Documentation for Administrators

12.0.125 - 02/27/2026

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Expand or collapse content Finance

FOCUS-54883- Accounts Payable | Printed Purchase Order Enhancement

Enhanced PO Printing

We've improved the layout of printed Purchase Orders to better accommodate detailed requests.

  • The description box in the Request History section has been enlarged.
  • Longer item descriptions will now display fully on the printed PDF/document without being cut off, ensuring better clarity for your vendors.

FOCUS-54759- Accounts Payable | Printed Purchase Order Line Item Improvement

Improved Text Wrapping on Unofficial POs

We have optimized the layout for "Unofficial Copy" prints within the Purchase Orders module to ensure better data visibility.

  • Line item descriptions now utilize automatic text wrapping.
  • Previously, long descriptions might have been truncated (cut off). Now, the text will wrap to the next line, ensuring the full description is visible on the printed document.

FOCUS-54612- Accounts Payable | Profile Permission Addition

PCard to PO Linking Permissions

We've introduced new granular controls and a migration path to manage how users link Purchase Orders (POs) to imported PCard transactions.

  • Administrators can now toggle the ability to link Purchase Requests/Orders to imported transactions for both Internal and District PCards.
  • Enabled: Users can link PRs/POs to imported PCard transactions.
  • Disabled: The linking functionality is hidden/restricted for the selected profile.
  • To ensure continuity, districts currently utilizing these PCard types will have this permission enabled by default during the update migration.

See ERP > Setup > Profiles > Purchasing/Accounts Payable; Purchasing Requests/Orders > The General Section ; or Internal Purchase Requests/Orders > The General Section for more information.

FOCUS-52109- Accounts Payable | Purchase Order Improvement

Purchase Order Locking Logic

We have implemented a security enhancement to the approval workflow to protect the integrity of your financial allocations.

  • Purchase Orders (POs) now undergo a system lock during the "Approve" or "Deny" actions.
  • This prevents users from accidentally or intentionally deleting allocation lines during the processing phase if they do not have the specific permissions to modify records at that stage.

See Purchase Requests/Orders > Pending Approval for more information.

FOCUS-54596 - Transportation | Outside Bus Request Billing Enhancements

This update improves Outside Bus Request billing by introducing Toll Expense support and refining Cost Override behavior to ensure more accurate and flexible billing.

Navigation Paths

  • Outside Bus Request:
  • Transportation → Transportation Requests → Outside Bus Request
  • Billing Setup:
  • Transportation → Transportation Requests → Setup → Billing

What’s New & Improved

Toll Expense Support

  • Added a Toll Expense field with numeric-only validation.
  • Toll amounts are added to the total cost alongside:
    • Base mileage
    • Driver time
  • Final Cost automatically recalculates when Toll values are updated.

Flat Rate & Cancellation Fee Overrides

  • When selected, the Final Cost defaults to the override amount.
  • System-calculated cost fields are disabled while the override is active.
  • Removing the override restores calculated totals.
  • An “Active” toggle in Billing Setup controls override visibility in the dropdown.

Workflow & System Behavior

  • Complete / Uncomplete / Cancel / Uncancel collection workflows function as expected.
  • Print Unofficial Invoice reflects the correct Final Cost.
  • All values persist after page refresh.

See Transportation > Setup > Billing tab for more details.

FOCUS-54080- Accounts Payable | Positive Pay Enhancement

Positive Pay Configuration Enhancements

We have expanded the Positive Pay settings to provide more granular control for Internal Accounts and added support for Ameris Bank.

  • New Internal Accounts Options: Under the Positive Pay settings, you will now find dedicated dropdown menus for:
    • Positive Pay Source Module
    • Positive Pay Payee Verification
  • Ameris Bank Integration: "Ameris Bank" has been added as a selectable option across all Pay Source setting dropdowns.
  • Selecting these new options will directly update the formatting and logic of the Positive Pay files generated during a check run.

