2026.07.29 SDS Release Notes

Date: July 29, 2026

Version: 2026.07.29

Homeroom

New Features

• Combined the Dashboard Chart Settings and Configure Chart Colors pages into a single Chart Dashboard Settings page within Data Admin. Additionally, expanded configuration options for several chart types, including:
  • Discipline Incidents (Colors): Types, Locations, and Consequence Types.
  • Discipline Referrals (Colors): Problem Behaviors, Locations, and Actions.
  • Grade Marks (Colors, Ordinals, Is Failing, Is Poor, Include in Charts): Class Grades (Term Grades) and Gradebook Grades.

Improvements

• Added a button for Data Administrators (Manage Users & People > Manage Person Roles) to download a template and upload Person Role permission (including titles, schools, etc.) for the current year for Specialists, School Administrators, and District Administrators.
• Updated Attendance (Both % Threshold Containers), Discipline (Incidents & Referrals), and Grades (Gradebook Grades & Term Grades) dashboard containers to use a new standard chart model.  Enhancements include:
  • Enriched Tooltips: Displays expanded details when hovering over chart bars.
  • Targeted Data: Improved interactions when clicking chart bars or generating chart validation workbooks to show relevant details.
  • Dynamic Filtering: Added contextual filters to directly align with the active chart view.
• Redesigned the first two screenviews on My Students container on the Teacher Dashboards:
  • My Students - to display a single card per student, with their enrolled classes listed underneath. This replaces the multi-card layout to eliminate duplicate entries and streamline student tracking.
  • My Students Data Table - to display a single row per student, with their enrolled classes nested underneath. This replaces the multi-row layout to eliminate duplicate rows per student.
• Added Eligible and Economically Disadvantaged columns to Student data tables on the Annual Report & Current Student sub-pages (State Reporting > Section 31a > Interventions). This helps to provide visual clarity when comparing totals across reports. (Michigan only)
• Updated the Section 31a Interventions list to align with recent state reporting guidance. (Michigan only)

Early Warning Module

New Features

• Complete SWIS Referral Integration: The EWM application now fully supports SWIS Referral data alongside existing SIS Incidents across Educator &  Teacher views.
  • New Navigation & Sub-Pages: Navigate to Discipline Summary in the left menu on Educator and Teacher pages to access the new Referrals sub-page alongside Incidents. (Note: Hidden automatically if a district has no referral data).
  • Referral Analytics & Interactive Data: Introduced comprehensive charts and data tables modeled after Incidents, featuring interactive drill-downs (showing Referral Counts and then details with Date, Location, Involvement Type, Severity, and Problem Behaviors 1–5):
    • Volume & Trends: Total Monthly Referrals, Monthly Referrals by School, and Monthly Referrals by Grade Level.
    • Demographic Breakdowns: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Grade Level (includes summary data table).
    • Contextual Insights: Location Breakdown, Behavior Breakdown, Referrals by Reporter, and Heat Maps for Referrals by Day / Day of the Week.
  • New Referral Filters: The Page Data Settings now includes a Referral Filters section to filter views by Referring Person, Problem Behavior, and Location.
  • Data Admin Configuration: Added a discipline-specific configuration sub-page to Manage Risk Indicators. Data Administrators can now configure per school whether to include SIS Incidents, Referrals (SWIS), or both in the Discipline Risk indicator (supports in-cell editing).
     

Absence Response

Improvements

• Added new row actions to allowing users with the Attendance Secretary role to delete student entries directly from the following tables:
  • Take Data Informed Steps: Delete a student’s Data Informed Steps entry.
  • Enter into Agreement: Delete a student’s Attendance Agreement entry.
• Added the Absence Response Student Attendance Summary Notes By Student Group data extract/table to provide complete student note entries for each student based on the selected school year.

Connect AI

Improvements

• Replaced the shared split layout with a custom integrated left navigation component designed for conversations, My Prompts, and District Prompts.
• Built a role/position hierarchical filter and a prompt-bank browsing experience with category filtering and Show More behavior.
• Added the ability to save a user message as “My Prompt” directly from the chat view.
• Applied a global styling refresh across Connect AI components with updated rounded borders, color palette, and modernized button/input styles.

