Volume 4 Issue 2 - January 2021

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Wave 7 Status Update

Happy New Year and so long 2020!  Even though  The wave implementation is going strong with Wave 7 starting this month.  We are almost two-thirds of the way through our implementation schedule (feels so good to say that!) with the last wave (Wave 10) scheduled for July-December 2022.  We saw a huge increase in the numbers of districts migrating in Waves 5 and 6 during CY2021 and as you can see from the 'Redesign Status' table, there is no slowing down in Wave 7.   Just to recap... at the end of December 2019, we had ?? districts migrate and a year later, that number increased to ???!   

SSDT would like to thank the ITCs for their tremendous effort and dedication.  We would also like to thank the districts for their unwavering support and feedback on the software.  We take your feedback very seriously and the results have produced some amazing features and improvements this past year.  Our most recent releases have included the addition of the report bundles and the dynamic sort options in the template reports.  And we aren't slowing down any time soon.  Here are just a few of the enhancements taking place in 2020:

• USAS-R: improving budget scenarios, grid performance, canned and template report additions and improvements, invoice balance checking, mass loading vendors/merging vendors as well as the highly anticipated accounts receivable module. 
• USPS-R: ODJFS direct submission, payroll posting performance improvements, new feature to replace Classic's Tax Tab, EMIS reporting enhancements, new mass load features and a collection of enhancements to various canned reports.

Both applications will also undergo a migration to a new version of the user interface framework (a.k.a Vaadin).  This update will enhance the current applications views and provide a better user experience.

The State Software Steering Committee, whose purpose is to work with ODE and SSDT to solicit feedback from the field and represent district needs relative to the future of the state software applications, has also assisted in the migration effort.  The Committee meets four times a year and between these meetings, three working groups comprised of steering committee members meet to 1) prioritize software development; 2) satisfy reporting needs; and 3) meet training, documentation and support needs.

 For Wave 7,  approximately  districts are scheduled to migrate!  That leaves 3 waves left to jump on the bandwagon.  If the number of migrating districts aren't proof enough, State Software isn't going anywhere.  We are thrilled with the feedback we are receiving from both ITC staff and district personnel and we are so looking forward to what 2021 will bring.  Aren't we all?  the future holds in terms on enhancementsand is gentle reminder that we only have 3 waves left before Classic sunsets.. please reach out to your ITC to make sure you are on a wave.

Thank you everyone for your continued efforts and support! 

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