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Release Date:12/04/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0400
District Administration > Maintenance > Non-Employee
Corrected the program to properly handle end date updates to the TSDS Days Employed Set during the scheduled 6pm Employment Days processing when the option to Extract for TSDS is selected for terminated employees or non-employees with ended contracts:
Note: These changes are also effective for the Personnel > Maintenance > Employment Info tab.
District Administration > Inquiry > TSDS Level 1 Errors
❏ EXCHANGE CLIENTS ONLY: Added the Student Grade domain to the TSDS Level 1 Errors Report.
TSDS Updates
Staff Extract
❏ Corrected the issue that caused orphan Paraprofessional Certification and TIA Allotment records. Also, corrected -6 errors and duplicate staff record issues in the staging table that prevented staff records from being extracted and caused “Staff not found” errors for staff members with multiple Paraprofessional Certification or TIA Allotment entries.
Fatal: 30040-0057
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the staging table from capturing PK Teacher Requirement changes made to the Personnel > Maintenance > Staff Demo > Credentials tab in ASCENDER.
Update to the AsOfStatusLastFridayOctober code
❏ Modified the extract to correctly update the AsOfStatusLastFridayOctober code when a student is withdrawn.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 11
Release Date:11/21/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0310
District Administration > Maintenance > Non-Employee > TSDS
❏ Modified the stored procedure for updating the employment status of a non-employee. The procedure should mirror Personnel > Maintenance > Employment Info.
District Administration > Reports
❏ Corrected reports to ensure appropriate data is displayed based on the LEA county-district numbers and user IDs.
TSDS Updates
-6 Extract Errors
❏ Corrected the issue that caused -6 extract errors to occur due to data in the Ed-Fi delete log.
Staff Section Extract - NumberOfStudentsInClass
❏ Updated the extract to calculate the NumberOfStudentsInClass as of the snapshot date.
Economic Disadvantage Date Change Issue
❏ Corrected the issue that caused an invalid record to remain in the staging table when Economic Disadvantage dates are changed on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1.
PK Elig Previous Year
❏ Corrected the issue when the PK Elig Prev Year is unchecked on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > PK Enroll, the StudentCharacteristicDescriptor #11 is not deleted from the staging table.
Fatal: 20030-0049
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the Budget extract from capturing changes made in ASCENDER.
Fatals: 30060-0005 and 30060-0069
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented Payroll corrections from updating correctly in the staging table.
TSDS Change Log 2026.1.1 Update: Shared Services Arrangement
TSDS Change Log 2026.1.1 added a new table/data element, PriorYearSSAOrgAssociationExt (C049A), to allow for the reporting of Prior Year SSA Type. This new table will be reported during the PEIMS Mid-Year (Actuals) Submission. The existing table/data element, SSAOrgAssociationExt (C049), will continue to be reported in the PEIMS Fall Submission. The following updates were made to support this change:
❏ Added new tab, District Administration > Tables > District Information > Prior Shared Services Arrangement, to report prior year SSA financial reporting during the PEIMS Mid-Year Submission.
❏ Updated the existing District Administration > Tables > District Information > Shared Services Arrangement tab to only display Shared Services Arrangements as this is the only information reported during the PEIMS Fall Submission.
❏ Added to the applicable TSDS extracts.
Student Language Instruction Program Association
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the program to update the Language Instruction Program Service with the removed and now invalid Bilingual, ESL and Alternative Language Program Type Codes.
Release Date:11/6/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0300
District Administration > Tables > District Information > Fall Finance TSDS Data
❏ Corrected the program to only display data from the year specified in the Year field. Previously, the page displayed prior year data.
District Administration > Maintenance > Non-Employee
❏ Added the TRA Years Experience section with the following fields to align with TSDS Web-Enabled Data Standards:
❏ Modified the program so that when changes are made to the following key fields in a responsibility record, the original record is deleted and a new record is inserted to reflect the change. This will assist the with data management required for TSDS staging tables.
TSDS Extract
❏ Added the following fields to the 2026 Staff extract and view to align with TSDS Web-Enabled Data Standards:
Release Date:10/23/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0211
District Administration > Options > TSDS > Connection
❏ Modified the program to disable the API URL, Key, and Secret fields for Exchange clients when the migration flag is set to Y and the URL contains “Exchange”. If a connection to the EODS cannot be established, the fields will remain disabled, and an error message will be displayed instructing users to contact the Exchange or their ESC for assistance.
Release Date:10/16/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0210
TSDS Updates
❏ Modified the TSDS extract to allow multiple responsibility records to be extracted (as defined on the Responsibility tab). However, a known issue may cause -6 errors during extraction if records are submitted and then changes are made to the Campus, Staff Classification, and/or Begin Date.
TEA Entity Change
❏ Added the AdultPreviousAttendanceSet Common Type to the StudentEducationOrganizationAssociation Entity.
This will no longer be reported as a Student Characteristic.
2026.2.1 Updates
❏ Made changes to the following Extracts and APIs:
Release Date: 10/8/2025 ASCENDER Update: 11.0202
District Administration > Options > TSDS
❏ Previously, due to TEA’s removal of certain Descriptor values and the Exchange requiring time to align with the new SDK, the following processes were temporarily disabled. Now that the Exchange has completed its updates and is ready to receive data again, the following processes have been re-enabled:
Release Date: 10/2/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0200
District Administration > Options > TSDS
❏ Due to TEA’s removal of certain Descriptor values and the Exchange requiring time to align with the new SDK, the following are temporarily disabled:
District Administration > Reports > User Profile Report
❏ Corrected the program error that occurred when running the report. Also, corrected the issue where the user directory appeared blank after clicking the ellipsis button. Additionally, a message is now displayed if no accounts are assigned to the user’s profile for the selected applications.
TSDS Updates
Parent Entity
❏ Corrected an issue that was preventing the entity from extracting correctly.
Release Date: 9/18/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0110
District Administration
❏ Disabled the automatic nightly TSDS Extract/Send process for prior school years effective the day after the fourth Thursday in August. To generate or send data for a prior school year, use the District Administration > Options > TSDS > Domains & Entities tab.
Note: Users with security access to District Administration > Options > TSDS will see a notification in ASCENDER News on the Homepage starting 30 days before the process ends.
Release Date: 9/4/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0100
District Administration > Options > TSDS > Options
❏ Removed email validation from the page, allowing users to choose whether or not to provide an email address to receive TSDS reports via email.
Note: If no email address is provided under Personnel/Payroll Extract Distribution List, reports for employees with more than 365 days employed or with zero days employed will not be emailed. However, this information will now be included in the TSDS Extract Errors Report (Extract Errors Reprint button) on the TSDS Level 1 Errors page.
District Administration > Options > TSDS > Domains & Entities
❏ Enabled the page for school years 2025 and 2026.
❏ Disabled the checkbox for Student Academic Record Domain (for 2026 only).
District Administration > Maintenance > Non-Employee
❏ Modified the TSDS Unique ID button located on this page and the Personnel > Maintenance > Staff Demo page to use the long name fields. Also, modified the Unique ID export file on the Personnel > Utilities > Texas Unique Staff ID Interface > Staff ID Export page to use the long name fields.
❏ Updated the TSDS Extract Errors Report (Extract Errors Reprint button) to include employees who are reported with more than 365 days employed or with zero days employed. This change is helpful for those users who have opted out of receiving TSDS emails by not providing an email address on the District Administration > Options > TSDS > Options tab.
NumberCharterStudentsEnrolled Extract
❏ Modified the extract to calculate NumberCharterStudentsEnrolled as of the last Friday in September.
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