ALE

Improvements

• Updated the following pages in Data Administrator > Reference Data Selections:
  • District Approved Curriculum: Updated the Display in Application column to a boolean checkbox with in-cell editing.
  • Manage Evaluations: Added a Display in Application field with in-cell editing, updated the Add/Edit forms, prevented deletion of evaluations used in a wSLP, and updated the Evaluations selector tables to display only items marked as Display in Application.
  • Manage Learning Activities: Added a Display in Application column, Add Learning Activity button, and Row Action menu (Edit/Delete). Updated the Learning Activities selector tables to display only items marked as Display in Application.
  • Manage Learning Standards: Converted the Display in Application column to a checkbox with in-cell editing.
  • Objectives: Converted the Display in Application column to a checkbox with in-cell editing.
  • State Course Codes: Converted the Display in Application column to a checkbox with in-cell editing and converted the State Course Code is Active column to a read-only checkbox.
  • State Subject Areas: Updated the State Subject Areas selector tables to display only items marked as Display in Application and filtered the available options to include only Washington state subject areas
• Updated the following pages in Data Administrator > Manage SIS Classes
  • Added a Selected Rows Action for bulk ALE Course association and a "Mass Apply" action button directly on the Manage SIS Classes page
• Retired the Data Administrator > Mass Apply SIS Classes to Current wSLPs page
• Updated Manage All Classes across all roles to simplify the interface, improve load times, and fix columns that were not displaying data properly.
• Updated Manage All Courses to simplify the interface, improve load times, and fix columns that were not displaying data properly.
• Updated the Class Registration Lock Dates logic to require both date fields to be populated
• Updated page instructions and added tooltips throughout the application.
• Removed Class Designations from Data Administrator > Default Values > Subject/Courses Default Settings > Subject/Courses from Classes and added a Create Subject/Courses column to Data Administrator for better functionality.
• Expanded Data Extracts available to assign in Data Administrator
  Data Tables:
  • ALE Subject/Course Progress 

Reports:

• ALE All wSLP Weekly Contacts
• ALE Class Attendance Summary
• ALE Class Schedules by Campus
• ALE Classes by Support Staff
• ALE Current Scanned in Students
• ALE Mis-Matched SIS Grade vs SLP Course Grade
• ALE Room Use by Day
• ALE Student Learning Plan Report Card
• ALE wSLP
• ALE wSLPs by Teacher

CTE

New Features

• Introduced a new data extract for Data Administrators that delivers comprehensive per-student credential and attempt data for a chosen academic year. Details include certification codes, Taken/Passed/Earned status, instructors, courses, campuses, and cohort identification.
• Introduced a new data extract for multi-year comparative analysis that evaluates Taken, Passed, Earned, and % Pass metrics organized by campus and specific industry certifications. This report benchmarks data across two academic years and includes a dedicated year-over-year variance column group; accessible to Data Administrators and Educators.

Improvements

• Enhanced the Industry Credentials nested data table by adding Most Recent Attempt Class and Most Recent Attempt Class Code columns. Furthermore, the Add Record and Manage Attempts workflows now include class selection capabilities with in-cell editing functionality.
• Enhanced the Mass Assign by File Upload feature to support a Class column and Class Identifier types. Additionally, updated Mass Assign by Student Group (available to Data Administrators, Educators, and Teachers) to include a new Courses form element.
• Enhanced the Industry Credentials nested data table for the Teacher role by adding Most Recent Attempt Class and Most Recent Attempt Class Code columns. The Add Record and Manage Attempts workflows, along with in-cell editing, now fully support this new class field.
• Enhanced the Assign Examination Attempt and Mass Set Attempt Status row actions (found on My Students, My Classes, and Industry Credentials pages) to incorporate a new Class selector, which is filtered to show only classes assigned to the active teacher.
• Implemented duplicate detection for credential imports to flag existing student records with identical dates. Additionally, updated in-cell editing logic to prevent redundant entries, while mass-add workflows now prioritize updating existing records over inserting new ones.
• Corrected a bug where the CCMR page, intended for Texas, was appearing for CTE districts in Washington. The system now respects the state-specific override settings.

Bug Fixes

• Homeroom: Fixed an issue where OtherId was not populating in the Student Search table for students unless the ID began with '20000'.
• ALE: Fixed the “View Details” link for Library title searches
• ALE: Added logic to prevent Certificated Teachers from enrolling students in classes with open seats and a waitlist. 
• ALE: Updated the Schedule Classes page to display the class picker correctly for programs with only ‘year-long’ classes.
• ALE: Updated the Manage Class student enrollment status logic to account for settings in Data Administrator > Class Designations.

Other Improvements

• All Applications: Added column header text wrapping across all data tables to ensure complete visibility of long header names.
• Evaluations: Enhanced the Data Extract/Chart Evaluation Performance Level Counts with the following updates:
  • Improved chart label visibility and layout.
  • Updated tooltips to explicitly display the Criteria label.
  • Updated the Data Settings form to support multi-select for Evaluation Position Level and added a new multi-select Criterion selector.
• Evaluations: Created a standard email definition that notifies the Evaluator when the Evaluatee has electronically signed the document.
• Evaluations: Updated the signature request email to match the formatting of other standard evaluation emails.
• Student Plans: Added a Discipline History sub-page to the Student Data section, providing quick access to current and historical SIS or SWIS data directly within a student's plan. 
  • This update applies to Intervention Plans, 504 Plans, Highly Capable Plans, Language Service Plans, and Student of Concern Plans.
• Success Plans: Expanded editing capabilities within the Educator role, enabling Responsible and Supplemental educators to modify Success Plans.