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Texas User Group Enhancements 2011
Version 4.2.68.53017June 14, 2012
Reporting: Enrollment Missing Report - Report will no longer
repeat Placements when listing multiple Enrollment records. This
was appearing to the User as a duplication of the Placements.
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Billing Reporting: Niagara EI County Invoice - NPI Number will
now print appropriately.•
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ARD WebForm & Report: Determination of Eligibility section -
Disability Priority will now display appropriately.•
Reporting: Summary of Performance Report - The issue preventing
this report from printing has been resolved.
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Version 4.2.68.53007June 7, 2012
IEP Creation Process: Progress was being deleted when it existed
in an old IEP where a new IEP was created and the Start Date of the
new IEP was earlier than the End Date of the old IEP. This will no
longer occur. Progress will remain attached to the old IEP's Goals
regardless of the date of the Progress.
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Notifications: The 'IEP Missing' Notification Rule has been
modified to be triggered only by 'Special Education' Enrollment
types.
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Data Integration: The 'eSP - Discipline Rule' has been modified
to update the Event type and Event Name fields to allow GUID
matching to function properly. This will assure correct matching of
Discipline records in eSchoolPLUS and IEPPLUS.
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Version 4.2.66.53001May 25, 2012
No Changes○
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Added PEIMS Upload Error Report. See PLUS 360 Advanced
Integration \Texas \ TX PEIMS Upload Error Report in the Help Files
for more information.
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Sections will now immediately follow each other on the Report
instead of having each start on a new page.
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Issue sometimes causing a hard error to occur when printing this
report has been addressed.○
Summary of Performance Report: •
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Version 4.2.65.53000
Wednesday, August 24, 20113:37 PM
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Version 4.2.65.53000May 18, 2012
The 'Welcome to IEPPLUS' main screen will now only display the
Support icon until a User logs into the software. The Home, Help,
Logout icons have been removed and will now appear once the User
has logged in..
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Student Initialization Form: Date Range Information will now
appropriately appear or not based on settings in Screen
Configuration.
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Data Integration: Discipline Rule will no longer default its
duration value to "days", Instead, it will look to the setting in
the eSchoolPLUS Duration Code Table and use the Event Outcome
Duration value.
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WebForm Finalization: Search methods used to find the most
recently finalized PDF will now ignore Consolidated and Progress
Archives.
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ARD Transfer Creation Process: Process will no longer create
blank Disability records.•
Transportation WebForm: Form will now open without error from
within the ARD and from the FIE/ARD Administration Screen.
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ARD Report: Goals and Objectives Section - Present Levels will
now print appropriately above the Goals section
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Version 4.2.62.53000May 3, 2012
Reporting - Run a Report: Billing - The Billing Mode Drop Down
List will now properly filter for all billing modes.
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Will now properly filter Restraint Events based on
FIlterStartDate and FilterEndDate.○
A new Error Message has been added to alert the User when a
Restraint Event is attempting to be uploaded and no appropriate
Entry Record can be found.
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The issue causing a 'Unique Key Violation TX_Restraint' error to
appear in the PEIMS Error Report during the upload process for
Restraints has been addressed.
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PEIMS Upload: •
ARD WebForm: Consideration of Special Factors Section - The
Textbox for 'Other' beneath 'Language' has been modified to allow
multiple lines of text. This will prevent the page from stretching
to the right when enclosed text becomes wider than the screen.
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FIE Disability Report: Specific Learning Disability Report - The
Textbox for 'Evaluation Instruction has been modified to allow
multiple lines of text. This will prevent the page from stretching
to the right when enclosed text becomes wider than the screen.
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ARD Supplements: Transportation Form - The same filter used in
the attached ARD has been coded into this Form so that it will now
longer include Disabilities which have already ended. The
Disabilities displayed in the
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Form so that it will now longer include Disabilities which have
already ended. The Disabilities displayed in the ARD should now
match those displayed in the Transportation Form.
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Version 4.2.61.53012April 26, 2012
PEIMS Upload: Underlying process has been modified to improve
performance.•
ARD Report: Report will now properly print Committee Signatures
text for the Good Faith Effort textbox•
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Version 4.2.61.53002
No Changes○
April 19, 2012
Version 4.2.59.53015
ARD WebForm: Determination of Eligibility Section - Disabilities
will now display on this page so long as they are active as of the
recommended Start Date.
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FIE WebForm/Report: The Grade on the WebForm and the Report will
now match.•
ARD Validation: Rule messages will no longer be truncated.•
Graduation Supplement: The Start and End Dates for this Form may
now be modified on the Form Information Page.
