked to specific sections, improving grade tracking and data management for postsecondary institutions.

See Course History for more information.

FOCUS-44693- New Translations: Set Preferences Language within Online Application

This update enhances the New Translations feature for Online Applications by ensuring that the selected language is maintained throughout the application process. If a user starts an application in a specific language and chooses to "save and continue later," the system will now set the user's language preference to the selected language. This ensures that when the user returns to complete the application, it remains in the originally selected language, providing a consistent user experience.

FOCUS-44653- Imports Enhancement: File Parser Management

This update introduces several enhancements to the Imports feature and File Parser management workflow:

1. Improved user experience with new fields such as "Date Created" and "Last Updated" in File Parser Settings.

2. Resolved issues with info pop-ups, multi-tenant site parsers, and default parser creation.

3. Updated workflow changes include mandatory fields, restricted editing for system parsers, and state-specific parser handling.

4. Existing system parsers modified by clients will be duplicated as non-system parsers, retaining original Focus logic in uneditable form.

These updates streamline parser management and enhance usability.

See Imports > File Parsers for details.

FOCUS-44633- Hall Pass: Update End Restriction Column to Date Field

This update improves the Hall Pass module by updating the "End Restriction" field in the student restrictions tab within the Hall Pass section of the student demographic. Instead of a checkbox, the "End Restriction" field will now be a date field, allowing for more precise control and tracking of restriction timelines.

See Student Info: Hall Passes > Setting Student Restrictions (Admin) and Student Info: Hall Passes > Setting Student Restrictions (Teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-44625- Online Application: Translate Application & Authentication Emails

This update ensures that emails related to student applications, re-enrollment continuation, completion, student validation, and parent verification are translated using the new Translations feature. Previously, clients could customize email layouts and settings for each language, allowing emails to be sent in the appropriate language based on the layout. With this branch, these emails will now automatically utilize the Translations feature to ensure the correct language is used without the need for separate layouts for each language.

FOCUS-44624- Form Builder: Resolve Saving on Forms with Radio Group Options with Leading Zeros

This update resolves an issue in Form Builder. Previously, if a form contained a radio group with an option starting with a leading zero, the selected option would not be saved after submitting a request or saving a draft. With this update, radio group options with a leading zero can now be successfully saved after submission or draft save.

FOCUS-44618- Communication Platform: Replace Mark as Unread

This update resolves an issue in the Communication Platform where the "Mark as Unread" option would appear when opening any message, which could be distracting during polls or sign-ups. With this branch, the "Mark as Unread" option has been replaced with an eye icon next to the message under the flag, which must be clicked to mark it as unread. Additionally, students and parents will no longer have access to the "Mark as Unread" option, improving the user experience.

See Communication > Inbox (Admin) and Communication > Inbox (Teachers) for more information.

FOCUS-44589- Parent Portal: Require Email Verification when "Send Parent verification when opening up a new account" Enabled

This branch resolves an issue in the Parent Portal authorization process. Previously, new parent accounts could add existing students without verifying their email, despite the system preference "Send Parent verification when opening up a new account" being checked. After the branch, parents must verify their email before being able to see their students' information. This ensures that until parents complete email verification, access to student details is restricted.

FOCUS-44527- System: Support Inactive Custom Enrollment Field Options in Menu Include

This update allows custom enrollment field options to be set as inactive in the Menu Include settings. These options will now behave similarly to inactive settings in custom fields, ensuring consistency in how inactive options are managed across different configurations.

FOCUS-44492- Delete a Student: Resolve Error Merging 2 Students

This update resolves an issue encountered when merging two student records, specifically when one of the students has an address change logged in a re-enrollment form. The branch eliminates the error that previously occurred during this process, ensuring that the merge operation completes successfully without issues related to address changes.

FOCUS-44477- Communication: Add Edit, Delete & Copy for Sent Polls and SignUps

This branch enhances the Communication Platform by introducing new functionality for Polls and Signups. Users now have the ability to Edit, Copy, and Delete existing Polls and Signups, offering greater flexibility and control over managing these communications.