See Settings > Miscellaneous tab > Check Printing section for more information.

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FOCUS-54968- Payroll > SDPE | Leave attached to Sub record deletion Warning

System enhancement:

Payroll > School/Department Payroll Entry > Leave

If a sub record is attached to a leave request record and the user tries to delete the leave record, the system will not throw a warning; it will prevent the deletion of the leave until the sub record is deleted.

FOCUS-54907- W2 | Remove trailing blank page when printing

This branch removes the blank page that was the printing on the printed W2. The blank page was showing after the W2 and before the instructions. This was observed on ESS and Payroll > W2 Reporting.

FOCUS-54843- Applicant Tracking | Offer History Improvement

Offer Requestor Tracking

We have refined the reporting logic within the Applicant Tracking module to ensure the "Requestor" data accurately reflects internal actions.

  • The Requestor column now correctly displays the name of the staff member who sent the offer to the applicant.
  • Previously, this column could incorrectly display the applicant's name. This change ensures clear accountability and an accurate audit trail of who initiated the hiring offer.

FOCUS-54841- Applicant Tracking | Offer Improvement

Position Availability & Start Date Validation

We have updated the "Offer" workflow to intelligently recognize position vacancies based on specific calendar dates, preventing unnecessary system errors during the hiring process.

  • The system now compares the Current User's End Date against the Applicant's Start Date when checking for available position units.
  • Previously, if a position had only one unit and was occupied by an employee leaving today, the system would block an offer for a new hire starting tomorrow. The system now recognizes that the unit will be vacant by the applicant's start date, allowing the offer to proceed without error.

FOCUS-54706- HR > Reports > Fingerprints > Expiring

System enhancement for ERP > Human Resources > Fingerprints

This can be updated by going to ERP > Setup > Settings > Miscellaneous > Misc > Fingerprint Report Expiring Days Setting

  • Defaults to 90 days
  • Logic for the expiration date on the HR > Fingerprint report will be changed to use the new days set in the setting instead of a hard coded 90 days
    1. If the expiration date is before today, it shows as Expired
    2. If the expiration date is today through (number of days in the new setting), it shows the Days Remaining
    3. If the expiration date is more than (number of days in the new setting), it won't show in the Expiring list (Days Remaining stays blank)

See ERP > Settings > Miscellaneous > Misc and Human Resources > Fingerprints > Expiring Fingerprints for more information.

FOCUS-54674- Payroll > Reports | Add accounting to the new payroll > reports (adhoc) report

Account Strip option has been added to Payroll > Payroll > Reports Tab to allow running the payroll adhoc report with funding information.

See Payroll (New) > Payrol Reports for more details.

FOCUS-54386- HR > Benefits | Add "Retiree only"Plan

New "Retiree Only" Benefit Plan Designation

We've added a new level of control to the Benefits/Open Enrollment modules to help districts manage specialized coverage.

  • The Update: Within HR > Benefit > Plans, you can now designate specific plans as "Retiree Only."
  • How it Works: Once marked, these plans will automatically be filtered during Open Enrollment. They will only appear as options for individuals whose status is set to "Retire" on the HR > Employee page.

See ERP > Human Resources > Benefits > Plans for more information.

FOCUS-53793- Payroll | Add a new Warning, if an employee's supplement processes where has FTAX="No Tax" then return a warning.

Supplement Tax Validation Warning

We have added a proactive warning to the payroll process to flag supplemental payments that do not have taxes applied. This serves as a "safety net" for rare "No Tax" scenarios, prompting users to double-check the setup before processing to ensure that the supplement was intentionally set to not tax.

See Run Payroll > Posting Checks and New Payroll > Did You Know? for additional information.

FOCUS-53757- HR > Position Control > Allocations | Percentage error not being received

Resolved a bug in Position Control Allocations where the system failed to trigger an error when totals exceeded 100%. The system now requires a total allocation of exactly 100% and will block saving if the data is unbalanced.