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FIE/ARD Administration Page: Graduation Supplement may now be
linked to the ARD from this management page
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April 11, 2012
Version 4.2.59.53004
ARD Report (Spanish): Committee Signatures Section - The
checkboxes on this part of the Report will now match the
WebForm.
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Auditory Impairment Eligibility Form Section C: The issue
causing data on this section to not be saved and displayed properly
has been addressed.
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April 5, 2012
Version 4.2.58.53021
ARD Report: Goals and Objectives page - The Present Levels of
Performance section will now reliably display the appropriate
text.
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March 29, 2012
Version 4.2.58.53011
FIE/ARD Administration Page: Page will no longer throw a hard
error when a User attempts to add a Supplement to an ARD.
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March 22, 2012
Version 4.2.58.53001March 14, 2012
No Changes○
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Version 4.2.56.53061March 9, 2012
FIE/ARD Administration Page: The Transportation Form can now be
properly created and linked to the ARD from the FIE/ARD
Administration Page.
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Version 4.2.56.53047March 1, 2012
PWN WebForm: The issue causing the form to throw a hard error
when a User attempts to open it has been addressed.
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FIE - AI Report: Text in Part A will no longer be
truncated.•
Moved the 'Consideration of Graduating Student' section to the
end of the 'Transition Needs and Services' area. The report now
matches the WebForm in this respect.
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TAKS/STAAR section - Accommodation Needed: Only one of either
'Yes' or 'No' will now be checked.○
ARD Report: •
Transportation Report: Report will now display the correct
Placement Locations beneath 'Campus Assigned'.
ARD Graduation Supplement Report: Modified how the report
handles its Date Fields to prevent the report from malfunctioning
in the cases where a User has entered something other than a
formatted date into the associated Date Field on the WebForm. On
the WebForm, dates are entered as text which, unless correctly
formatted, will not convert properly to a date.
ARD Brief WebForm: Placement Determination Section - Form will
now display Services appropriately in this section as it does
already for the ARD and the ARD Transfer. Section will NOT check
Determination checkboxes based upon the existence of Speech Therapy
Related Services as it does for the ARD or the ARD Transfer.
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Version 4.2.56.53018February 16, 2012
Prior Written Notice WebForm: The Refresh functionality is now
available for this Form.•
Advanced Reporting - Indicator 11 and 12: Labeling on the Setup
Page has been reverted to prompt for "Current School Year Start
Date", "Current School Year End Date", and "Date to Calculate
Age".
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Version 4.2.56.53000February 2, 2012
Advanced Reporting: TAKS-STAAR Report - Modified reports to
detect the addition of the STAAR entries on the ARD's TAKS
page.
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Version 4.2.55.53903January 26, 2012
Reporting - BIP Report: The FBA Date will now print
appropriately.•
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Version 4.2.54.53911January 19, 2012
Reporting: FIE AI Eligibility Report - Part B Signature
corrected to show that of a Licensed Audiologist instead of
Otologist or Other Licensed Physician.
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of Otologist or Other Licensed Physician.•
Version 4.2.54.53905January 12, 2012
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Version 4.2.50.53943January 5, 2012
ARD Creation Process: Standards-based Goals will now properly
react when Option #1 is chosen.•
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Version 4.2.50.53925December 22, 2011
No Changes○
Version 4.2.50.53925December 8, 2011
ARD, ARD Brief, ARD Transfer WebForms & TAKS Advanced
Report: regulatory changes involving the transition form TAKS to
STAAR have been implemented throughout all Forms and Advanced
Reporting.
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BIP Report: Report has been formatted from a columnar
vertically-oriented report to a horizontal format saving paper and
making the report far more readable.
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FIE Eligibility Report WebForm: Link to allow User to add
Sources has been fixed.•
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Version 4.2.47.53900December 8, 2011
No Changes○
Version 4.2.46.53902November 30, 2011
Transportation WebForm: Issue preventing Disabilities which are
present on the attached ARD from displaying on the Transportation
Form have been addressed.
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ARD Amendment WebForm: Issue causing some Forms to throw an
error when a User attempts to open them have been addressed.
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Changes○
Version 4.2.32.53932 to Version 4.2.39.53903November 10,
2011
ARD WebForm: Signature Page - Checkbox next to the verbiage "The
parent(s) did not attend the ARD Meeting…" will now appear and
allow the User to check and uncheck it.
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Version 4.2.32.53901 to Version 4.2.36.53932November 3, 2011
Progress Reporting Reports: Reports will no longer show the
Error "No Contacts Found".•
ARD WebForm: Revise Process - BIP will now properly link to the
ARD when a Revise is attempted.•
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ARD WebForm: Revise Process - BIP will now properly link to the
ARD when a Revise is attempted.•
Version 4.2.31.53901 to Version 4.2.32.53901October 6, 2011
FIE WebForm and Report: Student Language may now be locally
managed on the Form. If no change is made, Language is pulled from
the Student Demographic Screen.
