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RealTime Reports will now allow schools/districts to control which reports are available to individual users. The new Visibility Settings will allow Administrators to control access to reports from both the Category and Individual Report Level. With the new Settings function schools/districts can now:

• Disable an entire Report Category for all users.
• Limit access to an entire Report Category to specific roles.
• Disable an individual Report for all users.
• Further limit access to individual Reports to specific roles.

Maintaining accurate attendance data is essential in the educational environment.  Not only is attendance vital to student achievement, but also to school and district finances.  As a result, ensuring that attendance is being recorded consistently and calculated properly is of utmost importance.

When PowerSchool introduced Unlimited Contacts in 2018, many districts saw this as both a blessing and a curse.  With the long-time, limited ability to store contact data for students, PowerSchool was finally responding to years of calls for change.