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ASCENDER Student Release Notes
ASCENDER Release 7
ASCENDER 7.0205
Release Date: 10/21/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0205
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > PGP
❏ Corrected the issue that was causing data saved in the Industry Based Certification group box to clear when making changes to the page.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 7.0
ASCENDER 7.0200
Release Date: 10/18/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0200
Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance > Restraint Information
❏ Corrected the issue that caused a program error when selecting Seclusion as the Restraint Type.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Modified the 044 PE Responsibilities - Campus/Crs/Sec Crosswalk to extract valid Service IDs for 2023.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the date entered in the Financial Aid Application Met Date field on Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > Student > PGP to be transposed on Graduation.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the program to allow editing on the page for one prior year.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicator
❏ Updated the utility with new values for the 2022-2023 school year for At Risk assessments. The new values will determine if a student passed a an assessment by at least 110% in order to not be classified as at risk for previously failing the this subject.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student
❏ Removed the SRG6000 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Report.
❏ Updated SRG6010 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) report and file export per TEA requirements.
❏ Updated the parameters for SRG6010 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) with the following:
- Removed the Campus ID (Blank for all) field
- Removed the Semester (1=Fall, 2=Spring) field
- Removed the Local Program Code field
- Removed the As of Date (MMDDYYYY) field
- Removed the CEP or P2 Campus (Y,N) field
- Added the NSLP field
- Added the P2 field
- Added the CEP field
- Added the Report (R) or P-EBT File (F) field
ASCENDER 7.0100
Release Date: 9/30/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0100
ASCENDER > Homepage
❏ Added a 60-minute session timer to the homepage (Main Menu). This timer redirects the user to the ASCENDER Login page and requires them to log on again if they attempt to launch an application after being inactive on the homepage for more than 60 minutes.
Note: This timer is separate from the individual application session timers that are set up in District Administration.
Attendance > Maintenance > Student > Student Inquiry > Attendance Audit
❏ Modified SAT1200 with the following changes:
- Updated Source to display ASCENDER when attendance is taken from ASCENDER.
- Updated Source to display TeacherPortal when attendance is taken from TeacherPortal.
- Updated Module to display TeacherPortal, Attendance rather than TpPortal.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT0500 - Campus Attendance Summary
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT1200 - Excessive Absence Report
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT1800 - Attendance Audit Report
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Grade Reporting
❏ Modified the application to correct a flashing issue users experienced when navigating from tab to tab when the user elects to have the left navigation menu collapsed.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Instructor
❏ Modified the program to add the following:
- Texas Unique ID field
- ESC/SSA option with a drop-down menu
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Added this screen to create the TSDS Crosswalks page.
- If the user selects Crosswalk Type 042 Responsibilities - From Campus/Period to Minutes or 043 Responsibilities - From Campus/Service ID to Minutes, the page will display the 042 and 043 Crosswalk Type View.
- If the user selects Crosswalk Type 044 PE Responsibilities - Campus/Crs/Sec, the page will display the 044 Crosswalk Type View.
- If the user selects Crosswalk Type ADP Additional Days School Year Courses, the page will display the ADP Crosswalk Type View.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance
❏ Corrected an issue that was preventing clients from being able to post Cycle 2 Standards-Based grades from TeacherPortal, to the Grd Update tab using the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Online STAAR/TAKS EOC Extract
❏ Modified the utility to remove the Algebra 2 and English 3 options from the Course(s) To Extract: box when all subjects are selected.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > STAAR/TAKS Precoding Extract
❏ Updated the program with the new file layout from Cambium.
❏ Enabled the buttons for the following:
- TELPAS
- TELPAS Alternate
❏ Enabled the buttons for the following:
- STAAR 3-8
- STAAR 3-8 Early
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance
❏ Modified the PGP tab to add an Industry Based Certification group box with the following fields:
- Certification
- Date Taken
- Result
- Exam Fee
- Vendor Nbr
- Reimburse
- Enrolled
Graduation Plan > Reports > SGP1000 - Student Personal Graduation Plan
❏ Modified the parameter description Current Grade Level (Blank for All) to be Current Grade Level (Select Grade Level or Student ID).
❏ Corrected an issue in program logic when a student is enrolled in a course in the current year that does not exist in the prior year. The report will use the correct school year for course lookup.
Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Emergency
❏ Modified the Contact Information pop-up window to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Contacts
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field(s).
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance > Demographic Info
❏ Modified the program to make the District Name and ESC County District Number field titles bold.
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance > State Reporting
❏ Modified the page to add a State Reporting tab.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile
❏ Modified the program to disable Annual Student Data Rollover until updated functionality has been deployed to production for the current year process.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Attendance Zones > CY Attendance Zones
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Attendance Zones > NY Attendance Zones
❏ Modified the screen to change the Transportation Eligibility dropdown value of from J to I in order to match to the import utility.
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Local Programs
❏ Modified the page to add the Local Program to TEA PEIMS Codes field for student related programs.
❏ Added a Local Program to TEA PEIMS Codes column to the report.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Demographic Info
❏ Modified the program with the following:
- Added a Participating Charter Admission Waitlist checkbox
- Added a Charter Enrollment Capacity checkbox
- Added a Begin Date field
- Added an End Date field
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Control Info
❏ Modified the program with the following:
- Added a Participate in ELO checkbox
- Added a Nbr of Bullying Incidents field
- Added a Nbr of Cyberbullying Incidents field
- Added a Campus Enrollment Type section
- Added a National School Lunch Program group box
- Added a County/Dist field
- Added a Res Fac ID field
- Added a Facility Name field
- Added a Inst Day Len field
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Programs
❏ Modified the Expanded Learning (ELO) tab with the following:
- Changed the Campus ID field from a text box to a drop-down menu. Only campuses designated ELO will be available.
- Added a Begin Date field
- Added a End Date field
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Modified the program with the following:
- Added the As of Status Last Friday October and As of Status Last Day Enrollment fields in the Student Indicators group box
- Removed the Military Connected drop-down
- Removed the Eco Disadvan drop-down
- Removed the Foster Care drop-down
- Removed Bus Info
❏ Updated the page layout.
❏ Modified the page to create the following group boxes:
- Eco Disadvan
- Foster Care
- Military Connected
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Mailing and Physical address fields.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Modified the program to reconfigure the Dyslexia Services group box.
❏ Modified the program to remove the following fields from the Status Indicators group box:
- Asylee/Refugee Cd
- Homeless Status Cd
- Unaccomp Youth Status Cd
- Early Reading Cd
- Dyslexia Risk
❏ Modified the program to create the following individual group boxes:
- Homeless Status
- Early Reading Indicator
- Unaccompanied Youth
- Unschooled Asylee Refugee
- Dyslexia
❏ Modified the Truancy Indicators group box to match other group boxes on the page.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Added this new page to create the Graduation tab.
❏ Moved the following group boxes from the Demo3 tab to the Graduation tab:
- Graduation
- Financial Aid Application
- Foundation High School Program
- Industry Based Certification
❏ Modified the program to add a Graduation (read-only) check box to Security Administration > Manage Roles > Manage Permissions.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > At Risk
❏ Modified the page to add the Begin Date field to indicate the date on which the district determined that the student is at risk.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Contact
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Bil/ESL
❏ Modified the page to remove Home Language and Student Language fields.
❏ Modified the page to create the following group boxes:
- Home Language
- Student Language
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Local Programs
❏ Modified the page to add the Local Program for TEA group box for student related programs.
❏ Modified the page to label the Other Local Programs group box.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > PK Enroll
❏ Added PK Program title to the PK Program group box.
❏ Modified the PK Program group box with the following:
- Changed column title from PK Program Cd to PK Program
- Removed the PK Funding Source column
- Removed the PK Secondary Funding column
❏ Added a PK Funding Source group box with the following:
- Fund Order
- Fund Source
- Begin Date
- End Date
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
Modified the program with the following:
❏ Disabled the Save button and the ability to add/delete documents for users with Read-Only access.
