Fall LCS Report - Salary File

An issue with the data load in PowerSchool was identified for the Fall LCS report. The file was loaded to the teacher tables for the Fall LCS report but a column was incorrect This was causing teacher and salary data in the Fall LCS report to be incorrect. A script has been run to correct the issue, and the table now has the correct data. 

Please re-run the Fall LCS report (LEAs only, charters are exempt) and revalidate your data.

If teachers are still missing Funding Type or FTE please verify the teachers status as of October 31, 2023 with your payroll dept. Staff must have be in active teacher pay status (not sub pay or TA status) as of Oct 31.

If LEAs are experiencing technical issues with the report and data in PowerSchool please submit a case to PowerSchool Support.

LCS reminders:

• NCDPI Student Accounting team is the DPI contact for LCS report policy questions studentaccounting@dpi.nc.gov. 
• The Class Size Waiver and Affidavit can be found on the following site https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/district-operations/financial-and-business-services/student-accounting#Forms-1395
• Charters are not required to run and submit the LCS report
• Data snapshot date of Oct 31 - This applies to enrollments/courses/teachers/sections
• When a class contains a combination of grades of more than one grade, the maximum class size is determined by the grade span classification of the students constituting the majority in the class
• The same expression and same lead teacher are considered as a combo class
• Teachers of combination classes will be counted one time
• There are no legislated maximums for class size in grades 4-12 - this data on the report is informational only 
• LCS is based on General Statute § 115C-301 Allocation of teachers; class size
• The LCS AVERAGE reports should exclude sections that are coded with the following special programs:
• NC-Dual Language Immersion
• NC-Instructional Pull-Out
• LEA wide class size maximum average:
• Grade K - 18
• Grade 1 - 16
• Grade 2 - 17
• Grade 3 - 17
• Individual class size maximum: School Level
• Grade K - 21
• Grade 1 - 19
• Grade 2 - 20
• Grade 3 - 20

CRDC Canvas Course Now Available

There is now a CRDC Course available through NCDPI Canvas. This course contains modules that cover the NCDPI/PSU collaboration for this collection, where to find resources, and information about the new NCDPI submission views and the CRDC SQL reports that will be deployed to PowerSchool.

Included in the course are instructions for accessing the NCDPI Submission Views, a workbook of what NCDPI will submit and the SY2021-2022 CRDC Course list. Additionally, there is a page of quick links within the course to support schools and PSUs in North Carolina in the accurate reporting of OCR data.

To enroll in and access the CRDC Course in Canvas, please use this link: https://ncdpi.instructure.com/enroll/J4FD4R

Action Items for PSUs

1. Download and begin reviewing the updated required documents for CRDC Coordinators, which include:
· LEA Form
· School Form
These forms contain the complete set of survey questions that the LEA must complete for itself and its school(s).

2. Begin gathering data not collected by NCDPI
Use the Canvas link to access the document ‘CRDC 2021-2022 Collection by Entity’, located within the ‘Data not Accessible to NCDPI’ section.

SparkNC Module Course Coding

Public School Units (PSUs) who are using SparkNC modules are to use the course code for local elective credit (96102X0) and title it locally as High-Tech Learning Accelerator.

• It is up to the PSU to determine how and when to schedule the course. 
• When a student successfully completes enough modules to earn an elective credit, it is to be entered into the SIS as a “Pass” and will not count in a student’s GPA.
• It is up to the PSU to determine when the student has passed enough modules with sufficient rigor, breadth, and depth to earn a course credit.  This may occur across grade-levels.

Has your PSU Opted into Home Base?

The NC Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce that the Home Base Opt-in Process is now open.  Finance officers and charter school directors/principals may begin opting into Home Base for their PSU. Click on the following link to see the full announcement and share with the appropriate staff: hb_pricing_memo 2023-24.

Note:  Only finance officers and charter directors/principals should opt-in for their PSU.

This year, PSUs have the option of opting into Navvy, a Pearson computer-adaptive interim assessment add-on for Schoolnet.  Navvy both formatively assesses and tracks standard-by-standard learning to provide immediate, actionable results to correctly inform personalized instruction. Navvy is made available to grades 3 – 8 for Reading and Math at an additional cost of $8 per ADM. If you have any questions about Navvy, please contact Rebecca Stokes.

Please visit the NCDPI Home Base Opt-in Website for detailed information concerning the Home Base Opt-in Process.  Questions may be directed to home_base@dpi.nc.gov or Jennifer Causey

Home Base Admin Course 

Feedback from PSUs identified a need for resource hubs for the Home Base products. The product managers have created Admin Resource Courses for each area. These resource courses are located in the NCDPI Canvas instance.

Please visit these courses.  Below are the steps to enroll:

How to access these resources:

• Sign in to the Blue Canvas icon within NCEdCloud
• Using the Global Navigation (on the left), click the Home Base Resources button
• On the menu that opens, select the course(s) you would like to enroll into
• After enrolling, the course will appear on your Canvas Dashboard

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