2026.03.25 SDS Release Notes

Date: March 25, 2026

Version: 2026.03.25

Homeroom

New Features

• Added Grades - Student Class Term Grades by Course Chart to Data Extract > Charts in the left navigation menu to help educators quickly see how students performed across courses and terms.
• Added Grades - Student Gradebook Grades by Course to Data Extract > Charts in the left navigation menu to help educators see how students are performing before term grades are posted, for specific courses and/or terms.
• Added Attendance - Attendance Rate by Day of Week (Data Extract)  to Data Extract > Charts in the left navigation menu to provide a comparative view of annual attendance rates to identify participation trends by specific weekdays or student groups. 

Improvements

• Improved Prior Attendance Rate views and container labels to maintain accuracy when attendance data arrives with a delay (e.g., during MDH staging scenarios). The labels no longer assume a “prior day” when jobs run late, resulting in greater clarity for users reviewing attendance metrics. 
• The Leadership Dashboard views now correctly respect all page-level filters and data settings, ensuring leaders consistently see accurate, filter-aware information across all views.
• The View as KPI column filter in the All Assessment Tests data table now functions as intended. Ensuring that the filtering correctly displays only assessments marked as KPIs.
• Updated the Gradebook Class Grades (Data Extract) in the Data Extract > Data Tables in the left navigation menu with options to: 
  • Exclude withdrawn students
  • Include ungraded standards/classes
  • Select specific terms 

These additions provide greater flexibility, ensuring extracted data can be filtered as needed.

ALE

New Features

• Introduced new settings in the Data Administrator > Configure Settings > Default Settings/Values > Manage ALE Class Designations page (formerly Create Weekly Contact), providing greater flexibility when defining class designation defaults. Improvements

• Centralized all class registration settings into a single location for easier access and configuration: Registrar > Class Registration > Class Registration Settings 
• Refined how class costs and learning credits are managed in the Create Class and Manage Class pages:
  • Renamed Learning Credit Cost to Class Cost
  • Renamed Learning Credit Cost Per Meeting to Class Cost Per Meeting
  • Added a new field: Learning Credit Amount
  • Implemented validation preventing simultaneous use of Class Cost and Class Cost Per Meeting
• Updated how Class Costs and Class Costs Per Meeting ledger transactions are handled when class costs, or enrollment changes, are made.Updated class enrollment workflows:
• The Class Registration and Class Request processes now utilize the Learning Credit Amount field, allowing programs to weight classes when parents enroll students or submit class requests.
• Expanded reports are available to assign in Data Administrator > Data Extracts > Reports in the left navigation menu, then click the Assign Reports tab at the top of the page:
  • ALE – Parent - ALE Class Schedules (designed for Parent role only)
  • ALE Student Learning Plan: Conflicting Classes
  • ALE Library Checked Out Items
• Moved Certificated Teacher key tasks to a new Monitor > Monitor Key Tasks in the left navigation menu.
• Removed the Delete Class Meeting option for all roles to ensure accurate class cost adjustments and class meeting management. 

Success Plans (formerly Behavior Intervention Plans)

Improvements

• Screenview titles and navigation labels in the Success Plans application area were reviewed and updated for clarity and consistency, aligning with the new “Success Plans” name.
• Left-hand navigation items for Success Plans were reorganized and/or renamed to better reflect the new “Success Plans” name.
• Labels, layouts, or underlying logic for Success Plan-related reports were updated to match the new “Success Plans” name.
• Success Plan data tables were adjusted to match the new “Success Plans” name.
• Static/HTML content blocks were renamed to match the new “Success Plans” name.

CTE

Improvements

• Added a Documents subpage (tab) to the CTE Student profile page.
• Added Demographics subpages (tabs) to the Programs of Study main page. (Students Enrolled in Classes, Students with Earned Credit, Concentrator Charts)
• The Programs of Study data table now shows year-by-year class associations with simple visual indicators.
• Added a Demographics subpage (tab) to the Industry Credentials main and detail pages.
• Updated labels and navigation from Industry Recognized Credentials to Industry Credentials throughout the application.
• The Perkins Indicator detail page now includes a Demographics subpage (tab) that shows the numerator, denominator, and district side by side for key student groups.
• Added a Demographics subpage (tab) to the Work-Based Learning main and detail pages.
• Manage Work-Based Learning Activities now shows School Year columns indicating where classes are associated.
• Updated the Add Class to Program Course selector to be CTE-focused, with richer class details and set-based filtering.
• Added an Edit action for Program Course records that are not tied to a state, allowing updates to course name, code, and designation.
• Program Area/Category, Program, and Program Course pages now share a consistent School Year selection.
• The new Initialize Targets for New Year button copies indicator targets from the last year to the current year, only where targets do not yet exist.

Four-Year Plans

Improvements

• The Four-Year Plan Courses data table for Data Administrators now exposes more course attributes and supports inline editing. This streamlines the process of reviewing, updating, and maintaining course details from a single place, eliminating the need to navigate multiple configuration screens.
• The Configure Course row action and form were updated to accommodate expanded course data. New and existing fields are now correctly initialized and saved, ensuring the form remains synchronized with the data table.
• When deleting an elective plan slot row, a confirmation prompt is now displayed to the user. This feature helps prevent accidental deletions and supports safer editing of student plans.

Bug Fixes

• ​​Fixed an issue where user-saved data table column configurations would revert to defaults after resizing the browser window or navigating away and returning to a page. Saved layouts now persist as expected.
• Fixed an issue in which AI Insights sometimes incorrectly reported: “no data to summarize”. Summaries are now generated and displayed as expected when sufficient data is available. 
• In CTE class selection workflows, confusing interactions between the School Year in Data Settings and the School Year column filter have been corrected. Both features now work together more predictably, reducing confusion when narrowing down classes.
• ProDev: Fixed a spelling/wording error on the Clock Hour Approval Report so the content reads correctly.
• In ALE, an issue was resolved that prevented users from saving the end date when creating Class Term Date Ranges for future school years.

 Other Improvements

• In  Pro-Dev, the Clock Hour Earned Credits data table in Data Extracts now includes an SIS Key column. This simplifies the process of joining earned credit records to SIS data supporting downstream imports or reporting needs.
• In the Early Warning Module, filters were added to the Attendance Summary views, allowing users to filter the displayed data by attendance type.

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