PowerSchool SIS 24.1.0.0
PowerSchool SIS version 24.1.0.0 is available as of January 25, 2024. This release is considered a minor feature/maintenance release. When the installers are available for download, an announcement will be posted on PowerSchool SIS Release Notification on PowerSchool Community.
Starting with the PowerSchool SIS 24.5.0.0 (Back to School) release, the option to turn off the Enhanced User Interface will be removed and the Enhanced UI will be the only interface available for PowerSchool SIS. Versions prior to 24.5 will still include the Classic User Interface. To learn more about the Enhanced User Interface, refer to FAQs: PowerSchool SIS Enhanced User Interface Webinar on Community.
Customizations might be affected by the Enhanced UI and may need to be adjusted. Technical Contacts can find Developer resources on the PowerSchool Developer site.
The PowerScheduler Build Server Engine is available for all your scheduling build needs. This engine will run on the PowerSchool SIS instance, allowing Schedulers to build their schedule from anywhere. To access this feature, enable the Engine Builder - Enable Server-Side Engine option on the Scheduling Preferences page for each school.
New Features and Enhancements
Feature or Product Area | Description | Learn More |
|---|---|---|
Data | Direct Database Access is a system administrator page, similar to Direct Database Export but with the ability to modify data, that has never been available through navigation links in the user interface. The Direct Database Access page has been added to the Enhanced User Interface navigation in System Management, Data, Direct Database Access (DDA). All DDA sub-pages will contain a breadcrumb back to the main DDA page, similar to the sub-pages in Direct Database Export (DDE). As a security precaution, all security group permissions to DDA will be reset to No Access whether the Enhanced User Interface is enabled or not. To reinstate access for the appropriate people, security settings for the DDA page can be updated by security group, or for all groups at once using the new page (Configure Page Permissions for All Groups) when the Enhanced UI is enabled. | |
General | The following enhancements to the application have been made:
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Student | The Initial Student Screen dropdown on the Manage Profile screen has been updated to reflect the Student menu options where possible. This change is specific to the Enhanced UI. | |
Student and Staff | Student and Staff names within the carousel can now be highlighted for copying and pasting. The names can be copied alone, or along with the identifying information below. This change is specific to the Enhanced UI. | |
PowerTeacher Pro | Teachers can choose to add the same comment to multiple students for final grades. This works on the Comment Verification and Standards Final Grades Pages. Teachers can watch a tutorial on the What’s New page in the PowerTeacher Pro help menu. | |
PowerScheduler | The Associate buttons on the PowerScheduler Constraints pages have been removed and replaced with type ahead searches. |
Resolved Issues
Product Area | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
API | The performance of the StudentDetails Contacts API has been improved. | PSF-85877 |
Attendance | Students with a track that is not in session on the selected date will no longer appear as default present on the Daily Attendance student count. | PSF-91707 |
Attendance | The Consecutive Absences Notification Recalculation nightly process now completes correctly for hosted customers. | PSF-75155 |
Configure Page Permissions | The Change History Details will now seamlessly open when you select the Change History option from the Configure Page Permissions page. | PSF-90803 |
Data | The AutoSend/AutoComm Days To Execute value correctly saves if Monday or Tuesday are not part of the days to execute. | PSF-94626 |
Favorites | An issue with the student selection changing when using Favorites has been resolved. This fix is specific to the Enhanced UI. | PSF-94309 |
PowerScheduler Build | The PowerScheduler Build server engine has been enhanced to issue a warning during the validation process when it comes across courses with an unusually high number of combinations. | PSF-95160 |
Reports | The Master Schedule report no longer times out in rare circumstances. | PSF-90363 |
SAML/OIDC | Admin users are no longer redirected to an /admin/admin page after session timeout when SAML or OIDC is enabled. | PSF-93772 |
Student | The student header information correctly displays when viewing the student's Fee Transactions pages. | PSF-87135 |
Student Contacts | An issue with the loading of the Contact Details page has been resolved. | PSF-94546 |
System | Various performance improvements have been made. | PSF-94232 |
PowerSchool Components
PowerSchool SIS comprises several software components, each versioned independently. Independent versioning allows for greater flexibility of component updates as new features and bug fixes become available. Some updates may include dependencies between components. These dependencies will be communicated and built into the component update installers to prevent PowerSchool SIS from being misconfigured. The following table identifies the version number for each PowerSchool SIS component in this release compared to the previous release:
Component | Version Number | |
|---|---|---|
| 23.12.0.1 | 24.1.0.0 |
PowerSchool SIS Server | 23.12.0.1 | 24.1.0.0 |
ReportWorks | 1.5.1.48 | 1.5.1.49 |
Desktop PowerScheduler | 3.1.0 | 3.1.0 |
Oracle | 19c | 19c |
State Reporting | 23.12.1.0 | 24.1.1.0 |
Report SDK | 1.44.0.0 | 1.45.0.0 |
Amazon Corretto Java | 1.8u392 | 1.8u392 |
Apache Tomcat | 9.0.82 | 9.0.82 |