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ARD WebForm: Consideration of Special Factors section - BIP
linking logic will now handle BIPs that do not have Form Start
Dates.
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Version 4.2.30.53916 to Version 4.2.31.53901October 4, 2011
ARD WebForm: Consideration of Special Factors page - the link
allowing access to the Graduation Supplement now displays the
attached Supplement appropriately.
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FIE/ARD Management Page: The Graduation Supplement will now link
correctly without throwing a hard error.
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BIP WebForm: The FBA date will now show appropriately at the top
of the WebForm.•
ARD WebForm: Standards-based Goals and Objectives - Goals and
Objectives will now save their data appropriately.
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Version 4.2.27.53915 to Version 4.2.30.53916September 21,
2011
Progress Reporting: Progress Reports will no longer print blanks
when dealing with Standards-based Goals•
ARD WebForm: Standards-based Goals - A sorting issue has been
addressed which prevented the saving of new Standards-based Goals
on the Goals and Objectives page of the ARD.
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ARD Graduation Supplement: The Supplement can now be accessed
without error.•
BIP WebForm: Following the addition of the ability to link
multiple ARDs to the BIP, the WebForm stopped displaying the Date
of the FBA attached to the ARD to which the BIP was attached. This
has been addressed. The BIP will now display the date of the most
recent FBA attached to any ARD which is attached to that BIP.
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Reporting: SOP Report: Checkbox data will now print
appropriately.•
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Version 4.2.25.53913 to Version 4.2.27.53915September 14,
2011
Reporting: Graduation ARD Supplement - Form is now available for
printing.•
Security: Graduation ARD Supplement and the new Prior Written
Notice security settings have been adjusted so that security for
these forms can now be properly managed.
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Version 4.2.25.53913August 24, 2011
Prior Written Notice: A new WebForm and Report have been
created. This WebForm may be accessed from the Student Navigation
Bar and also from the FIE/ARD Administration Page as an ARD
Supplement. This form can be linked to an ARD, ARD Brief or ARD
Transfer but the link is not required. Validation rules are also
included for this WebForm.
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The 'Sources to Contact' and 'Procedure Safeguard Notice
Location' can be configured to auto-fill on this WebForm. Navigate
to Maintenance, Manager Letterheads, Staff Type/Enclosures. Details
can be found in Help, Forms, TX Prior Written Notice.
REMINDER: You will need to setup security to provide user/group
access to this form. (Security, Manage Groups and/or Users,
Permissions Tab)
Summary of Performance: A new WebForm and Report have been
created. This WebForm may be accessed from the Student Navigation
Bar AND from the FIE/ARD Administration Page as an ARD Supplement.
Validation rules are also included for this WebForm.
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This WebForm can be linked to an existing ARD, but the link is
not required. ○
Upon form creation, if an ARD is linked, IEPPLUS will fill in
the following sections - 'Current Data on State testing', 'Post
Secondary Goals' and 'Summary of Performance Sections (Academic
Achievement and Functional Performance, Present Level of
Performance and Accommodations/Modifications etc.) by copying the
existing text from the linked ARD and place it on this form.
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The User may then modify the included text as needed.
Modification of text on the SOP Form will have no effect on the
original ARD.
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In addition it will also pull in Instructional Services, Related
Services and Special Transportation from the ARD, Schedule of
Services Page. The Instructional Services section will be displayed
as read-only and can not be modified from within this WebForm.
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If preferred, not linking an ARD Form will create a blank form
for complete user data entry.
REMINDER: You will need to setup security to provide User/Group
access to this form. (Security, Manage Groups and/or Users,
Permissions Tab)
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Amendment to the ARD: A new WebForm and Report have been
created. This WebForm may be accessed from the Student Navigation
Bar AND from the FIE/ARD Administration Page as an ARD Supplement.
It may be linked to an ARD, ARD Brief or ARD Transfer. Validation
rules are also included for this WebForm.
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If one wishes an Evaluation Name/Title to autofill then an
Administrative User will need to navigate to Setup Maintenance,
Manage Letterhead and set up a Staff Type/Enclosure = 'Amendment
Evaluation Specialist', Lines 1 & 2.