See Communication (Admin) and Communication (Teachers) for more information.

FOCUS-44452- Scheduling: Resolve Error in Loading Report with Limited Student Groups

This update resolves a database error in Scheduling Reports. Previously, if a user was limited to specific student groups, attempting to load the Loading Report would result in a database error. With this update, the report now loads correctly, respecting the user's group limitations without causing any errors.

FOCUS-44423- Profile Permissions: New Login As User Permissions by User Type

This update enhances profile permissions related to the "Login As User" functionality. The original "Login As" feature has been split into three distinct permissions: "Allow Login As Admin," "Allow Login As Parent," and "Allow Login As Teacher." This separation provides finer control over assigning these permissions by profile. A migration is included to automatically enable all relevant permissions for existing profiles to maintain current access levels without disrupting functionality.

See Profiles for more information.

FOCUS-44415- Communication Platform: New Default Communication Settings in System Preferences

This update adds a new "Default Communication Settings" tab under System Preferences > Default User Preferences (previously labeled "Email Notifications"). This change allows districts to manage default communication settings for users, including options to disallow users from modifying their settings. When the disallow option is enabled, users will no longer see or modify the associated preferences in their communication settings. Districts can set defaults for each option, ensuring uniformity in communication preferences across the system. These changes apply only at the district level, not the school level.

See System Preferences > Default User Preferences > Communication and Communication (Admin) > Settings for more details.

FOCUS-44323- Online Application: New Preference to Automatically Link Siblings

This update introduces a new system preference called "Automatically link students created by parent profiles." This preference allows administrators to select specific Parent type profiles from a multi-select list. When selected, if a parent completes an Online Application for multiple students, those students will automatically be recognized as siblings and linked in the Address & Contacts section under the Linked Students logging field. This feature streamlines the process of linking sibling records, ensuring they are connected automatically during the application process.

FOCUS-44293- Document Management: New "ID Name" Options to Import Student/Staff Files

This enhancement to the Document Management module improves the Import Student/Staff Files bulk import functionality. It adds new ID Name values for state-specific identifiers to Import Student Files, as well as the Local ID option for Import Staff Files. These additions make it easier to import external resources in bulk by expanding the options for identifying students and staff, streamlining the import process for institutions with specific state IDs.

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

FOCUS-44283- Student Item Analysis Report

The Student Item Analysis Report allows users to analyze an assessment at the item level, including an analysis of student performance on standards. Student performance can also be compared to school and district performance. Filters can be applied to the report to filter by school, course(s), teacher(s), student(s), etc.

See District Assessments (Admin), District Assessments (Teacher), Teacher Assessments (Teacher), and Create Assessments (Teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-44224- Scheduled Jobs: New Options to "Generate Test Score Report records based on report files"

This branch introduces three new settings to the "Generate Test Score Report records based on report files" scheduled job:

1. All: Processes all test score reports and files (default method, slower).

2. Only Recently Modified Test Score Reports: Processes files with a different file hash than stored in the database.

3. Only Newly Uploaded Test Score Reports: Processes only reports that do not have a file hash yet.

These options aim to improve efficiency by allowing more selective processing of test score reports.

See Scheduled Jobs for more information.

FOCUS-44177- Focus Assessments: New Assessment Report & Early Warning System (EWS) Indicators

This update introduces a new report to the Assessments Add-On Module. The Assessment Report serves as a tool to perform data analysis on standardized test data and performance indicators (like absences, behavior, GPA, etc.). Easily configure reports by teacher, student demographics, and other key criteria. A new screen, EWS Indicators, is available for admin profiles to allow users to set various flag criteria for analysis in the Assessment Report. Detailed configuration options allow for in-depth tracking across various factors like attendance codes, referral behavior, course failures, GPA, and more.

See EWS Indicators, Standardized Tests > Setting Up Competency Bands, Assessment Report (admin), and Assessment Report (teacher) for more information.

