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SchoolSet Release Notes - 10/23/2025

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Written by Avi Hans
Updated over a month ago

This release delivers critical improvements to payment processing, family management, and administrative workflows. We've resolved numerous issues affecting parent portal functionality, payment allocations, and data entry processes while introducing new tools for collections management and form distribution. These updates are designed to ensure reliable daily operations and provide families with a seamless experience when managing their school obligations.

Collections and Financial Management

We've enhanced collections tools to help schools identify and manage outstanding balances more effectively.

Key points:

  • New filter added to collections to identify active families, making it easier to focus on current accounts

  • Payment allocation issues across the system have been resolved to ensure accurate financial tracking

  • Payment plan generation now works correctly for bi-weekly frequencies

  • Custom payment plan creation has been restored

  • Payment plan allocations now display properly on both payment plans and upcoming payments

Where is it located: Collections filters are accessible from Financial → Collections Payment plans are managed from Financial → Contracts

Downloadable Forms

Forms management has been expanded to provide more targeted distribution capabilities.

Key points:

  • Department, grade, and class selection filters have been added to downloadable forms

  • Schools can now generate and distribute forms to specific student groups based on their organizational structure

Where is it located: The downloadable forms feature is accessed from the Documents module

Digital Forms (Beta)

We're introducing a new Digital Forms framework to begin testing enhanced form capabilities.

Key points:

  • New framework being released for initial testing and feedback

  • Additional capabilities will be announced as the feature progresses toward full release

Note: This feature is being released as a beta in a limited capacity. We welcome your feedback to help enhance this tool further.

Where is it located: Access details will be provided as this feature becomes available to schools

Parent Portal

Critical fixes have been implemented to ensure parents can reliably access their accounts and manage payments.

Key points:

  • Authorization issues preventing parent portal access have been resolved

  • Payment functionality has been restored, allowing parents to make payments successfully

  • Unallocated payments now display correctly on the parent portal

  • Upcoming payments are now visible to parents as expected

  • Payment errors when credit cards are not saved have been corrected

  • Payments made through the parent portal now allocate properly to fees

Where is it located: Parents access the portal through their invitation links or the school's parent portal URL

Payment Processing

Extensive improvements have been made to payment processing to ensure accuracy and reliability across all payment methods.

Key points:

  • Credit cards can now be added without CVV on family pages for both standard and Authorize.net processors

  • Payment allocation issues have been resolved throughout the system

  • Declined credit cards now properly display the last 4 digits for record-keeping

  • Payment type displays correctly on family public pages

  • Errors when applying payments to payment plans have been fixed

  • Discount application now works correctly without causing system errors

  • 100% discounts can now be applied successfully in the editing window

  • After fee removal, payment allocation status is now accurate

Where is it located: Payment management features are accessible from Financial → Contracts and family records Payment processing occurs through various interfaces including admin screens, parent portal, and payment portal

Registration

Registration workflows have been stabilized to prevent errors during family enrollment.

Key points:

  • Registration submission errors have been resolved

  • Adding parents on the public registration page now works correctly

Where is it located: Registration is managed through Settings → Registration Setup Public registration is accessed by families through registration invitation links

Fundraising

Fundraising tools have been improved to provide better payment processing and pledge management.

Key points:

  • Credit cards now display correctly on pledge public pages

  • "Unknown payer type" errors in donation windows have been resolved

  • Donor type is now set correctly when adding new donors

Where is it located: Fundraising features are accessed from Fundraising → Campaigns and Donations

User Interface and Data Management

General improvements have been made across the system to enhance usability and data integrity.

Key points:

  • Search functionality has been improved across multiple pages

  • Search fields now clear properly when clicking the clear button

  • Custom columns on the Entities page now persist after page reloads

  • Quick Edit functionality for staff has been restored

  • Spouse information updates correctly when reselected

  • Hebrew field text positioning has been corrected

  • Hebrew date of birth fields now display dates in Hebrew format correctly

  • Hebrew last name fields populate automatically in family editing windows

  • Doctor address field now includes the expected dropdown list

  • Event Scoring page no longer shows duplicate students

  • Attendance Tracks editing page stability has been restored

Where is it located: These improvements apply throughout SchoolSet in various modules and data entry screens

System Stability and Error Resolution

This release addresses numerous critical errors that were preventing normal system operations.

Key points:

  • Contract details pop-up window errors have been resolved

  • Payment cancellation without allocation now works correctly

  • Payment portal amount displays are now accurate

  • Warning text appears when deleting fees

  • Vaccine shot deletion pop-ups now close properly

  • Payer selection fields now populate correctly

  • Where is it located: These fixes apply to various areas throughout SchoolSet and improve overall system reliability

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