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Provincial Reporting 20.6.2.0 Release Notes

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PSSR-237776

Elementary Report Cards (1-6) - Gradebook: French Checkbox Not Selected for Some Students

Elementary Report Cards (1-6) - GradeBook: Version 4.9

When a group of students were selected, some students enrolled in classes with a French language of instruction did not have their French checkbox selected. This issue has been fixed.

PSSR-233778

OnSIS CTCC: Add GRADE TYPE Field - Ministry Updates 2019-2020

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.4

The report is updated to reflect the new layout for the 2019-2020 school year onward. The new element SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/GRADE_TYPE is added to the report.

PSSR-233038

OnSIS CTCC: Add Gender Fields - Ministry Update 2019-2020

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.4

The report is updated to reflect the new layout for the 2019-2020 school year onward. Some elements are removed and new elements to support the new gender values are added.

Removed Elements:
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/ GENDER_TYPE

New Elements:
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/GENDER_TYPE
SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/GENDER_DESC

The report is also updated to extract the Student Board Residence Status field value from the snapshot record, when present, before looking at the Students/Reenrollment tables.

PSSR-232469

OnSIS CTCC: Collect Elementary Student Enrolment Data from Elementary CTCC - Minstry Updates 2019-2020

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.4

The following changes have been made to the report:

  • SUBMISSION_PERIOD_TYPE is changed to CTCC

  • Both elementary and secondary students are included in the file

Note: The following tags and segments are not generated for elementary students:

  • MATURE_STUDENT_FLAG tag

  • COMMUNITY_INVOLMENT_ACCU_HOURS tag

  • STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/STUDENT_CLASS_ENROLMENT Segment

  • STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/DIPLOMA segment

  • STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/OTHER_CREDIT segment

  • STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/PLAR segemnt

  • LITERACY_STATUS_TYPE tag

  • ONTARIO_SCHOLARSHIP_FLAG tag

  • ONTARIO_SCHOLARSHIP_DATE tag

PSSR-232471

OnSIS CTCC: New Number of Days Resided in Facility Element - Ministry updates 2019-2020

OnSIS CTCC Submission: Version 3.4

The report is updated as to reflect the new layout for the 2019-2020 school year.

  • A new element <FACILITY_RESIDE_DAY_TOTAL> is added to the TRANSITION_DATE segment to reflect the days the student resided at the CTCC Facility.

  • For every transition date record created for the student, the <FACILITY_RESIDE_DAY_TOTAL> is calculated based on:School/Care Treatment Program Type ( Day Treatment, Residential or Both)Student Residence type in the CTCC facilityExclude Weekends and Holidays flag setting

PSSR-232470

OnSIS CTCC: Transition Date Segment - Ministry Updates 2019-2020

OnSIS CTCC Submission Report: Version 3.4

The Transition Date segment is updated as follows:

  • The first Admission/Program Start date is the first day the student began the program in the current academic year.

  • The last Discharge/Program End date is the last day the student attended the program in the current academic year.

  • If there are multiple enrollments for a student in the school in the current academic year, a segment is generated for each of the student's enrollments.

  • If the student leaves and rejoins the school on the same day, a single segment is generated to represent continuous enrollment in the school.

PSSR-237412

OnSIS Secondary Submission: Add Update Action to Update TOTAL_CLASS_COURSE Element

OnSIS Secondary Submission: Version 15.2

The report is enhanced to send an update to the TOTAL_CLASS_COURSE in the CLASS/SEGMENT. The Update action is sent only if the TOTAL_CLASS_COURSE is different than what was sent in the previous submission.

PSSR-230808

OnSIS Summer Submission: Gender Changes - Ministry Update 2019-2020

OnSIS Summer Submission: Version 6.2

The report is updated to follow the new Ministry layout for the 2019-2020 submission onward. Some elements are removed and new elements to support the new gender values are added.

Removed Elements:

  • SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/ GENDER_TYPE

  • SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_MIN\NUMBER

New Elements:

  • SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/GENDER_TYPE

  • SCHOOL_SUBMISSION/SCHOOL/STUDENT/STUDENT_SCHOOL_ENROLMENT/GENDER_DESC

In addition, CURRENT_RESIDENCE_COUNTRY and CURRENT_RESIDENCE_PROVINCE, STU_BRD_RES_STAT_TYPE, RESIDENCE_STATUS_TYPE and POSTAL_AREA_TYPE fields are updated to use the snapshot record first, when present, before looking at the Students/Reenrollment tables.

PSSR-230884

Ontario Student Status Report Rounds Earned Credits to 1 Decimal Place

Ontario Student Status: Version 7.0

The report is updated to display all Credit field values with 2 decimal places.