See Position Control > Positions for more information.

FOCUS-48703- App Track | Change Request-HR Applicant Onboarding Merge Account Timing Options

This system enhancement to the ERP>Setup>Settings>Miscellaneous screen allows districts to select when accounts should be merged if an applicant that already has an inactive account in the system applies for a job with a new account. The new options are 'At Offer Acceptance' or 'At Employee Action Form Final Approval.'

Path: ERP > Portal > Setup > General Ledger > Settings > Miscellaneous > Misc

Setting: Merge Applicant and Employee Account Timing

  • At Offer Acceptance (default)
    • Merge duplicate accounts once Offer is Accepted
  • After Employee Action Form Final Approval
    • Merge duplicate accounts once the Employee Action Form (Add Position) is fully approved.

See Settings > Miscellaneous tab > Misc section for more information.

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FOCUS-54977- Discipline Referrals More Search Filters Corrected

Resolves an issue where filters selected under More Search Options were not being applied to Discipline Referral search results.

FOCUS-54965- Test History: Adds Additional Year Options

Adds additional historical school year options to Assessment > Test History > View Detailed Report. Users can now select years from 1980-1981 through 1984-1985 when reviewing detailed test history records, providing expanded access to legacy assessment data.

FOCUS-54963- Students With Inclusion Report: Resolves Primary Schedule Record Enrolled Date Changes Not Saving

Improves the Students With Inclusion Report so enrollment date edits now save correctly for both the primary schedule record and the associated inclusion record. Previously, only the inclusion record retained the updated date.

FOCUS-54949- Absence Summary: Export & Print Improvements

Resolves an issue where exporting the Absence Summary for students with multiple enrollment records did not generate a downloadable file. The Export to Excel option now consistently downloads the report as expected. Additionally, the Print function has been updated to include absence summaries for each school shown in the report, matching the data displayed in the user interface.

FOCUS-54942- Fix Course Title in Course Catalog Audit Trail

Improves the Course Catalog Audit Trail so that it now displays the correct course title from the master course record. Previously, the report referenced the title from the courses table.

FOCUS-54937- Community App Remembers Selected School

Improves the Community Mobile App experience for administrators with access to multiple schools. The app now remembers the last selected school and defaults to that school upon login.

See Using the Mobile App for Administrators for more information.

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FOCUS-54931- School Choice Reports: Add Communication Message Button

Enhances the School Choice Student List report by conditionally enabling the Communication button based on user messaging permissions. When permitted, users can send messages directly from the report.

See School Choice Reports for more information.

School Choice Reports 🔊

FOCUS-54913- CTE: Course History Header Layout Enhancement

Improves the display of program information in the Course History header for postsecondary students. When a student is associated with multiple programs, each program is now visually separated with a border, making the information clearer and easier to read.

See Course History > The Detailed Report for more information.

FOCUS-54910- Transcripts: Don't Exclude Test Parts When One Scoring Type Disabled

Improves transcript logic to ensure test parts are included when the score type is configured to display, even if other score types are hidden.

FOCUS-54901- Assessments: Exam Spark Live Proctor and Exam Results by Session Report Rounding Issue

Resolved an issue in the Live Proctor report where score calculations were not rounding correctly. Score values now consistently round according to standard rounding rules.

FOCUS-54891- School Choice Report: New Profile Permission for Refresh Choice Data Feature

Introduces three new profile sub-permissions to control access to the Refresh Choice Data button within School Choice Student List reports for Magnet, SPA, and Choice. If a user does not have edit access for a specific Refresh Choice Data permission, the button will be hidden on that corresponding report tab.

See Profiles > Permissions Explained and School Choice Reports for more information.

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FOCUS-54872- Grade Verification Sheets: New Show Differences & Consolidated List Options

Enhances the Grade Verification Sheet with two new options: Only Show Calculation Differences and Consolidated List. Users can now filter the report to display only students whose posted grades differ from gradebook calculations and generate a single consolidated, non-paginated list of results. These options are available across preview, PDF, and CSV outputs.

