Where a system's setup does not permit a choice of academic plans, a School Administrator can only assign to a student [>>] an academic plan designated as the default by the District Administrator.
The District Administrator can designate only one academic plan as the district default. Typically, this plan has one or more versions that cover all potentially relevant years. When a School Administrator assigns the default plan to a student, PowerSchool SMS automatically assigns the appropriate plan version. PowerSchool SMS determines the plan version to assign based on the start and end year of the plan version and the year the student entered Grade 9. For example, if a student entered Grade 9 in 2007, PowerSchool SMS would assign a plan version that contained that year.
Note: To determine the plan version to assign to a student, PowerSchool SMS refers to the student's record, specifically, the Year/Date entered 9th grade field on the Student Demographics > Personal Info page [>>]. If this field is blank or is a non-numeric value, PowerSchool SMS uses the student's historical data to calculate the year the student entered 9th grade. If the student's historical information is inadequate, then PowerSchool SMS uses to the student's current year grade level to determine the student's year of entry into Grade 9. Note: PowerSchool SMS calculates grade levels based only on numeric values; it cannot determine a year of entry into Grade 9 using grade levels such as G9, G10, and so on. (To enter a value for Year/Date entered 9th grade for more than one student, select the students [>>] and in the Edit menu click Assign > Values.)
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