FOCUS-46650- feat(finance): add accounting strip start/end dates

This phase one system enhancement introduces start and end date columns to accounting strips, Setup > General Ledger > Settings > Accounting Strips and Setup > General Ledger > Internal Accounts.

See Setup > Settings > Accounting Strips for more information.

FOCUS-44137- feat(rollover): add Automatic Invoices to rollover

This system improvement adds a checkbox to the SIS rollover screen, enabling the rollover of fees from one year to the next.

See SIS > Setup > Rollover and Billing > Automatic Invoices > Did You Know? for additional details.

FOCUS-47095- Add ability to copy retirement limits from previous year

This system enhancement allows you to copy retirement limits from the previous year. A "Copy Previous Year Limits" button has been added to the "Retirement Deferral Limits" tab within the Maintenance by Calendar Year screen.

See Maintenance By Calendar Year > Retirement Deferral Limits for more information.

FOCUS-47029- mass delete ability on overtime pay

System enhancement adding the ability to mass delete records in Payroll > Run Payroll > Overtime.

See Run Payroll > Additional Features for more details.

FOCUS-47026- mass delete of reimbursements

System enhancement adding the ability to mass delete records in Payroll > Run Payroll > Reimbursements.

See Run Payroll > Additional Features for more details.

FOCUS-46885- Add mass delete to misc pay

System enhancement adding the ability to mass delete records in Payroll > Run Payroll > Misc Pay.

See Run Payroll > Additional Features for more details.

FOCUS-46677- Ability to pay partial period pay on salaries

This system enhancement introduces the ability to pay a percentage of the period's pay. A new editable column has been added to the Pay Schedules pop-up on the Payroll > Maintenance > Maintenance by Fiscal Year, and another to the Pay Codes pop-up on the Run Payroll screen. These columns enable users to specify a numeric percentage for a given pay run's period pay.

See Maintenance By Fiscal Year > Pay Schedules for additional information.

FOCUS-46392- HR Employee Files Print

• This new system improvement moves the ability to access the Uploaded File Report to HR > Files.  It gives the ability for a user to generate all files into one PDF file if the user has Uploaded File Report profile permission on the ERP profile permissions in the Setup menu.
• This system improvement also adds the functionality to move files between folders in HR > Employee > Files.  A Move button now displays which show a pop up once clicked.  The pop up has drop downs to select files and select which folder they will be moved to.  

See Employee > Files tab and Profiles > Setup tab for additional information.

FOCUS-47303- School Choice: Resolve Waitlisted Letter Generation

This update resolves an issue in the School Choice module where waitlisted letters were not generating from Setup > Print Letters. The issue was caused by an incorrect usage of the database results index, which has been corrected to ensure proper functionality.

FOCUS-47274- Portal Editor: Add Scroll Bars to Custom Portal Blocks

This update improves custom HTML Portal Blocks configured through the Portal Editor. Previously, if the content length exceeded the height of the block, end-users may not have been able to view the full contents. With this update, a scroll bar will now appear, ensuring the full content is easily accessible to end-users.

FOCUS-47217- API: Resolve classType in OneRoster /classes Resource

This update resolves an issue in the OneRoster API Dialect where courses with a "Y" or "N" in the courses.homeroom value were not being correctly recognized in the classes resource. With this update, the courses.homeroom value is now properly handled, ensuring accurate representation in the classes resource.

FOCUS-47175- IEP Writer Integration: Resolve Downloading IEPs

This update resolves an issue for Pennsylvania customers using the IEP Writer Integration. Previously, IEPs could not be downloaded through the interface as expected. With this update, the download functionality has been corrected, ensuring IEPs can be accessed without issue.

FOCUS-47174- Community App: Respect Attendance Calendar in Student/Parent View

This update improves the Parent/Student Portal within the Community Mobile App by refining the display of course indicators. Previously, the "In Progress" and "Next" course indicators would appear on non-school days as defined by the school's Attendance Calendar. With this update, when a Rotation Schedule is in use, these indicators will no longer display in the Student/Parent schedule on non-school days, ensuring a more accurate and relevant view.