See Grades > Print Grades Verification Sheets for more information.

FOCUS-54863- Student Schedule: Hide the Subject for Parents & Students

The Subject column has been removed from the Student Schedule view in the Parent and Student portals.

See Class Schedule (Parents/Students) for more information.

Class Schedule

FOCUS-54862- Keep Student After Merge Option for Merging Through Student Info

Adds a new "Delete Student After Merging" checkbox to the Merge & Delete workflow in Student Info. By default, the option is selected so the source student record is removed after the merge. Users can now uncheck the option to retain the original student record while still transferring selected data.

See Delete a Student > Merging Students from Student Info for more information.

FOCUS-54861- Update Form Restart Warning to Reference Final Page for Multi-page Forms

Updated the restart warning message shown when changes are made to a submitted application. Multi-page forms now direct users to resubmit on the final page, while single-page forms retain the standard resubmission message.

FOCUS-54840- Communication: Printing Style Adjustments

Table borders added in the Communication editor now consistently display in generated PDFs when printing. In addition, the Fit Tables to Page option has been enhanced so that all tables expand to the full page width, providing a more consistent and polished print layout.

FOCUS-54835- Communication: Exclude 'Second' School Enrollments Update

The Communication checkbox previously labeled Exclude Secondary School Enrollments has been renamed to Exclude Second School Enrollments to better reflect its intended functionality. This option excludes students flagged with a Second School enrollment and does not relate to secondary or postsecondary grade levels.

See Communication (Admin) > Setting Profile Permissions and Composing Messages, Users > Profiles > Students tab (Admin), Users > Profiles > Students tab (Teachers), and Communication (Teachers) > Composing Messages for more details.

FOCUS-54832- Grade Simulator: Leverage Course Periods when No Course Catalog Present & Allow Simulation without Grade Posting Schemes

The Grade Simulator has been enhanced to ensure accurate calculations across all scheduling configurations. It now references Course Period records when organizations do not leverage a Course Catalog. Additionally, schools not using Grade Posting Averaging can now simulate marking period grades, allowing GPA calculations to function as expected without requiring an averaging scheme.

See Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator (Admin), Course History (Admin) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator, Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator (Teachers), Course History (Teachers) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator, and Grades (Parents/Students) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator for additional details.

FOCUS-54829- Attendance Chart: Full Days Possible Incorrect for Part Time Student

The Attendance Chart now accurately calculates Total Full Days Possible, Present, and Absent for students with custom meeting days in districts using minute attendance. Previously, custom student schedules were applied to hour calculations but not full day totals, resulting in inflated Days Possible and presumed present days on non-meeting dates.

FOCUS-54824- Room Schedules Report: Now Supports User Alert Icons

The Room Schedules Report now includes an option to display User Alert Icons for teachers. When both Teacher and Alert Icons are selected in the Show options, any configured user alert icons will appear next to the teacher's name, with hover text displaying the associated alert reason.

See Room Schedules Report for more information.

Room Schedules Report 🔊

FOCUS-54823- Student Final Grades: Restore 'Create Report' Feature

The Create Report button has been restored to the Student Final Grades report. It now appears in the top right corner of the results screen, ensuring users can generate reports after selecting filters and options.

See Student Final Grades for more information.

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FOCUS-54820- Applications & Forms Enhancement: Canceled By Tracking

The Applications & Forms section now includes a Canceled By column, displaying the full name of the user who canceled a form or application. This provides clearer visibility into cancellation actions for both student- and administrator-initiated cancellations.

FOCUS-54819- Post Final Grades: Resolve Copy Comments Button

The Copy Comments from Previous Quarter function now correctly references the most recently completed quarter. Active or future quarters without an end date are no longer treated as the "last" quarter.