FOCUS-44172- Student Info: Improve Address Suggestions in Address & Contacts with Address Catalog

This update enhances the address suggestion functionality when using the Address Catalog in the Address & Contacts or Add a Student sections. Previously, incorrect suggestions could appear as the system did not account for Apartment numbers. With this branch, the system now recognizes entries in the Address 2 field (e.g., apartment numbers) to provide more accurate address suggestions and improving the user experience.

FOCUS-43287- Discipline: Dynamic Code Suggestions Not Respecting Grade Level Restrictions

This update ensures that the suggestion list for referral codes in the Discipline module respects Gradelevel restrictions set in the Referral Codes and Actions configuration, preventing unavailable referral codes from being suggested due to grade-level limitations.

FOCUS-43150- Gradebook: Assignments with an Invalid Description Do Not Allow User to Load and Edit Them

This update improves the Teacher Gradebook by addressing an issue that occurred when teachers copied text from Focus while adding a description to an assignment, causing an error when viewing the assignment later. With this branch, the issue is resolved, allowing teachers to view assignments without encountering errors related to the description.

FOCUS-43114- Course Catalog: Improve Filtering on Schools Column in Datatable

Previously, the schools column in the new Course Catalog could not be filtered in the datatable. This update corrects the issue, allowing the school column to be filtered as expected.

FOCUS-43059- System Preferences: New Preferences for Add a Student & /Apply Validations

This update introduces several new System Preferences to the Enrollment tab that control name and age restrictions for adding students. These include settings for the maximum length of first, middle, and last names, along with a restriction to Latin alphabet characters, apostrophes, and hyphens. There are also new preferences to set maximum and minimum student ages. These preferences affect the Add a Student screen, processing applications through Online Enrollments, and the "/apply" application portal.

FOCUS-41420- Scheduling: Improve Start/End Date Preferences for Teacher and Student Requests

This update introduces four new system preferences to enhance control over the course request submission periods for both students and teachers:

1. Allow Students to Enter Course Requests Starting: Sets the start date and time for students to enter course requests.

2. Allow Students to Enter Course Requests Ending: Sets the end date and time for students to enter course requests.

3. Allow Teachers to Enter Course Requests Starting: Sets the start date and time for teachers to enter course requests.

4. Allow Teachers to Enter Course Requests Ending: Sets the end date and time for teachers to enter course requests.

These preferences allow districts to manage the course request process more effectively.

See System Preferences > Scheduling for more information.

FOCUS-41311- Attendance: New Absence Summary Feature with Preset Timeframes for Easier Selection

This update enhances the Absence Summary feature with preset timeframes for easier selection. It now defaults to "School Year" (first to last day of school) and includes options like Current Marking Period, Month to Date, Last 30/60/90 Days, Last 2/3/4 School Years, and Custom. New columns displaying Total ADA and percent present per year have been added when selecting the last X school years option. These adjustments apply to both the student list view and the print absence summary page, improving flexibility in timeframe selection for reports.

See Absence Summary for details.

FOCUS-38982- Allow CoTeachers to Create and Edit Seating Chart Layouts

This update enhances the Seating Charts feature by enabling co-teachers to create seating charts if they have the necessary modify permissions. Previously, only primary teachers could create and modify seating charts. This improvement ensures that co-teachers can now manage seating arrangements and make updates, providing greater flexibility and collaboration in managing classroom layouts.

FOCUS-44666- Hall Pass: Include Hall Pass Setup in Rollover

This update enhances the Hall Pass module by adding a rollover process for hall pass data. A new "School Year" column is added to relevant Hall Pass tables, and a Hall Pass option is now available on the Rollover screen under School Specific Data. When selected, data from the Hall Pass Setup and Locations tabs will be rolled over, excluding student restrictions. Users can manually re-enter restrictions each year or export/import them as needed. This ensures consistent setup and functionality year over year.

See Rollover for more information.

FOCUS-42403- Core: Upgrade to Laravel 8

This update makes necessary adjustments to Laravel features to ensure compatibility with future PHP 8 upgrades. The changes include modifications to the codebase and configurations that align with PHP 8's standards, preparing the software for a seamless transition when the upgrade occurs.

