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Families permissions

Permissions in this category pertain to the recording of information about a student's family [>>]. These permissions include:

= Add Families permission [>>]
= Delete Families permission [>>]
= Family Information permission [>>]

Add Families permission

This permission controls the user's ability to add new families to a system [>>].

Dependencies:

= This permission takes effect only on a system that employs family management (which is enabled when the administrator installs PowerSchool SMS [>>]).
= For the user to view the Family Search page [>>], that user's setting for Family Information permission [>>] must be View or Edit.
= The user's ability to edit family information is controlled by the Family Information permission [>>].
= The user's ability to delete families is controlled by the Delete Families permission [>>].

Settings:

= Yes: The user can add families.
= No: The user is unable to add families. On the Family Search page in the Actions menu, PowerSchool SMS does not display the Add Family... selection.

Default settings by base role [>>]:

= District Administrator: Yes
= School Administrator: Yes
= School Counselor: Yes
= School Secretary: Yes
= Teacher: No
= School Health Professional: No
= District Health Professional: No

Delete Families permission

This permission controls the user's ability to delete families from a system [>>].

Dependencies:

= This permission takes effect only on a system that employs family management (which is enabled when the administrator installs [>>]).
= The user can delete a family only if that family has no students or contacts.
= For the user to view the Family Search page [>>], that user's setting for Family Information permission [>>] must be View or Edit.
= The user's ability to edit family information is controlled by the Family Information permission [>>].
= The user's ability to add families is controlled by the Add Families permission [>>].

Settings:

= Yes: The user can delete families.
= No: The user cannot delete families. On the Family Search page in the Actions menu, PowerSchool SMS does not display the Delete Family... selection.

Default settings by base role [>>]:

= District Administrator: Yes
= School Administrator: Yes
= School Counselor: Yes
= School Secretary: No
= Teacher: No
= School Health Professional: No
= District Health Professional: No

Family Information permission

This permission controls the user's ability to search for families in the system, and, once found, view and change information about those families.

Dependencies:

= This permission takes effect only on a system that employs family management (which is enabled when the administrator installs PowerSchool SMS [>>]).
= For a user whose role's scope is at the school level [>>] to view the Student Demographics page [>>] (on which PowerSchool SMS displays the Family link in the control bar), the setting for the Demographic Data permission [>>] must be View or Edit.
= This permission affects several others: Add Families permission [>>], Delete Families permission [>>], and Assign Family permission [>>].

Settings:

= Edit: The user can search for families and change information about them. Specifically, on the Family Overview page [>>], the user can change the family name and add a contact, edit relationships, add a new student to the family, and add an existing student to the family.
= View: The user can view but not change information about families.
= None: The user cannot view information about families. On a student record, in the control bar, PowerSchool SMS does not display a Family link. Moreover, when the user clicks Family Search in the control bar, PowerSchool SMS displays the message "no access".

Default settings by base role [>>]:

= District Administrator: Edit
= School Administrator: Edit
= School Counselor: Edit
= School Secretary: Edit
= Teacher: View
= School Health Professional: View
= District Health Professional: View

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