FOCUS-47173- Proficiency Gradebook: Add Standard Descriptions to Fix Invalid Standards Screen Popup

This update improves the Proficiency Gradebook by enhancing the missing standard modal. Previously, only the title of the standard would appear in the dropdown. With this update, the description of the standard is now also included in the dropdown, providing users with more context when selecting standards.

FOCUS-47145- Final Grades: Posted Grade of Excused Should Display as (*) Character

This update improves the display on the Student Final Grades, GPA, and Class Rank screen. Previously, when a teacher posted an asterisk (*), it would incorrectly display as -1 on the student's final grades page. With this update, the asterisk now displays correctly.

FOCUS-47142- Form Builder: Improve District Tags Feature

This update improves the Form Builder by addressing issues with the Districts Tags tab and Focus Tags. Previously, the Districts Tags tab was not clickable, and Focus Tags were greyed out. With this update, the Districts Tags tab is now enabled, allowing users to create new tags, while Focus Tags remain disabled as intended.

See Form Builder > Customizing Tags for Forms for more information.

FOCUS-47092- Communication: Secure Emails Update - Subject Included and New Lock Icon in Conversation View

This update ensures that the subject is now included in secure emails by default when composing a message, simplifying secure communication. Secure emails will now be delivered with the subject line, 'You have received a Secure Message. [Email Subject].' Additionally, secure emails sent by the user will now display a lock icon in conversations, replacing the envelope icon used for standard emails, making it easier to identify secure communications at a glance.

FOCUS-47082- Test History: Improve Data Entry Input Behavior

This update improves the data entry behavior for Test History. Previously, users were unable to press Enter on their keyboard to add another line when entering test history scores, requiring multiple clicks to save and add new entries. With this update, users can now press Enter to seamlessly add additional lines, streamlining the data entry process and improving efficiency.

FOCUS-47076- Communication Platform: Implement Preview Functionality

This update introduces a new preview feature for printing in Communication, allowing users to quickly spot-check content before finalizing. Additionally, updates to the PDF generation code enhance performance and overall printing reliability, though the performance improvement is minimal. These enhancements aim to streamline the printing process and improve efficiency.

See Communication (Admin) > Composing Messages and Printing & Previewing Messages as well as Communication (Teachers) > Composing Messages and Printing & Previewing Messages for more information.

FOCUS-47067- Calendar: Translate Display Options Dropdown Items

This update enhances the Student/Parent Portal by adding support for language preferences in the Calendar Display dropdown. Users who have set their My Preference to a non-English language will now see the dropdown options translated into their preferred language using the Translations API feature.

FOCUS-47039- Scheduled Jobs: New School Year Override Setting on Automatic Invoices

This update enhances the built-in Scheduled Job for Automatic Invoices by introducing a new school year override setting. If this setting is left blank, the job will continue its current behavior of using the most recent school year. However, when a specific school year is selected, the job will apply the override, providing greater flexibility in managing invoices.

See Scheduled Jobs > Built-In Scheduled Jobs Explained and Automatic Invoices for more details.

FOCUS-47011- Profiles: Incorrect Profiles Display with Edit Rights on Module Report

This update resolves an issue in Profiles, User Permissions, and the Module Report where profiles were incorrectly displayed as having Edit Address rights, even when those rights were not defined in their profile settings. With this update, the permissions now accurately reflect the profile configuration.

FOCUS-47005- Imports: Florida Alternate Assessment (FA1 and FA2) Parser Updates

This update enhances Florida-specific functionality by updating the FA1 file parser and introducing the FA2 file parser for the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA). The changes include:

Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) Performance Task (FA1):

• Updated to handle test results for:
  • Florida Standards Access Points: English Language Arts (UB), Mathematics (UC), Algebra 1 (UE), Geometry (UF).
  • Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Access Points: Science (UD), Biology 1 (UG), US History (UH), Civics (UI).
• Available scores include Scale Score (SS) and Achievement Level (AL).
• Uses the student's FLEID as the unique identifier.

Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) Datafolio (FA2):

• New parser for test results in:
  • Florida Standards Access Points: English Language Arts (UJ), Mathematics (UK), Algebra 1 (UN), Geometry (UO).
  • Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Access Points: Science (UL), Biology 1 (UP), US History (UQ), Civics (UR).
• Available scores include Achievement Level (AL).
• Uses the student's FLEID as the unique identifier.

Additionally, the existing parser, "Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA) Performance Task (FA1)," has been renamed to "* Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA) Performance Task (FA1) - Effective Spring 2021," providing better clarity and alignment with its effective date.

See Imports > List of Existing File Parsers for additional information.

FOCUS-46935- Student Groups: Correct Student Group Display Based on School/Profile

This update refines the behavior of the student group selector on the Student Search screen. The dropdown now only displays groups for the selected school where the user has permission to view student groups for that school. Previously, the dropdown would include groups from other schools as long as the user had permission to view groups at any school. This update ensures that group visibility aligns with the user's permissions for the selected school, improving accuracy and access control.

See Searching for Students > Conducting a Student Search(Admin) and Searching for Students > Conducting a Student Search (Teachers) for more details.

FOCUS-46933- Master Schedule Report: Multiple Pop-up Windows Appear when Changing Teacher

This update resolves an issue in the Master Schedule Report where changing teachers resulted in two popups. Previously, after replacing a teacher, a popup for the original teacher would appear, immediately followed by a second popup for the newly assigned teacher if "Done" was not selected and the first popup remained on the page briefly. With this update, the second popup no longer occurs, ensuring a smoother user experience.

FOCUS-46823- Attendance: Resolve "Ignore Excused Absences" Setting on Perfect Excessive Attendance, Skip Report

This update resolves an issue with the Attendance Perfect/Excessive Attendance Skip Report. Previously, selecting "Ignore Excused Absences" removed students who had both excused and unexcused absences. With this update, the setting now correctly removes only those students who have exclusively excused absences within the report timeframe, ensuring more accurate filtering and reporting.

FOCUS-46759- Student Fields: Allow Read-only Fields to be Expanded with Hover on Student Info, Logging Fields

This update enhances the usability of logging fields for users with restricted edit access. Previously, read-only fields would truncate data, limiting visibility to the input box preview. With this update, a hover feature has been added for text and textarea fields, enabling users with restricted edit access to view the full content of the field via a tooltip. This functionality is specific to users with restricted edit access but not restricted view access. Users with restricted view access will continue to be unable to see any rows containing student data, and users without restricted edit access can directly modify rows, making the tooltip unnecessary for them.

FOCUS-46301- Student Schedule: New Data Entry Validation

This update introduces a new validation on the Student Schedule screen to ensure data accuracy. With this update, users can no longer set the start date on a schedule record to a date earlier than the student's enrollment start date. This validation helps maintain consistency between schedule and enrollment records.

FOCUS-46275- Imports: COGAT and Iowa Test Results File Parser

This update introduces new built-in file parsers for Imports, adding support for the following templates across all states and corresponding districts:

• Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT): Includes a template for fixed-width file formats.
• Iowa Assessments: Includes a template for fixed-width file formats.

These enhancements streamline the import process by providing ready-to-use templates and parsers for these assessments, ensuring consistent and efficient handling of data.