FOCUS-45236- Document Management Module: Prevent Files from Upload if Category A/B and not Compatible with OCR

This update enhances the Document Management Module by enforcing restrictions on file formats for custom fields marked for retention under Category A or B. With this branch, only OCR-compatible file formats will be accepted for uploads, ensuring that retained documents meet compliance requirements for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) compatibility. This improvement helps streamline document processing and enhances the overall management of stored files.

See Student Fields > File Upload and User Fields > File Upload for more information.

FOCUS-45735- SSS: Resolve Form Trigger ShowStep

This update addresses an issue in the SSS module related to steps set to be hidden upon event creation. Previously, when a hidden step was later triggered to be shown by a form trigger, users encountered a 404 error when attempting to open it. The branch resolves this issue, allowing the step to be opened as expected. However, it only prevents the issue for future events.

FOCUS-45691- SSS: October 2024 Missouri Snapshot

This update includes necessary improvements and adjustments to the SSS module and forms for customers in Missouri. For further details, please refer to the associated Zendesk Guide article provided by your support team.

https://focusschoolsoftware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/30191390643355-October-2024-Updates-to-MO-Master-Forms-Setup

FOCUS-45679- SSS: Resolve Objective Entry on Goals (Utah)

This update addresses an issue in the SSS module for Utah customers. Previously, users were unable to add objectives on the Utah Goals screen. With this branch, following an update aligned with the Laravel 8 upgrade, users can now successfully add objectives as expected.

FOCUS-45630- SSS: Improve Performance in Caseload & Services with Pending Signature

This branch implements a fix in the SSS module. Previously, the SSS Caseload & Services Pending Signature tab would fail to load and generate an error in the console. With this update, the tab successfully loads without errors, taking approximately 15 seconds to do so.

FOCUS-45485- SSS: Resolve Signature Authentication Not Present

This update resolves an issue in the SSS module where the Authenticate button for signature authentication was not visible. The Authenticate button is now displayed as expected, allowing for proper signature verification.

FOCUS-45402- SSS: Ensure E-Signature Components Scale in Events

Before the branch, e-signature components in SSS Events were not scaled properly, causing layout issues. With the branch, e-signature components are now displayed with correct scaling, ensuring they appear as expected within the events interface.

FOCUS-45368- SSS: New Setting to Disable the Concurrent Minutes Option

This update introduces an enhancement to the SSS module by adding a new option called "Concurrent Minutes for Related Services" under SSS > General > SOS tab. When enabled, this option will be visible when adding related services, allowing users to manage concurrent service minutes more effectively.

See General > Setting Schedule of Services Preferences for more information.

FOCUS-45356- SSS: Improve Visibility of "Click to Clear" Signature Component

This update enhances the SSS module by improving the visibility of the "Click to Clear" option for the Signature Component in Chrome. Previously, this option was either not visible or difficult to see. With this update, the "Click to Clear" text is now prominently displayed, making it easier for users to access and use this functionality.

FOCUS-45255- SSS: Update Filtering for PMP Strategies, Monitoring Tools or Hypotheses

This update improves the functionality of the SSS module. Previously, if a strategy, monitoring tool, or hypothesis without content areas was saved in an Academic/Behavior PMP event, the list would appear blank after refreshing the page. With the branch, filtering is skipped, ensuring that selected options always appear in the existing row, even if no content areas were added in the setup.

FOCUS-45220- SSS: Schedule of Service - Improve Print Media Layout

This update resolves an issue within the SSS module. Previously, if the Description or Goal fields in the Schedule of Services step of an IEP Event contained too much text, it would cause layout problems, resulting in an infinite loop when printing and freezing the user's tab. With this update, the data will still display even if it exceeds the page limits, and the layout has been redesigned to prevent the Description and Goal fields from sharing the same row with other columns, improving stability and readability.

