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Release Date: 12/4/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0400
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Membership > SAT1100 - District Recap Report
❏ Modified how the report calculates the Bilingual and ESL columns.
❏ Added an Alt Lang column to the right of the ESL column.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > GradeAveragingAndClassRanking
❏ Modified the page to correctly calculate student GPAs when a student transfers from a 4 semester campus to a 2 semester campus.
Registration > Reports > Registration Report > SRG1200 - Student Status Changes by Program
❏ Corrected the issue with the program that caused the report to pull all KG and 1st Graders on Demo3 instead of just those with Dyslexia Services.
❏ Modified the report with the following changes effective sy 2026 and beyond:
Release Date: 12/4/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0400
ParentPortal > Add New Student > Add Contact
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented new contact information from being saved.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused new contacts to be duplicated if the user saves multiple times.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 11.0
Release Date: 12/02/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0312
Registration
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented users from saving data if the At Risk Begin Date in the At Risk tab is prior to the current calendar year.
Release Date: 11/21/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0310
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Campus
❏ Updated the SAT2100 Six Weeks FTE Report for sy 2026 and beyond with the following:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Modified the program for sy 2026 and beyond to allow users to delete rows in the Economic Disadvantage section as the data is no longer required and a student can have a Null record.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > At Risk
❏ Added the following PEIMS at-risk criteria options:
❏ Updated the page for sy 2026 and beyond so users are able to add multiple rows of data.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Bil/ESL
❏ Updated the program for sy 2026 and beyond to remove the error message, Bil/ESL: When Parental Permission Code is E or J then ESL and Bil Program Type must be 0 as the rule no longer exists.
Registration > Utilities > At Risk Indicators
❏ Updated the utility to add the following PEIMS at-risk criteria options:
16. Chronically Absent (TEC 48.009) - Is a chronically absent student, as defined by TEC, §48.009; SB 991 amends TEC §29.081(d) by adding chronic absenteeism as defined by TEC §48.009 to the list of reasons a student could be considered at risk of dropping out of school.
17. 10+ Unexcused Abs/6mo (TEC 25.085/25.086) - Is required to attend school under TEC, §28.085, is not exempt under TEC, §25.086, and fails to attend school without excuse for 10 or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same school year;
The utility will set the At-Risk begin date with the as-of date entered by the user.
If the student has an existing at-risk record and new criteria is triggered as of the date entered by the user:
Special Education > Reports > Special Ed > Program > SEM0850 - PEIMS Verification List
❏ Corrected the error with the report that caused students to not be listed on the report with the IEP Continuer coding even though the student is coded as an IEP Continuer on Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Current Year > Program Information.
Release Date: 11/18/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0306
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student Individual Maint > Crs Assign
❏ Corrected the issue that caused errors on the page when users made student record status changes on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > W/R Enroll.
Release Date: 11/13/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0305
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the page for the current school year and beyond so the Graduation Type field is editable whether or not a student has a graduation plan assigned.
Release Date: 11/6/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0300
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Audit > SAT3001 - ADSY Campus/District Summary Report
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the Days Membership/Total Eligible Days from displaying correctly when a student changed grade levels.
Discipline
❏ Made the following changes to Safe Supportive School Program Team Review data for sy 2026:
• SDS0100 - Discipline - Detailed Incident Report
- Moved information on the report between Extract and PEIMS
• SDS1300 - Discipline Audit Report (PEIMS Edits)
- Remapped from where data is pulled
• Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance (Print Profile > Discipline Profile Report)
- Moved information between Extract and PEIMS
• Discipline > Reports > Create Discipline Reports
- Removed SSSP Team Review check box from Incident Information sub-box
- Added SSSP Team Review check box to the Offense sub-box
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Crs Assign
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the page from updating when a student is re-enrolled on a campus within a certain semester and certain course.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Accelerated Instruction
❏ Updated the page effective sy 2026 to add a Ratio Waiver List Product Used checkbox under the Participation checkbox and within the grid.
This indicates that the student received accelerated instruction through a product on the Ratio Waiver List for more than 50% of their required hours.
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > PGP
❏ Modified the Industry Based Certification section for sy 2026 and beyond so Result is not a required field.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the Industry Based Certification section for sy 2026 and beyond so Result is not a required field.
TeacherPortal > Admin > Admin - Student Grades
❏ Corrected the issue that caused some students to show as Withdrawn on the Student Information page when the student is withdrawn from a course-section and then is re-enrolled in the same course-section on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > Crs Assign.
Release Date: 10/30/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0212
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Section
❏ Modified the extract to populate the NumberOfStudentsInClass with a zero if the ClassroomPostion is = 05.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Updated Crosswalk Type 044 for sy 2026 to add PE service ids 03823070 and 03823080.
Release Date: 10/16/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0210
Release Date: 10/9/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0203
Release Date: 10/2/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0200
Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance
❏ Updated Discipline (action), Behavior (offense) and IncidentLocation (location of incident) descriptor codes to align with the 2026.2.1 TWEDS Change Log.
NOTE: Offense Codes, Action Codes and Location Codes may need to be updated on Discipline > Maintenance > Tables > District Level.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1 > Economic Disadvantage
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the End Date and Descriptor from updating when a student has been withdrawn.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Un-bolded the text on SSI Promotion in the Promotion sub-box.
❏ Modified the page to add an Adult Previous Attendance sub-box with the following fields:
❏ Removed the Military Enlistment indicator and checkbox from the Status Indicator sub-box.
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
NOTE: All disabled fields need to be updated in the prior year.
❏ Updated the page with the following changes for 2026 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > Pending Update Details
❏ Corrected the issue that gave users an error message when they attempted to upload and Accept some student forms.
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Import Census Block
❏ Updated the utility to improve performance and speed up the import process for large files.
Release Date: 9/18/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0110
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block
❏ Corrected the issue that caused some clients to receive an error when importing the census block output file.
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Export Address
❏ Modified the utility so that if a user selects a single campus, only records from the selected campus generate to the export file.
❏ Modified the utility to include students that were active on or before the snapshot date.
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Import Census Block
❏ Updated the utility to improve performance and speed up the import process for large files.
❏ Modified the utility so the Census Block Begin Date will update to the student's actual enrollment date if the date entered is prior to the student's enrollment date.
Discipline > Discipline Referrals
❏ Corrected the issue that caused emails to not send to the Discipline Approver (assigned in Registration) when a Discipline Referral is created.
Release Date: 9/4/25 ASCENDER Update: 11.0100
Discipline > Maintenance > Tables > District Level > Offense Codes
❏ Updated the Code list to remove invalid PEIMS codes 04, 13, 34 & 37 as they are no longer valid.
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