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1. Texas - Fix years in US Schools utility

   The Years in US Schools utility has never worked correctly. Not once. We need someone to revisit the flawed programming logic behind it. This should be a simple process and it is a nightmare every year. This was not a problem in either of the prior systems we utilized. We are tired of hand-correcting student records because the utility skips them. First, the utility should allow you to update blank years with zeros before running. It does not, and then it skips records with a blank year. Second, the utility should allow you to disregard the last updated year when running the increment process. It does not, and then skips records that have already been updated this year. Both of these items routinely cause the utility to skip records and we end up with a mess each time. Once the staff manually correct the records, then the utility will skip them again next year, creating a cascading effect where you will never be able to stop updating the years in US schools manually. We need this fixed so it works the way it should, and not another explanation of why it doesn't work, which is what we get every year when it creates a giant mess and we have to manually correct our students.

   The Years in US Schools utility has never worked correctly. Not once. We need someone to revisit the flawed programming logic behind it. This should be a simple process and it is a nightmare every year. This was not a problem in either of the prior systems we utilized. We are tired of hand-correcting student records because the utility skips them. First, the utility should allow you to update blank years with zeros before running. It does not, and then it skips records with a blank year. Second, the utility should allow you to disregard the last updated year when… more

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2. Texas - Need a CTE 2 coherent sequence coding utility for students

   Please create a Texas CTE student coherence sequence coding utility. Texas allows us to code students as a "2" if they have a 4 year plan to take a coherent sequence of 2 or more CTE courses for 3 or more credits and they are enrolled in or have completed a semester of courses that are part of their coherent sequence. All of these elements are easily identified in Skyward by looking at schedules, 4 year plans, endorsement pathways, courses, and credits. However, our CTE staff have to spend hours paging through 4 year plans to identify students.

   We should be able to run a utility that would automate this process by using any of the following criteria:

   • Students schedules & 4 year plans with a coherent sequence of CTE courses by service ID ranges
   • Students schedules & 4 year plans with a coherent sequence of CTE courses by department and/or subject codes (example: all CTE courses are in a CTE department, and all CTE STEM courses have a CTE STEM subject code)
   • Student schedules, 4 year plans containing CTE pathways identified by curriculum clusters and endorsements (example: all CTE courses aligned to the Business and Industry endorsement)

   The utility should generate an easy-to-read report that shows which courses are in progress/completed and which courses are in the 4 year plan that meet the criteria for the coherent sequence so that we have audit documentation for future years should the 4 year plan or schedule later change. It should also let us process the update to the CTE student indicator and lock that indicator.

   The utility should also allow us to identify students coded as a 2 who no longer meet the criteria required so that they can be removed.

   Please create a Texas CTE student coherence sequence coding utility. Texas allows us to code students as a "2" if they have a 4 year plan to take a coherent sequence of 2 or more CTE courses for 3 or more credits and they are enrolled in or have completed a semester of courses that are part of their coherent sequence. All of these elements are easily identified in Skyward by looking at schedules, 4 year plans, endorsement pathways, courses, and credits. However, our CTE staff have to spend hours paging through 4 year plans to identify students.

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