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Release Date: 4/11/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0805
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Corrected an issue in the program that prevented Dyslexia Services from extracting to the staging table.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the Graduation section to add an IGC Reviewed checkbox and an IGC Graduate checkbox for sy 2025 and beyond.
IndividualGraduationCommitteeReview (E1563) indicates whether an Individual Graduation Committee (IGC) has been established for a student regardless of which graduation program type is being pursued. This is collected for students in grades 11 and 12.
IndividualGraduationCommitteeGraduateIndicator (E1562) indicates whether a student for whom an Individual Graduation Committee (IGC) was established has graduated based on an IGC decision.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 9.0
Release Date: 4/4/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0800
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > District Schedule
❏ Added and deleted Service IDs for sy 2026.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Assign Pass Fail Indicators
❏ Modified Course Completion utility so it will process KG students participating in the TxVSN.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Modified Student Indicators with the following changes for sy 2025 and beyond:
Release Date: 1/29/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0500
TSDS Updates
❏ Modified the program to allow Graduation Type codes to be updated for graduates in the prior year on the Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation tab.
Release Date: 1/27/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0420
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
❏ Corrected the issue on the page that caused incorrect values to be saved for the Achievement Category field.
Release Date: 1/10/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0415
Grade Reporting > Maintenance> Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Renamed new crosswalk trigger from dr_tsds_xwalk_dts_update to tr_dr_tsds_xwalk_dts_update per new standards.
Release Date: 1/7/25 ASCENDER Update: 9.0410
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > Discipline
❏ Modified the following pages so the error message appears at the bottom of the screen:
Release Date: 12/19/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0405
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Contact
❏ Allow the Receive Mailout checkbox to be editable for prior year leaver students for sy 2023-2024.
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
❏ Modified the Prior Year Leaver extract table student name fields to allow for 60 characters.
Release Date: 12/13/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0400
ASCENDER Student Known Issues: https://help.ascendertx.com/releasenotes/doku.php/student/update_9_0400_known_issues
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking > Leaver Tracking
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Prior Year Leaver extract to incorrectly extract endorsement information for Graduation types 35 and 40.
Registration > Utilities > TREx Export
❏ Modified the utility for 2024-2025 with new codes in the GreenLight export.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Create Grade Reporting Report
❏ Updated the page to add a check box for ADSY in the Course Meet CYR section.
When generated, the column on the report will populate with a Y if ADSY is checked on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Section.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1
SCHR: School Characteristics
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
PSCH: Preschool Enrollment
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
PENR-4
❏ Corrected the issue in the program that caused some information to not save when making a change to population data.
PENR: Program Enrollment (Gifted & Talented)
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
COUR: Courses & Classes
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
APIB: Advanced Placement (AP) & International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) Enrollment
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > Exam, Staff, and Retention
STAF: School & School Support Staff
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > Discipline
DISC: Student Discipline (Corporal Punishment, Expulsion, Suspension)
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
HIBS: Harassment or Bullying
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
RSTR: Restraints & Seclusion
❏ Updated the program with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
See the OCR Extract Information link for more information and changes.
OCR > Extracts > Perform Extracts
❏ Updated the extracts to add new columns for sy 2024 OCR submission.
OCR > Utilities > Create OCR File
❏ Modified the utility with new elements for the 2023-2024 Civil Rights Data Collection.
OCR > Reports
❏ Updated the following OCR 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection Reports to reflect new survey questions:
OCR > Reports > OCR0100 - School Part 1
❏ Updated the report with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
OCR > Reports > OCR0200 - School Part 2 Exam, Staff, and Retention
❏ Updated the report with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
OCR > Reports > OCR0300 - School Part 2 Discipline
❏ Updated the report with new information for the 2023-2024 OCR submission.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo2
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented users from deleting Census Block data or from manually entering the Census Block begin and end dates.
Registration > Utilities > Reset Values
❏ Modified the utility so all local programs assigned to a campus will display in the Item to Reset drop-down menu and none will be excluded.
❏ Modified the utility to reinstate Economically Disadvantaged for those students who match the parameters.
❏ Modified the utility to reinstate Early Reading Indicator for those students who match the parameters.
Registration > Utilities > Title 1 Code Conversion
❏ Corrected the issue with the utility that caused it to code all students with Code 0 which is no longer valid.
Test Scores > Utilities > Import Test Scores > SAT Test
❏ Modified the program to read the SAT data file layout changes for school year 2024-2025.
Release Date: 11/13/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0306
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Export Address
❏ Corrected the file required to generate the Census Block .csv so each LEA process views their own information.
Release Date: 11/11/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0305
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Program Report Group > SRG1200 - Student Status Changes by Program
❏ Modified the report parameters to add the following new report options:
❏ Modified the following report sections:
Release Date: 10/28/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0200
Grade Reporting > Reports > Create Grade Reporting Reports
❏ Added Sped Stu Age to the Course Section CYR group box.
❏ Modified Child Care Operation Number to allow for new information.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance
❏ Updated the program to add a previously missing CTE Program of Study so that the drop-down menu will correctly populate with all valid values.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Title I
❏ Updated the program per TEA to remove 0/00 descriptor for sy 2025.
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
❏ Updated the user interface to allow a blank Attribution Code and Asylee Refugee Code.
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Export Address
❏ Corrected the issue with the utility that caused students on the Missing/Invalid Data report to be listed as Homeless.
Release Date: 9/19/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0105
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Cumulative Courses > Print AAR
❏ Corrected the issue that caused some student's Graduation Program Type to not print on SGR2047 when the student has a graduation plan selected on Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student Individual Maintenance.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Corrected an issue with the program that did not allow students to be re-enrolled from the Historical Directory.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicators
❏ Modified the utility so it will not generate students that were erroneously marked as Homeless.
❏ Updated the utility to clean up At-Risk records for student's who did not have At-Risk criteria.
Registration > Utilities > TEA Census Block > Import Census Block
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the utility to import the 1-digit group number instead of the 12-digit census block number.
❏ Updated the utility to clean up 1-digit census block numbers so they will not be imported.
Release Date: 9/11/24 ASCENDER Update: 9.0100
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > New Student Enrollment
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the program to create default records that are no longer valid for the following data elements:
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