❏ Bolded the following fields to identify that these data elements are used in State Reporting:
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Last Name
- Generation
- SSN
- Texas Unique Student ID
- Sex
- DOB
- Attribution Cd
- Hispanic/Latino
- Grade Level
- Military Enlistment
- Asylee/Ref
- Eco Disadvan
- Migrant
- Withdrawal Code
- Graduation Type
- Graduation Date
- IGC
❏ Added the following labels, drop-down menus and/or checkboxes:
- Associate Degree
- Adult Prev Attend
- Last Friday of October Status
- Homeless Status
- Unaccompanied Youth
- Parental Permission
- Achievement Category
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > New Student Enrollment > Register Student
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-11
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-12
❏ Modified the program to allow special characters to be used for First, Middle and Last name.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > State Performance Plan 14 > Demographics
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > State Performance Plan 14 > Contact
❏ Modified the details Add Contact window to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Charter School Waitlist
❏ Corrected an issue with the Texas Unique Stu ID field so that it will auto-complete.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Charter School Waitlist > Demographics
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Spec Ed Lang Acq
❏ Corrected an issue that was preventing some students from appearing in the Directory when their record has a status change on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Spec Ed.
Registration > Utilities > Reset Values
❏ Disabled the following Item to Reset drop-down menu options:
- At Risk Indicator
- Dyslexia Risk
- Early Reading Code
- Eco Disadvan
- Migrant
- PK Funding
- Summer Sch Bil/ESL
Registration > Utilities > Cafeteria Import
❏ Modified the utility to add a Begin Date field that will be used to update the Economically Disadvantaged Begin and End dates on Demo1.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicators
❏ Added a Begin Date column to the Set Student At Risk Indicator and Criteria report that will update the At Risk Begin Date if it is blank.
Registration > Utilities > Attendance Zones Address Change
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Utilities > Import Campuses Attendance Zones
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters to be imported into the Street Name field.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > All > SRG5010 - Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > All > SRG5020 - Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report
❏ Modified the report to add a new data element to the report.
ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON (E1731) (Code Table DC164) refers to the reason why the eligibility determination was completed beyond the required timeframe.
- For SPPI-11, the required timeframe is 30-calendar days from the date of the completed full individual and initial evaluation (FIIE).
- For SPPI-12, the required timeframe is by the third birthday for a child receiving early childhood intervention (ECI) services.
❏ Corrected an issue to prevent duplicates from appearing when students have been scheduled to another campus.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > District > District Control
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Campus Control
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Instructors
❏ Added a Texas Unique ID field that will be available to Student-only clients using the social security number.
❏ Added an ESC/SSA option with drop-down menu that will be available to Student-only clients using the social security number.
Security Administration > Manage Roles
❏ Modified the program to create a State Reporting (read-only) security setting option for Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance.
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Current Year > Program Information
❏ Modified the program to create an IEP Continuer group box with the following fields:
- Begin Date
- End Date
- IEP Continuer
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Current Year > Child Restraint
❏ Modified the Child Restraint pop-up box to save the Instructional Setting code and the non-membership code as of the Restraint Date.
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Next Year > Program Information
❏ Modified the program to create an IEP Continuer group box with the following fields:
- Begin Date
- End Date
- IEP Continuer
Test Scores > Maintenance > Individual Maintenance
❏ Modified the program to add the TEA Unique Access Code field to the page when the test selected is EOC, STAAR 3-8, or TELPAS.
Test Scores > Reports > Test Scores > STS2100-Student TEA Unique Access Code
❏ Added the STS2100-Student TEA Unique Access Code report to print a list of students who have or who do not have TEA Unique Access Codes.
Test Scores > Reports > Create Test Scores
❏ Modified the program to add a Unique Access Code check box to the following sections:
• EOC
• STAAR 3-8
• TELPAS
ASCENDER ParentPortal
Release Date: 9/30/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0100 ASCENDER ParentPortal Update: 7.0100
ParentPortal > Summary
❏ Modified the program to add a Texas Assessment button to ParentPortal so students and parents are able to access the TEA's Texas Assessments Results Student Portal using a single sign-on when the student's TEA Unique Access Code is entered in Test Scores.
ParentPortal > New Student Enrollment > Step 3, Address & Contact
❏ Modified the program to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name (Physical) and Street Name (Mailing) fields.
ASCENDER StudentPortal
Release Date: 9/30/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0100 ASCENDER StudentPortal Update: 7.0100
StudentPortal > Grades
❏ Modified the program to add a Texas Assessment button to StudentPortal so students and parents are able to access the TEA's Texas Assessments Results Student Portal using a single sign-on when the student's TEA Unique Access Code is entered in Test Scores.
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