Release Date: 6/9/23 ASCENDER Update: 7.1000
Removed the Provide feedback button from all application pages. The following statement will be posted in the ASCENDER News Section to explain: “The client feedback button was introduced when the TCC transitioned from TxEIS to ASCENDER. We have removed the button and welcome your feedback through your local ESC ASCENDER support team.“
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Discipline
❏ Added data element SAFE-SUPPORTIVE-SCHOOL-PROGRAM-TEAM-REVIEW (E1734) to the PEIMS Summer submission.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Special Education
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Special Education extract to extract an End Date to the Special Education record when a student withdraws from the district prior to end of the year.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Fall > Student > Leaver
❏ Modified the page to add the Tx First Early HS Completion Pgm option with a drop-down menu for SY 2023-2024.
This element TEXAS-FIRST-EARLY-HS-COMPLETION-PROGRAM (E1736) (Code table: C233) indicates whether the student graduated early under the Texas First Early High School Completion Program.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Discipline
❏ Added a SSSP Team Review checkbox to support the following element being reported for the Summer Submission:
SAFE-SUPPORTIVE-SCHOOL-PROGRAM-TEAM-REVIEW (E1734) (Code table: C088) indicates whether the Safe and Supportive School Program (SSSP) team conducted a threat assessment related to a reported disciplinary incident.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges > Fall
❏ Added data element TEXAS-FIRST-EARLY-HS-COMPLETION-PROGRAM (E1736) (Code table C233) (TX-TexasFirstEarlyHSCompletionProgram) to Complex Type: StudentGraduationProgramExtension in the Student Enrollment Interchange.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS Core Collections Interchanges > Child Find > Student Program Interchange
❏ Modified the taglines TX-EffectiveDateServices and TX-EarlyChildhoodIntervention to first query table SR_STU_SPPI12.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 7.0
Release Date: 4/21/23 ASCENDER Update: 7.0800
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges
❏ Corrected an issue where students who do not have excessive truancy indicators in Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3 are showing in the Sumr 1, 2 and 3 Student Attendance Interchange.
Modified the StudentTruancyExtension complex to not generate at all if one of the Truancy Indicators is not 1.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges
❏ Modified the Summer Collection Student Program Interchange to not generate the Dyslexia Services Code tagline(s) if the Dyslexia Indicator is 0. Dyslexia Services should not be reported unless the Dyslexia Indicator is 1.
When the utility is run, the system will automatically create the tagline with Code 00 (C224 code 00 - Student identified with dyslexia or a related disorder under TEC 48.009 does not receive services) if the Dyslexia Indicator is marked with a 1 and there is no Dyslexia Services Code marked for a student in Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3.
Release Date: 3/3/23 ASCENDER Update: 7.0700
State Reporting > Extracts > Fall > Student
❏ Modified the program to extract duplicate Industrial Based Certification codes as long as the Date Earned dates are different.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Attendance
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Course Completion
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Discipline
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Flexible Attendance
❏ Modified the program to extract duplicate Industrial Based Certification records as long as the Date Earned dates are different.
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Restraint
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Special Education
❏ Updated the program to remove Rule 40100-0232 from the extract for school year 2022-2023.
Rule 40100-0232 - If DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE is “1”, then there must be student program data with at least one DYSLEXIA-SERVICES-CODE for this student.
State Reporting > Extracts > Extended
❏ Modified hard-coding for the field PF_STAFF_DEMO_EXT . STF_TYP so it will pull from BHR_EMP_EMPLY . TSDS_STAFF_TYP.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Fall > Student > Industry Cert
❏ Modified the program to allow duplicate certifications as long as the Date Earned dates are different.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student
❏ Updated the program to align the ellipses on the following tabs:
❏ Updated the program to align the ellipses for the Campus and Primary Disability fields on Flexible Att.
❏ Updated the program to align the the Campus and Primary Disability fields on Flexible Att.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Course Complt
❏ Modified the program so the Sequence field will only display numbers in the drop-down menu.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Industry Cert
❏ Modified the program to allow duplicate certifications as long as the Date Earned dates are different.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Staff > Demo and Experience
❏ Corrected logic that was pulling information from the wrong table when users added staff for the Extended Submission.