FOCUS-54816- Disable Audit Triggers for RunQuery and District Reports

This update refines database audit triggers so that updates made through District Reports or Run Query are no longer written to the audit schema. Audit logging continues to function for standard application workflows, while excluding bulk or report-based updates to reduce unnecessary audit entries.

FOCUS-54814- Absence Summary: PDF Header Displays Wrong School Name for Students with Multiple Enrollments

The Absence Summary PDF header now correctly displays a student's current active school when multiple or historical enrollment records exist. The report logic has been updated to reference the appropriate active enrollment.

FOCUS-54813- Communication: Absence Summary Fields in Student Attendance Alerts

Absence Summary fields are now available within the Insert Fields list when configuring Student Attendance Alerts. These fields align with the options available in standard Communication messages, allowing districts to include Absence Summary Current Marking Period and related attendance summary data directly in automated attendance alert notifications.

FOCUS-54753- Re-Enrollment Restriction Messaging Updated

The Enrollment Restriction warning message has been refined for clarity and consistency. The popup now displays restriction dates using "from X to Y," removes the student name, and includes the specific restriction reason from the Enrollment/Scheduling Restrictions category. The updated message aligns with the restriction hover text shown on the student's enrollment screen and provides clearer guidance during the Add a Student process.

See Student Info: Enrollment/Scheduling Restrictions for more information.

FOCUS-54726- Communication: Change Message Button Label to 'Communication'

The "Message" button has been renamed to "Communication" across multiple screens for improved clarity and consistency.

See Additional Features (Admin), Additional Features (Teachers), and Additional Features (Parents/Students) for more information.

FOCUS-54720- Form Builder: Improved Tab Index Navigation on Form Preview

Form Builder tab indexing has been refined to ensure a consistent and logical tab order when completing forms. Tabbing now moves users sequentially through date, time, location, and other related fields without skipping or jumping unexpectedly.

FOCUS-54719- Communication: Allow Archiving Messages from Deleted Users

Conversations involving deleted users can now be archived as expected.

FOCUS-54649- Student Groups: Prevent Deleting Groups when Dependent Data Present

Student Groups can no longer be deleted if they are referenced in system records. The system now prevents deletion when a group is associated with form configurations, student group user assignment or student group memberships, ensuring data integrity and preventing orphaned references.

FOCUS-54574- New Scheduled Job to Resend Email Verification for Students

A new scheduled job, Resend Email Verification, has been added to help automate follow-up emails for unverified student email addresses. The job becomes available when an email type is selected in System Preferences under Enrollment for Auto-Send Email Verification.

Administrators can configure the job to resend verification emails after a specified number of days if the email remains unverified. The job targets active students whose verification date is blank and whose original verification email was sent on or before the defined threshold. Emails are sent only to the designated student email fields configured in System Preferences, and duplicate emails are prevented when multiple email fields are enabled.

See Setup > System Preferences > Enrollment tab and Scheduled Jobs for more information.

FOCUS-54547- My Preferences: Update Proper Date Function to Better Handle Ordinal Suffixes

Reports and student pages now properly honor user-selected date formats that include ordinal values such as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Dates displayed in areas such as Student Schedule and Advanced Reports will now align with the user's date format preference, ensuring consistent and accurate formatting across supported reports.

FOCUS-54531- Student Summary Respects Special Edu. Preference & Display File Upload Fields

The Student Summary has been enhanced to respect the Special Education Term for Elementary Schedule system preference for non-Florida schools, ensuring the correct terminology displays based on district configuration. In addition, File Upload custom fields now appear on the Student Summary when permitted, providing a more complete view of student information.

See Student Summary for more information.

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FOCUS-54471- Portal Alerts: Consolidates Form Update Alerts

Portal alerts for Form Builder requests are now grouped and summarized when multiple approvals or denials occur. When more than three requests are approved or denied, a single summary alert displays the total count and links to the form's History tab. When three or fewer requests exist, individual alerts continue to display and link directly to each specific form request.