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REMINDER: You will need to setup security to provide user/group
access to this form. (Security, Manage Groups and/or Users,
Permissions Tab)
REMINDER: You will need to setup security to provide user/group
access to this form. (Security, Manage Groups and/or Users,
Permissions Tab)
Transportation Service Form: A new 'Internal' WebForm and Report
have been created. This WebForm may be accessed from the Student
Navigation Bar AND from the FIE/ARD Administration Page as an ARD
Supplement. Validation rules are also included for this
WebForm.
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This process will ONLY affect the statements on the BIP. If
dates entered to Reset Dates are outside the date range of a linked
ARD, a message will appear advising of such and asking if you still
wish to continue.
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Answering 'Ok' WILL change the Form Date Range AND the BIP Goal
Statements to be the new date range entered in Form
Information.
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The ability to reset BIP Goal dates has been added. ○
BIP Enhancements: •
The ability to edit Goal Start and End Dates on-screen is now
available.○
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ARD, Consideration of Special Factors Section: This section will
now display multiple BIP's and allow you to create a new form.
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The ability to link multiple BIP's to an existing ARD has been
implemented .○
The BIP Form, Form Information. The Link form Drop Down List
will display all ARD's. By holding the 'Control' Key and clicking
on the appropriate ARD listed, then 'save', will link multiple
ARD's to a single form. (This new feature will assist when the BIP
spans two separate ARD Date Ranges).
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The ability to link multiple ARD's to a single BIP has been
implemented. This can be accomplished two ways.
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This linking is also displayed on the BIP summary screen.
ARD, Consideration of Special Factors Section: Set the
'Behavior' checkbox = 'Yes'. Linked BIP's will be listed with the
form date range. Any unlinked BIP's will be displayed in the drop
down for you to 'Add BIP Form' or you can add a brand new one.
Selecting 'Unlink' next to the BIP form will also Unlinked the BIP
from this ARD.
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ARD, Instructional Accommodations Section: This section now has
the ability to Manage a Behavior Intervention Plan.
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This area has 'Add Replacement Behavior' and 'Add Reinforces /
Consequences' buttons which adds additional text boxes.
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Goal section has been modified. Reinforcers and Consequences
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The Replacement Behavior section has also been reformatted to
make better use of the page's screen real estate and to make it
more readable.
Example of the Report below:
FIE/ARD Administration, Visual Impairment Eligibility Form: This
form now includes Part A (Interagency Eye Examination Report) and
Part B (Functional Vision Evaluation / Learning Media Assessment).
Please insure all current Visually Impaired forms are Finalized
prior to this update. Once the update is installed, both sections
will now appear/print instead of just Part B.
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Please insure you set Security, Manage Groups and/or Users for
proper access to this form/sections.
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FIE/ARD Administration, Auditory Impairment Eligibility Form:
This form now includes Parts A & B as well as the previously
implemented Part C. Please insure all current Auditory Impaired
forms are Finalized prior to this update. Once the update is
installed, three sections will now appear/print instead of just
Part C.
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Please insure you set Security, Manage Groups and/or Users for
proper access to this form/sections.
FIE - Assistive Technology Section: Attached Disability Reports
are now accessible directly from this section. Each attached
Disability Report will have its own link providing direct access to
the report.
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Example: Original report
Example: New Report
Reporting: FIE and Eligibility Reports: All reports have had the
underscores removed from the text that originates in the WebForm's
textboxes.
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(Completed only if student appears to meet eligibility for
Special Education services.)○
FIE - Educational Need Section: The following text has been
removed.•
FIE - Signature lines: Additional signature lines have been
added.•
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ARD - Signature Page, Participation Statement and link to Prior
Written Notice: An additional paragraph has been added for
parent/adult student participation and 5 day review waiver.
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In addition a direct link to add or 'Manage Prior Written
Notice' has been added here.
Selecting the drop down in this area will now display any
existing PWN forms (i.e. 4/20/10 (PWN Date) - ARD Committee
Meeting: 4/6/11 (ARD linked to this PWN), provide the ability to
link an existing PWN to this ARD (i.e. select 4/6/2011 - PWN),
create a New PWN which will now be linked to this ARD or unlink a
PWN from this ARD (i.e. No Linked PWN).
FIE/ARD Administration - ARD Graduation Supplement: Various
legal verbiage has changed for 'Option b & c'. The mapping
document has been updated and highlights the wording differences
(i.e. references to Tex. Admin. Code Chapters 110-128 and Chapter
130). Mapping documents are located in 'Help', Forms, TX Forms, TX
ARD Graduation Supplement.
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FIE - Language: The ability to 'Manage Student Language' via a
drop down has been removed. This field is now displayed as
read-only.
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displayed as read-only.
Header and Meeting Information Section: IEPPLUS will now display
multiple 'Other' meeting reasons on the main page.