An error occurred when the staff already had a record for the Fall Submission.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Staff > Classroom Responsibilities
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed the ESC SSA field and its corresponding edits from the page.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Student > Demo
❏ Updated the program to change the LEP field to EB.
❏ Updated and removed rules for the page.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Student > Flex Attendance
❏ Updated the program to change the LEP column title to EB.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Student > ADSY Basic Att
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed Total Days Absent field from the page.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Extended > Student > ADSY Spec Ed Att
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed Excess Hours field from the page.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges
❏ Removed the following data element from Extended Collection Student Program Interchange 1, 2 and 3:
❏ Removed the following data element from Extended Year Staff Association Extension Interchange 1, 2 and 3:
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
State Reporting > Reports > Extended > Staff Report Group > Classroom Responsibilities Extended
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed the ESC SSA columns from the report.
State Reporting > Reports > Extended > Student Report Group > ADSY Basic Attendance Extended
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed the Total Days Absent column from the report.
State Reporting > Reports > Extended > Student Report Group > ADSY Spec Ed Attendance Extended
❏ Removed data element from PEIMS Extended Year submission:
❏ Removed the Excess Hours column from the report.
State Reporting > Reports > Extended > Student Group Repots > Flexible Attendance Extended
❏ Updated the program to change the LEP column title to EB on the report.
Release Date: 12/14/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0400
ASCENDER Homepage
❏ Added the ASCENDER News dashboard element to display important announcements or upcoming events. Each dashboard element tile has the drag-and-drop feature enabled along with column x row layout options to allow the logged-on user to customize the layout of their dashboard elements. The user's selected layout preferences are automatically saved upon logging out of the software.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Industry Cert
❏ Updated the program to add fields for Result, Exam Fee and Vendor Nbr.
❏ Renamed the Date Completed field to Date Earned.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Course Complt
❏ Updated the program to remove the OnRamps and Home Room Ind options from the page. These elements are no longer reported in the Summer PEIMS submission.
State Reporting > Extracts > Fall > Student
❏ Corrected logic that determines a student's As Of Status code E (Student Was Enrolled In The District In The Prior School Year, Was Enrolled In The District In The Current Year But Not Within The School-Start Window And Not On The Fall As Of Date).
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Attendance 1 and 2
❏ Added data elements Dyslexia Indicator, Dyslexia Risk Exception Reason, IBC Exam Fee, IBC Vendor and IBC Result, and Virtual Student Not in Membership to Summer PEIMS Reporting.
❏ Corrected the issue on State Reporting > Maintenance > Summer > Student > Basic Att that caused an In-Person Bil/ESL fund code to generate on the extract when the student does not have any In-Person Bilingual attendance.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Course Completion
❏ Added the following rule to the extract:
43415-0065 - If PASS/FAIL-CREDIT-INDICATOR-CODE is “01”-“12”, then SERVICE-ID must be a high school course.
If the TX-PassFailIndicator indicates high school results of passed/failed/incomplete/credit received/credit not received (01-12), then the CourseCode must a high school course.
❏ Updated the extract to extract courses for students in grades 01-12 instead of grades 03-12 where a course meets the condition of service id has elig_hs_crs = 1 in table et_c022_svc_id or course section has Non-Campus Based of 04 or 05.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Discipline
❏ Added data elements Dyslexia Indicator, Dyslexia Risk Exception Reason, and Virtual Student Not in Membership to Summer PEIMS Reporting.
DYSLEXIA-INDICATOR-CODE (E1530) (Code Table C088) indicates whether a student is identified under TEC §48.009.
DYSLEXIA-SCREENING-EXCEPTION-REASON (E1732) (Code Table C231) indicates the reason a student in kindergarten or first grade was not screened for dyslexia or related disorders during the dyslexia screening window.
VIRTUAL-STUDENT-NOT-IN-MEMBERSHIP (E1735) (Code Table C088) identifies students who spend at least half of their instructional time enrolled in virtual courses without the benefit of funding under ADA.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Flex Attendance
❏ Add the following new and existing data elements to the Summer Extracts for Summer PEIMS Reporting.
Demo
• Dyslexia Indicator
• Dyslexia Risk Exception Reason
• IBC Exam Fee, IBC Vendor and IBC Result
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Restraint
❏ Added the following new and existing data elements to the Summer Extracts for Summer PEIMS Reporting.