FOCUS-54459- School Choice: Honor 'Don't Cancel Alternate Choices' Preference Running Lottery with Accepted Records

This branch modifies lottery acceptance logic to properly honor the "Don't Cancel Alternate Choices" preference. When enabled, students retain their alternate applications instead of having them automatically canceled when accepted into another program.

FOCUS-54449- Automatic Course Request: Remove Period Attendance Timeframe dates

An improvement was made to the Automatic Course Request process to ensure course requests are evaluated correctly. Period Attendance timeframe dates are no longer applied to the request search logic, preventing valid requests from being unintentionally excluded.

FOCUS-54363- Attendance: Sub Rosters/Verification Sheets Rotation Day Enhancement

Verification Sheets and Sub Rosters now support filtering by rotation day or day-of-week schedules. Schools using rotating schedules can generate rosters for only the sections that meet on a specific rotation day, preventing unrelated sections from printing. This makes substitute rosters and verification sheets more accurate and aligned with the actual instructional schedule for the selected day.

See Verification Sheets/Sub Rosters for more details.

Desktop

FOCUS-54227 - Search: Letter Grade Widget Usability Improvement

Previously, using More Search Options → Search required an extra step where users had to manually click the highlighted result before the search widget was added. With this update, selecting the Search Widget result now automatically adds the widget, streamlining the search flow and reducing unnecessary clicks.

FOCUS-53345- Add Approve Profiles to New Forms & Add All School Checkbox

This update improves profile-based access controls for New Online Applications. "Profiles Allowed to Assign" has been renamed to "Approve Profiles," clarifying its purpose and expanding flexibility in how districts manage form visibility and processing.

View Profiles determine which profiles can see form records in Students > Student Info > Applications & Forms. Approve Profiles control which profiles can process forms in Students > Online Enrollments and assign forms individually in Student Info > Applications & Forms. If Approve Profiles are left blank, all administrator profiles retain processing and assignment access by default.

An All Schools option has also been added to Online Enrollments for users with the appropriate permission, allowing applications to be viewed and managed across all schools rather than being limited to the currently selected school.

See New Application Editor and Online Enrollments for Students and New Application Editor and Online Applications for Users for more information.

Application Editor 🔊

FOCUS-53064- Communication: Add Editable Subject Field in Reply Box

Users can now edit the subject line when replying to messages in the Communication Platform. The reply experience maintains proper formatting, prevents duplicate "RE:" prefixes, respects translation settings, and ensures subject updates are visible to all participants in the conversation.

See Communication (Admin) > Inbox, Sent, Archive;  Communication (Teacher) > Inbox, Sent, Archive; Communication (Parents/Students) > Inbox, Sent, Archive for additional data.

FOCUS-51772- Communication: Linking SMS Messages to Focus Community App

Adds three new district-level system preferences that allow districts to configure links to the Focus Community App, including optional download links for the Apple App Store and Google Play, the iOS Store Link, Google Play Store Link, and Mobile App Link Scheme. These details can be provided by Focus to be populated within system preferences.

When an app link is configured, those links will display on the SMS view entire message page to guide users who do not yet have the app installed. This enhancement improves the SMS experience by streamlining access to full message content within the mobile app.

See System Preferences > Default School Preferences (only) > General tab for more information.

FOCUS-55010- Grade Simulation Calculation Excluded

The Grade Simulator now honors the Excluded setting on grading scales. Grades marked as Excluded will no longer affect GPA, credits, or quality points when entered in the simulator. This ensures accurate GPA calculations for courses or assignments that are intentionally excluded, such as pass/fail courses or special grading policies. All other grades continue to calculate averages, semester, and full-year grades in real time.

See Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator (Admin), Course History (Admin) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator, Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator (Teachers), Course History (Teachers) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator, and Grades (Parents/Students) > Previewing Grade Outcomes with the Grade Simulator for additional details.

