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Release Date: 8/30/22 ASCENDER Update: 6.1300
District Administration > Maintenance > Non-Employee
❏ Added the TSDS Staff Type field to indicate whether an individual is on the district payroll, is a contracted professional staff person (instructional and non-instructional), or is a teacher employed at an in-district charter campus by an organization that has been granted a campus charter. This field automatically defaults to 3 - Contracted Professional Staff for non-employee records.
The TSDS Staff Type options are based on the TSDS staff type database table for the selected School Year for PEIMS Codes on the Payroll > Tables > District HR Options page. The following options are available:
Note: Although the TSDS Staff Type field is not available for viewing or editing purposes in Personnel, the database column automatically defaults to 1 - School District Employee for all employee records created in Personnel.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 6
Release Date: 6/10/2022 ASCENDER Update: 6.1005
District Administration > Tables > District Information > District Name/Address
❏ Corrected the issue that caused an error to occur when trying to save changes.
❏ Removed the Contracted Instructional Staff section as it is not functional.
Release Date: 6/3/2022 ASCENDER Update: 6.1000
District Administration > Workflow > Approval Path
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the Duplicate From Existing option from functioning.
District Administration > Workflow > Approval Rules
❏ Removed Grants and Projects from the From and To Workflow Type drop downs in the Duplicate pop-up window as it is not applicable.
District Administration > Utilities > Assign Travel Accounts
❏ Added a report to preview travel account code changes. The default sort is by campus and then dept (if available).
Release Date: 3/10/2022 ASCENDER Update: 6.0700
District Administration > Options
❏ Renamed the following menus:
District Administration > Workflow > Approval Rules
❏ Modified the duplicate functionality to improve the user experience.
Release Date: 12/10/2021 ASCENDER Update: 6.0400
District Administration > Tables > District Information > Reporting Contact
❏ Removed transmitter control code (TCC) validation from the ACA file creation process.
Security Administration > Utilities > Audit Log Inquiry
❏ Updated all EmployeePortal module descriptions with the “EP” prefix to denote that the change (update, insert, delete) originated from EmployeePortal.
❏ Updated all MemberPortal module descriptions with the “MP” prefix to denote that the change (update, insert, delete) originated from MemberPortal.
❏ Corrected the MP Manage Users module to display the user's name instead of DBA.
Release Date: 9/12/21 ASCENDER Update: 6.0105
Security Administration
❏ Corrected the program to include the Payroll > Utilities > Import WorkJournal Requests page.
Release Date: 9/3/2021 ASCENDER Update: 6.0100
District Administration > Maintenance > User Profiles
❏ Added the Employed and Terminated check boxes to the User Directory (Lookup User button) to narrow the directory search by employee status.
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