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Academic plans

School and district staff can use an academic plan to help guide a secondary school student toward meeting the academic requirements for graduation, as mandated by the district. In PowerSchool SMS, an academic plan consists of a list of course groups. Each group has a minimum number of credits that the student must earn from his or her choice of courses in that group. An academic plan also has a time frame for which it is valid, as well as optional rules regarding achievement and aptitude test results. Typically, a Counselor [>>] is assigned to a student to guide and monitor the student's progress relative to his or her plan [>>].

A District Administrator creates academic plans in PowerSchool SMS for use in the district [>>]. The District Administrator can specify a particular plan as the default, which is available to assign to all secondary school students in the district [>>]. If more plans than the default are available and system permissions allow it, as a School Administrator, you can view the academic plans available and assign a different plan to a student) [>>]. Note: You can search for students [>>] by academic plan version or Counselor and display either in a search results view [>>].

Table 21: Student academic plan permissions

To	You need this permission	Details	Set to
View a student's academic plan.	Academic Planning > Student Academic Plan	[>>]	View
View academic plans available in the district.	District > Academic Plan Setup	[>>]	View
Change a student's assigned academic plan.	Academic Planning > Override Student Academic Plan Version	[>>]	Yes
Assign an academic plan to several students at once.	Academic Planning > Mass Assign Academic Plan	[>>]	Yes
Add, edit, or delete information on a student's academic plan.	Academic Planning > Student Academic Plan	[>>]	Delete
Add or edit information on a student's academic plan, except for notes.	Academic Planning > Student Academic Plan	[>>]	Edit
Add, edit, or delete notes attached to student's Academic Plan.	Academic Planning > Student Academic Plan Notes	[>>]	Delete
Change the School Counselor assigned to a student's academic plan.	Students > Modify Counselor Assignment	[>>]	Yes
Disable a user's ability to view or work with an academic plan.	Academic Planning > Student Academic Plan	[>>]	None

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