FOCUS-53558- [Enh Req] Hide Schedules System Preference (DR)

The "Hide Schedules from students and parents" system preference is now split into two separate preferences. One preference is to "Hide Schedules from parents"and the other is to "Hide Schedules from students."

See Setup > System Preferences > Scheduling for more information.

Expand or collapse content SSS

FOCUS-54896- SSS: Resolve PMP Content Area Filtering Issue

Improves filtering within Academic and Behavior PMP events so that Hypothesis, Strategies, and Monitoring Tools options now correctly reflect the selected Content Area.

FOCUS-54810- SSS: Resolve Printing History Comments for PPs with Custom Period Title (EP & IEP PM Events)

Progress Monitoring comments for IEP and EP events now display correctly when using generic progress periods with custom period titles. Past progress period comments that were previously omitted due to missing configuration data now print as expected, ensuring complete and accurate progress report output.

FOCUS-54769- SSS: Display School Name after Progress Period Title in Printed Progress Monitoring

Printed IEP Progress Monitoring reports now display the associated school name next to each progress period title. This aligns the printed output with the interactive view, providing clearer context when students have progress periods across multiple schools.

FOCUS-54738- SSS: Evaluation Logic Preserved Across Multiple Locks

Evaluation event triggers now correctly create separate log entries when multiple Evaluation events are locked in succession. Previously, locking and re-locking events could overwrite an existing entry in the Evaluation Logging Field. This update ensures each event generates its own distinct log record, preserving a complete history in SIS.

FOCUS-54405- SSS: Progress Codes & Comments Printing Improvement

Progress monitoring output has been improved so that Progress Codes and Comments now display correctly for past progress periods within IEP Progress Report events. Previously missing information is now included, ensuring historical progress data prints consistently and completely across all applicable periods.

FOCUS-53597- Form Builder Header Export Restored

Form Builder headers now export correctly. Previously, selecting Export from a header did not generate any output.

FOCUS-53251- Translations: Extend 'unique' Translations Functionality

Goal and objective translations within the SSS module have been refined to ensure that printed documents use the correct language based on each student's Primary Language setting. The update removes unused translation records created by Auto Translate that are not associated with a student's configured language, improving data accuracy and performance. Existing translation records that match a student's language are preserved and flagged as unique to prevent unnecessary duplication in the Translations Editor.

FOCUS-52398- SSS Event Step Instances: Improved Handling of Drafts

SSS Events now display a visual draft indicator when a step contains unsaved draft data. A caution icon appears next to non-required steps that have a draft version, helping users easily identify incomplete work. If a user attempts to lock an event while a non-required step remains in draft status, a warning message will display to confirm that locking will discard the draft data.

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Expand or collapse content CTE

FOCUS-54433- Postsecondary Option to Sync Schedule & Course History Dates

A new Postsecondary system preference, Sync Schedule and Course History Start and End Dates, has been added to give CTE schools the option to keep Schedule and Course History dates aligned. When enabled, updates to Schedule start and end dates will also update the corresponding Course History dates and Last Modified values for CTE schools. The setting is defaulted to off and does not apply to K-12 schools.

See System Preferences > Post Secondary tab for more information.

FOCUS-52355- CTE: Update Basic Skills Scheduled Job to include CASAS Goals 2 Math and GED Reading and Math subtests

The Basic Skills Scheduled Job and Modify Programs setup have been enhanced to support additional assessment types and combinations for postsecondary customers. New support includes CASAS Goals 2 (Math and Reading), GED Math and Language Arts with minimum score thresholds, and mixed assessment combinations across approved test types. Program configuration now allows minimum score and optional level validations to be defined and enforced during evaluation.

The scheduled job logic has been updated to more accurately determine whether a student meets assessment requirements, properly assigning Passed Assessment or Met Basic Skills status based on program rules. A new Include Inactive Students option has also been added to the Basic Skills Scheduled Job configuration, allowing districts to control whether previously ended schedules are included in evaluation.

See Scheduled Jobs for more information.

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