FOCUS-45069- SSS: Missouri September 2024 Snapshot

This branch introduces the SSS Missouri September Snapshot update. For additional details and comprehensive release notes, please refer to the associated Zendesk Article:

https://focusschoolsoftware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/28847957435035-September-2024-Updates-to-MO-Master-Forms-Setup

FOCUS-44919- SSS: Forms User Does Not have Permission To View are Included in Print

This branch resolves an issue in the SSS module where forms in an SSS Event would still display during printing, even if the user did not have permission to view them. With this update, if a user lacks permission to view the form in an SSS Event, it will not be included when printing the event. This ensures that permission settings are respected during the print process.

FOCUS-44849- SSS: Improve Event Trigger Portal Alert Behavior for Teachers

This update to the SSS module ensures that event triggers only alert teachers about students they have access to. Previously, all teachers received alerts for any student, regardless of their classes. With the update, teachers will only be alerted for students scheduled into their classes or for all students at the school if the "Search Entire School" system preference is enabled. This resolves the issue of unnecessary alerts being sent to teachers.

FOCUS-44339- SSS: Resolve History Button not Showing All Field Changes

This update improves the SSS module by addressing two key issues. First, it resolves a problem where backslashes and quotes were added to text and date fields in the form history when using the before/after feature. Now, these characters will no longer appear. Second, the History button now correctly displays all field changes in SSS Events, instead of only highlighting changes to the YES/NO radio group, providing a clearer overview of modifications in the event records.

FOCUS-43148- SSS: Improve School Direction in Alert Triggers

This update addresses an issue in the SSS module related to alert triggers. Previously, if an alert trigger specified a profile and multiple schools, users were directed to the last selected school instead of the school where the event occurred. With this update, the system will correctly navigate users to the school associated with the specific event, ensuring accurate access to the relevant event without errors.

FOCUS-45323- Course Completion Codes: Improve Behavior of Min/Max Years

This branch introduces improvements to Course Completion Codes for Postsecondary customers. It addresses two issues: First, the Min and Max Year columns now display an expanded range of years, resolving the prior limitation. Second, if a user updates the Min or Max Year column while viewing a previous school year, the other column no longer incorrectly changes to "N/A," ensuring proper handling of year ranges in the Course Completion Codes interface.

FOCUS-45292- Postecondary: Change Program Completion Logic for Florida Compliance

This branch introduces changes to Course Completer Codes for Florida Postsecondary customers. For courses with a completer option of "O" (Full Program Completed), if the Basic Skills Exam is not passed ("P" or "N") and the Cost Reporting code is between 351 and 357, the student's Career and Technical Education Date of Program Completion will remain blank. This update ensures compliance with state reporting requirements for program completion and exam status.

FOCUS-45168- Postsecondary: ISP Panel Enhancements

This update enhances the ISP Page for Postsecondary customers by adjusting the sort order of the Grades box and adding Occupational Completion Point (OCP) Workforce Development Information System (WDIS) hours to the Student Progress Status Goals. These changes improve the clarity and organization of student progress tracking for postsecondary institutions.

FOCUS-45090- Postsecondary Kiosk: Display Future Enrolled Courses

This update ensures that the Post-Secondary Attendance Kiosk will display future enrolled courses when a student checks in. Previously, these courses were not visible to students at the kiosk, but with this branch, future enrollments will now appear correctly, improving the check-in experience for students.

FOCUS-44074- FA Worksheet: Update to Move from EFC to SAI (Postsecondary)

This update introduces a change for Postsecondary customers by updating the FA Worksheet for the 2024-2025 school year to use Student Aid Index (SAI) calculations instead of the Expected Family Contribution (EFC). This adjustment aligns with new federal guidelines, ensuring accurate financial aid calculations for students based on the revised criteria.

See System Preferences > Post Secondary tab and the FA Worksheet for more information.

FOCUS-43474- FA Worksheet: Restore Tab in Student Info

This update reinstates the FA Worksheet tab in the Student Info module for Postsecondary customers, ensuring that users can access and manage financial aid worksheets directly from the student information screen.