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Present Level of Academic Achievement And Functional Performance
- Communication Section: When a new ARD is created, the data in the
Present Levels of Performance section, Communication/physical
limitations area will be copied over in to the new ARD form.
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ARD Enhancements:•
Consideration of Special Factors, Behavior Section: If behavior
is answered as 'No', the subsequent text will not print on the
report.
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Consideration of Special Factors: A new checkbox has been added
to indicate whether a Functional Behavior Review (FBR) as well as a
BIP form has been completed. Users can attach their FBR form to the
ARD through Maintenance, File Attachments section. In addition text
will appear when the item is checked indicating that an FBR should
be attached to the ARD.
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A new BIP attachment grid will appear as well when checked
enabling the user to Add or Link a BIP Form to this ARD.
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Development of the IEP, Transition, Graduation: The
'Considerations of Special Factors', last paragraph regarding
Graduation has been moved to the IEP Section, bottom of the
page.
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TAKS Shading: The grids on this form now have a two-tone color
to make reading easier. This is the example for the first grid.
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Consideration of Potential Harmful Effects: If the check box is
indicated as not appropriate, this section does not print on the
report.
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Schedule of Services, ESY Section: The ' Manage ESY Supplement'
link will always be available, regardless of the radio buttons
selection.
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Placement Determination, Name of Instructional Arrangement: The
type of 'MainStream (#40)' will not appear under "other" box on the
webform and report.
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Reporting:•
Run a Report, Objectives Worksheet: New report that displays a
chart that lists a student's objectives by Category with the
ability to manually annotate a Date, Time and indication of
progress for each objectives. This report can be run by a date
range, specific category(ies) and or specific students.
ARD selection drop down example:
Progress Reporting Example:
This report is also available from the ARD drop down, even when
the ARD has been finalized, as well as from the Progress Reporting
drop down. This selection provides the ability to run the report
for a specific ARD form.
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The parent/adult student attended and participated in the
meeting and is in full agreement with all ARD decisions. The
parent/adult student agrees to waive the 5 day review. This
constitutes prior written notice and request all ARD decisions
start on the agreed start date.
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ARD Signature Page:○
ARD Translation to Spanish changes•
El padre/adulto del estudiante atendió y participó en la reunión
y está de acuerdo con todas las decisiones del ARD. El padre/adulto
del estudiante está de acuerdo de prescindir de 5 dias de revisión.
Esto constituye previo aviso por escrito y requiere que todas las
decisiones del ARD empiezan el mismo dia de la fecha acuerdo.
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Acquisition of Daily Living Skills ( if applicable) –
Adquisición de la Aptitud de la Vida Diaria (si es applicable)-
Adult Services (if applicable) – Servicios de adultos (si es
applicable)-
Development of the IEP page: ○
Standards-Based Goals & Objectives•
IEPPLUS now has the ability to display two different types goal
screens (Standards Based or the original default). Current the
program allows for an Annual Goal, Objectives, Position
Responsible, Level of Master, Evaluation procedure and Schedule for
Evaluation. The new Standards Based Goal option displays the Annual
goal segmented into four additional columns (Timeline, Conditions
of Performance, Observable Behavior and Level of Performance).
Original default Goal/Objective screen example below:
If you wish to use the Standards Based goal version, you must
set the system default as follows:Options, Set System-wide Options
or User Options, Form Tab: A new option has been added use
Standards Based goals Functionality on the ARD Form.
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Based goals Functionality on the ARD Form.
Adding a Goal via the Standards Based Goal version displays the
following two screens. Upon selecting 'Click HERE to edit goal',
the screen pop's up to display four (4) new areas for entry.
Select the appropriate Category, SubCategory and/or Level for
your goal and enter text into each text box and save.
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save.
Upon saving the text entered into the four boxes above will be
displayed in the goal text box horizontally with the appropriate
headings indicated. The rest of the columns will be display
vertically next to the annual goal as previously designed. Note:
the goal text box will grow based on the amount of text entered in
the text boxes.
(Please note: This is only testing data so it may not make
sense; it is just to display the column layout).
The report will display as follows:
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NOTE: This feature is dependent upon a specific goalbook named
Standards Based Goal Book to populate the goal category/subcategory
names. Please populate the appropriate categories used by your
district in this goalbook as outlined below.
Maintenance, Manage Goal Book Codes, select the Standards Based
Goal Book, New. Add any necessary Categories and/or Subcategories
for your goal selections. To enter a subcategory, click on the
Category (ie English) and then add a 'New' subcategory.
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Note: Please delete the 'reminder' category upon setting up your
code table (Category Setup needed,contact your Administrator).
Goalbook Category/Subcategory Setup:
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