FOCUS-45828- feat(ledger): use manual journal validations in Fund Interest Allocation MJ creation

System Improvement adds GL Account to Credit column on Manual Journal created from Budgeting/General Ledger > Fund Interest Allocation.

FOCUS-45795- feat(ledger): enhancements for FA399

System Improvement enlarging the report pop-up for better visibility, changing the revision date to a static date of 6/15, and separating the contact person and phone number as displayed in the report in Budgeting and General Ledger > FA 399 Report Extract.

FOCUS-45759- feat(accounts-payable): add new utility invoice fields

System Improvement incorporating the KW Days and Meter Number fields to Utility Invoice in Purchasing/Accounts Payable > Invoices > Utility invoices.

See Invoices > Utility Invoice for more details.

FOCUS-45723- feat(budget): add funds list to consolidate Trial Balance by Funds printed report

System Enhancement adding comprehensive list of funds to printed Consolidated Fund report in Budgeting/General Ledger > Trial Balance > Trial Balance By Fund.

FOCUS-45682- feat(ledger): fund interest allocation enhancements

The system enhancement includes the addition of total calculations and the automatic population of the Finance Variance column, drawing from the Interest Allocated in the Budgeting/General Ledger > Fund Interest Allocation.

See Fund Interest Allocation for more details.

FOCUS-45583- feat(accounts-payable): add permission to edit imported p-card line items

System improvements now include the addition of profile permissions that allow users to edit imported p-card transactions, provided that the setting to permit editing of imported p-cards is activated.

See Profiles > Purchasing/Accounts Payable for more information.

FOCUS-45189- fix(store): add cart lock to prevent processing simultaneous transactions on same cart

To enhance system performance, an error message will be implemented in the Purchase and Pay > Cart section to prevent users from initiating simultaneous transactions.

FOCUS-45587- feat(ledger): change default order in bank recon

System Improvement sorting all tabs in ascending order in Bank Reconciliation.

FOCUS-45721- Paystub Options for Hourly Employees

System Improvement adding Daily Paid by Schedule to Setup > Settings > Payroll > Paystub Options > Show hourly Rate.

See Settings > Payroll > Paystub Options for more information.

FOCUS-45719- Printing employee job information does not include employee name

System enhancement to include the employee's name in the PDF export of their job details.

FOCUS-45028- Employee Self Service > 1095 Form

System Enhancement adding a PDF copy of employee's 1095 to Employee Self Service. Employees can now opt out of receiving a printed copy and Human Resources can exclude those opted out from receiving a printed 1095.

See Employee Tax Forms and Print 1095 for more information.

FOCUS-44663- Applicant Tracking Transfers

System improvement adding employee field category to Applicant Tracking > Applicants. To enable: Human Resources > Job Posting Setup > Select 'View Applicant Verification' category.

See Job Posting Setup > Miscellaneous and Applicant Tracking > Applicants for more details.

FOCUS-45879- Grades: Performance Improvement to Standards Report Cards

This update introduces a performance enhancement to the generation of Standards Report Cards, streamlining the process and reducing the time needed to create the reports. This improvement ensures that schools can generate standards-based report cards more efficiently, leading to faster access and smoother overall performance during report card generation periods.

FOCUS-45832- Transcripts: Group Grades Appropriately when Manually Entered

This branch resolves an issue in Transcripts where grades that should be grouped together were being separated due to manually entered grades lacking a "location title" setting. With this update, grades will now be properly grouped on the transcript, ensuring accurate presentation of student information and preventing any unintended separation caused by missing location titles.

FOCUS-45793- New Search: Improve Search Results with Letter Grade

This branch corrects an issue in the New Search feature for student groups. Previously, when using the "Letter Grade" widget, the results were inaccurate, with the selected marking period being lost, and the "received" filter behaving incorrectly, as if set to "did not receive." With this update, the widget now functions correctly.

FOCUS-45788- Students: Resolve Rendering of Mass Add Log Records

This branch resolves an issue where the Mass Add Log Records screen would fail to render when a logging field contained a value with an empty string. With the branch, the system can now handle empty string values in logging fields, allowing the Mass Add Log Records screen to load and function properly without encountering errors.

FOCUS-45768- Post Final Grades: Respect Max Percent Setting with 'Use Average Of Quarter & Semester Exam Grades' Feature

This branch resolves an issue where users could bypass the maximum post percent set in system preferences by using the "Use Weighted Average of Quarter & Semester Exam Grades" button when posting final grades. The update ensures that the maximum post percent is respected, even when this feature is utilized, preventing grades from exceeding the set limit.

FOCUS-45766- Communication Platform: Ensure Photos Save in Email Signature

This branch corrects an issue in the Communication Platform where email signatures containing images were not being saved correctly. Previously, users would add an image to their email signature, but upon leaving and returning, the signature would appear empty. With this update, the signature, including any images, will now be saved and emailed as expected, ensuring consistent and accurate email formatting.

FOCUS-45760- Communication Platform: Resolve Error Translating During Queue Job

This branch resolves an exception log error related to translating polls and sign-ups in the Communication Platform. The update ensures that messages continue to be translated as expected without generating errors, improving stability while maintaining functionality for translated communications in polls and sign-ups.

FOCUS-45743- Parent Portal: Translate Standard Grades descriptions, titles, and comments

This branch ensures that when parents or students view Standard Grades through the Portal with their language set to something other than English, all standard data, including titles, descriptions, and comments, will be accurately translated through the API. This guarantees that non-English-speaking users will see the appropriate translations for standards-related information, enhancing accessibility and user experience for multilingual families within the portal.