Demo and Restraint records will now extract based on Virtual Student Not in Membership.
Demo, Restraint
• Dyslexia Indicator
• Dyslexia Risk Exception Reason
• Virtual Student Not in Membership
State Reporting > Extracts > Extract Status > Course Completion
❏ Updated the extract to remove the Course Section Records Written to TSDS detail line from the PEIMS Course Completion Extract Summary Report.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges
❏ Modified the Summer Education Organization Calendar Interchange to generate the School Day Event code as “02” for the Waiver Day Event Type “99” when Waiver Minutes are the same as Daily Minutes.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS Core Collections Interchanges
❏ Modified the Class Roster - Winter Staff Association Interchange to generate the TeacherSchoolAssociation and StaffExtension for instructors with an active 2023 Role ID 087 in Personnel for Teacher Incentive Allotment reporting purposes.
❏ Updated the Class Roster - Winter Staff Association Interchange to use the new field BHR_EMP_EMPLY . TSDS_STAFF_TYP instead of hard-coding the 1 or 3 based on BHR_EMP_DEMO . NON_EMP.
❏ Updated the placement of the <HomeLanguageCode> tag line in the Student Parent Interchange file in the State Performance Plan Indicator 14 collection.
State Reporting > Reports > Summer > Course Completion
❏ Updated the program to remove OnRamps and Home Room Ind from the PEIMS Summer Student Course Completion Report. These elements are no longer reported in the Summer PEIMS submission.
State Reporting > Reports > Summer > Summer Student Demo Data
❏ Modified the report to include columns for Dyslexia and Dys Scrn Excp Rsn (Dyslexia Screening Exception Reason).
State Reporting > Reports > Summer > Summer Student Industry Certifications
❏ Modified the report to include columns for Result, Exam Fee, and Vendor Nbr.
These will be listed multiple times depending on the number of certifications a student has.
Release Date: 11/3/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0300
ASCENDER > Homepage
❏ Increased the 60-minute session timer on the homepage (Main Menu) to 300 minutes.
State Reporting > Extracts > Fall > Staff
❏ Updated the extract with the following PE Service IDs:
TWEDS Data Element: NUMBER-STUDENTS-IN-CLASS (E0170) indicates the number of students in membership in the class.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Fall > Staff > Classroom Responsibilities
❏ Modified Classroom Responsibilities with the following PE Service IDs:
❏ Updated the page so Days/Min Wk 1-4 is visible for the following Service IDs: PES00051 and PES00056.
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS PEIMS Interchanges
❏ Modified PE Service ID hard coding in the Fall Staff Association Interchange (Fall 1, 2 and 3):
Release Date: 10/18/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0200
State Reporting > Crosswalks
❏ Modified the 044 PE Responsibilities - Campus/Crs/Sec Crosswalk to extract valid Service IDs for 2023.
Release Date: 9/30/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0100
State Reporting > Extracts > Fall > Staff
❏ Updated the Fall PEIMS Staff Extract from Personnel to extract Non-Classroom Responsibilities and Classroom Responsibilities records for the year indicated in PF_OPTIONS.SCH_YR only.
Staff responsibility records will be limited to current school year based on the State Reporting school year.
State Reporting > Extracts > Fall > Student
❏ Modified the program to extract Industry Based Certifications only when the Enrolled checkbox is selected with correct date ranges.
State Reporting > Extracts > Summer > Special Education
❏ Modified the program for Special Education to add changes that will extract a virtual student not in membership.
State Reporting > Maintenance > Fall > Student
❏ Updated the list of Rules for the Fall PEIMS submission on Demo, Enrollment, Special Ed, Leaver and Industry Cert.
The following rules were updated, deleted or removed for Enrollment and Special Ed:
Enrollment-
Special Education
State Reporting > Utilities > Create TSDS Core Collections Interchanges
❏ Corrected an issue in the utility so the Class Roster Fall Staff Association Interchange will correctly generate.
State Reporting > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Export Address
❏ Modified the utility to add the following columns to the generated .CSV file for 2022-2023 Census Block reporting in the Fall PEIMS submission:
State Reporting > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Import Census Block
❏ Modified the utility to accept the 2022-2023 Census Block Import file.