3/24/08 Recent improvements

Please find a summary of improvements to SpEd Forms following. The improvements have been posted to all SpEd Forms servers.

General:

1. When a user attempts to add a student with a MARSS ID that already exists, or change the MARSS ID to value that already exists, then the student’s name and case manager are displayed with contact information.

2. When a student pickup is completed, the user can update the district and school information for the student from the pickup screen

Administrators:

1. Super administrators can choose which administrators submit support requests.

2. Super administrators can choose which administrators can delete student records.

Service plans:

1. Referral Source no longer appears automatically on the IFSP

2. Measures can now be used to create data driven progress reports for goals or objectives.

3. On the IEP, a link to the "Extended School Year Services" page has been added to the ESY section of the services page.

Additional forms:

1. Finalization has been added to the following forms:

  a. Notice of Team Meeting

  b. Prior Written Notice

  c. Notice of Educational Evaluation/Reevaluation Plan

2. Birth to 3 Referral Form::

  a. A text box has been added to specify the reason for referral

  b. A date for when each person was notified was added

  c. A "Comments/Other Information" text box was also added

3. On the Parental Consent/Objection form the teacher can indicate who the form should be returned to.

MA Forms:

1. The MA Parental Consent form has been revised. Super administrators can choose to use version A or B in preferences.

2. District administrators have access to 835 responses.

3. Student records cannot be removed until medical billing records have been deleted.

4. Trip log details can be edited in “Create/Edit Batch Files”.

Evaluation Report:

1. SLD Templates have been updated.

2. The default cell padding in tables has been reduced to "1" from "4".

3. The Sensory Profiles and CELF-P:2, have been added to the SpEd Forms Test Templates.

4. ECSE 0-2.11 and ECSE 3-6.11 criteria and templates have been update in the SpEd Forms Templates.