FOCUS-45736- Mobile App: Web Page Resources System Images Don't Display

This branch resolves an issue in the Community Mobile App where system images selected for teacher assignment web pages would not display when viewed on the mobile app. After this update, the images will correctly display on teacher web pages, ensuring consistency between web and mobile views for resources linked to assignments.

FOCUS-45707- Communication Platform: Disable Editing Non-Portal Message Options for Posted Announcements

This branch improves the Communication Platform by disabling non-added tabs like "Email," "File," "Poll," "Sign Up," "SMS," and "Call" when editing an announcement that has already been posted. This prevents users from mistakenly adding new elements to a portal announcement and expecting those features to work post-publication, ensuring the announcement's integrity remains intact after it is issued.

FOCUS-45655- Attendance: Respect Hourly Attendance Preference on Attendance Chart & Take Attendance

This branch corrects an issue where the "Attendance Chart" and "Take Attendance" pages did not respect the "Period or Hourly Attendance" system preference and the "Hourly Attendance" setting on the Master Schedule. With this update, if the system preference is enabled and the "Hourly Attendance" setting is checked, the page will display hours. If the setting is not checked, hours will not be displayed, ensuring the page correctly reflects the system preferences

FOCUS-45645- Communication Platform: Resolve Inconsistent Add Log Record Default Composing from Template

This branch resolves an issue within the Communications Platform where the "Add Log Record" checkbox was improperly enabled when users clicked on "Use Template" in the compose screen. The branch also introduces a new enhancement, adding the "Add Log Record" checkbox to the template screen, ensuring more streamlined control over log records when working with communication templates.

See Communication (Admin) > Templates for more information.

FOCUS-45588- Attendance: Improve Sort Column Heading in Attendance Chart

This branch addresses an issue with sorting in the Attendance Chart. Previously, when the "Display Scheduled and Attended Hours as Decimal" checkbox was unchecked, sorting would not work as expected. With this update, sorting is now consistently based on the decimal version of the hours, regardless of whether the checkbox is checked, ensuring accurate and functional sorting in all scenarios.

FOCUS-45566- Teacher Gradebook: Add Sorting for Available Standards when Viewing Assignments

This branch enhances the Teacher Gradebook by improving the sorting of standards linked to an assignment. Currently, available standards are not sorted, which can make it difficult to navigate. With this update, the standards will be initially sorted based on their designated sort order as a primary sort, and the standard short name as a secondary sort. This change ensures a more organized and efficient view of the available and previously linked standards, making it easier for teachers to manage assignments in alignment with district-specific sorting preferences.

FOCUS-45551- Ed-Fi: Resolve Address on StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation & Parent Resources

This branch introduces a correction to the EdFi API, specifically for the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation and Parent Resources. If the "Use Separate Mailing Address" option is not enabled, the Primary Residence address will now be used as the mailing address. Additionally, the branch resolves an issue where the system did not check for state abbreviations when the full state name was used in the mailing address. These improvements ensure more accurate handling of address data within the EdFi API for both student and parent records.

FOCUS-45536- Delete a Student: Resolve Error Deleting or Merging Students with SSS Caseload Entries

This branch resolves an issue occurring during the student deletion process via merging, caused by a foreign key constraint in the sss_caseload table. Previously, attempts to delete a student with references in sss_caseload would result in an error. With this update, the system now checks for these references before initiating deletion. If references in the sss_caseload table are found, they will be removed prior to the student deletion, ensuring a smooth merge and deletion process without errors.

FOCUS-45492- Assessments: Resolve Error Running FAST Report All Schools

This branch addresses performance issues affecting the FAST Report for districts with large datasets. Previously, running the report across all schools in districts with extensive student data could result in loading errors. This update optimizes the report's performance, ensuring it loads efficiently across schools, even in high-volume data environments.

FOCUS-45184- Assessments: New Permission to View Lunch Status on FAST Report

This branch improves the FAST Report by adding a conditional display for Lunch Status, visible only if the end-user's profile permissions include the specific sub-permission for Lunch Status. This ensures that sensitive information is displayed in compliance with user permissions, maintaining data privacy and relevant access.

See the FAST Report and Profiles > Assessments for details.

FOCUS-44253- Add Username Recovery page, and add preference to require SSN and Birthdate during account creation

System improvement adding ability for user to recover username. To enable: set required settings in SIS > System Settings > Parent Registration > Require_SSN_and_Birthdate and Forgot_Username_text > General > Show_Forgot_Username and Title_Forgot_Username.

See Parent Portal Registration and System Preferences > Parent Registration for more details.

FOCUS-44406- Lock Progress Monitoring on Grade Posting Dates: Enhancements for IEP Progress Reporting and Completion

In this release, we've introduced new settings in SSS > General to support more robust control over IEP Progress Reporting. The settings, "Lock Posting to Quarter Grade Posting Window" and "Lock Posting to Progress Periods Posting Window," allow districts to restrict when IEP progress updates can be posted, enforcing adherence to set grade posting windows. Teachers and admins will receive alerts for incomplete progress reports as grade posting windows approach.

Key Features:

• Teacher and Admin Alerts: Notifications show when reports are due or incomplete within the grade posting window.
• Progress Monitoring Completion Report: This new screen, available to admins, tracks which students' progress reports remain incomplete and offers filtering by marking period.
• Publishing to Parent Portal: Progress Reports can be published for parental access on a set schedule within District Report Card > Publish tab.
• New Permissions: A "Post Progress Monitoring outside the Grade Posting Window" permission is added for flexibility in reporting timing. Custom demographics forms and IEP completion alerts are also fully supported, enhancing workflow management.

These improvements ensure timely, organized IEP progress reporting and enhance overall compliance and communication with parents. Contact your support representative for further assistance with configuration.