FOCUS-46190- Scheduled Jobs: Improve Calculate Attendance Minutes from Check In/Out Job for Attendance Minutes Check Updated By and Presumed Attendance

This update improves the Calculate Attendance Minutes from Check In/Out Scheduled Job. The job now updates minutes_present and minutes_absent for attendance_period records that have been modified today, such as when attendance is added for a previous day. Additionally, the job will create attendance_period records for students marked as "presumed present" (when a teacher has not taken attendance) if the school day has ended. This creation applies only to the current day and will not retroactively generate records for previous days. This enhancement, while available to all customers, is particularly beneficial for customers in Missouri, where attendance reporting is calculated by minutes, ensuring more accurate and timely attendance data.

See Scheduled Jobs > Built-In Scheduled Jobs Explained for more information.

FOCUS-43841- New Gradebook System Preference: Allow teachers to assign grading scale to each student

This update introduces significant enhancements to Grading Scales functionality, providing greater flexibility for both teachers and organizations.

A new system preference has been added under Gradebook Configuration called "Show grade scales in the Gradebook." By default, this option will be disabled at the district level, maintaining current functionality. If enabled, teachers will see a new Grade Scale column in their Gradebook. The Grade Scale will default to the scale defined for the section but can be adjusted at the classroom level or by individual student, allowing teachers to tailor grading to the specific needs and levels of students in their class.

Additionally, a new "Use Min/Max Post Percents for Grade Scales" preference has been introduced under the Grading tab. This feature allows organizations to define minimum and maximum posted percentages at the Grading Scale level. If your organization previously used individual Min and Max Posted Percent preferences at the system level, this preference will be enabled by default, and existing values will be migrated to the new Grading Scale columns. This enhancement provides greater flexibility to define Min/Max percent values for specific groups of courses organized by grading scale.

See System Preferences > Default Gradebook Configuration, System Preferences > Gradebook Configuration, System Preferences > Grading, Grading Scales & Comments, and Gradebook for more information.

FOCUS-47243- Graduation Requirements Report is no long displaying credits needed for a graduation bucket

FOCUS-46975- System Preferences: Resolve Editing/Saving on Single Sign On Screen

FOCUS-47178- SSS: Enable Computed Tables for Custom Screen Setup

This update introduces an exciting new feature to the SSS module, enabling the addition of computed tables to the Custom Screen setup. This enhancement allows for greater flexibility and functionality when configuring custom screens within the module.

FOCUS-47134- SSS: Resolve Required Fields Not Required on Create PMP Intervention Plan/Goals

This update improves the SSS module by addressing required field behavior in the PMP Graph step of the PMP Event. Previously, required fields did not display as required in the expanded view, and rows could be added or saved without completing all fields. With this update, required fields are clearly marked in the expanded view, and new rows cannot be added or saved until all required fields are entered, ensuring data completeness and accuracy.

FOCUS-46952- SSS: Improve Scrolling Behavior in Form History

This update resolves an issue in the SSS module where users were unable to scroll through the Form History in SSS Events. With this update, users can now scroll through the Form History as expected, ensuring improved navigation and access to historical data.

FOCUS-46491- SSS: Add Support for Diagnosis Codes & Areas Covered in Caseload & Services

This update enhances the SSS module by adding two system preferences under SSS > General > Program Preferences to control the visibility of new dropdowns on the Caseload & Services screen. These preferences allow organizations to toggle the display of the Diagnosis Code and Areas Covered dropdowns. Additionally, two new tabs are introduced under SSS > Setup (Event System Setup): the Diagnosis Code tab and the Areas Covered tab.

The Diagnosis Code tab includes three columns: Active (checkbox), ICD10 (alphanumeric code with decimals), and Title. The Areas Covered tab includes four columns: Active (checkbox), Service Category, Service Class Category, and Name. These dropdowns are added to the SSS > Caseload & Services > +Add Service screen and are positioned between the existing Provider Role and Service dropdowns. This enhancement improves flexibility and organization for managing caseload and service data.

See General > Setting the Caseload & Services Preferences, Setup > Setting Up Diagnosis Codes, Setup > Setting Up Areas Covered, and Caseload & Services for more information.