NERIC SchoolTool Team

November 2026 Newsletter

schooltool@neric.org (518) 862-5454 Opt.#2

Report Cards & Calculations

Have questions regarding your traditional report cards and numerical calculations?

At the end of each marking period, before running report cards, be sure to review > Maintenance > Application > Queue Setup, and clear out any errors you may see on that page.

SchoolTool's
Online Support Center!

🗣️BOOKMARK ME!

Our Online Support Center offers a Document Library that houses amazing quick reference guides for teachers (gradebook & attendance), admin and parents (parent portal setup).
We HIGHLY recommend bookmarking and referring to this site regularly as we keep it up to date with any announcements as well as our webinar training recordings, and informational how-to documents.

New Feature: Copy Special Cycle Days Button Added!

In Maintenance > School Year > *Select a Year* > Special Cycle Day Maintenance > *Select a Building*, you can now create a new special cycle day based on an existing special cycle day!
There are no new permissions associated with this functionality.

Please reach out to SchoolTool if you have any questions or issues.

Have You Encountered a Blue Screen Error? 😱

This error displays with an error ID, timestamp, and the site URL. Users can easily copy the error details and paste them into an email to the NERIC SchoolTool team so that the error can be shared with the Mindex Service Delivery team for assistance. These details will allow the Mindex Service Delivery team to more easily locate specific errors for troubleshooting.
Once the error has been captured, the user can easily refresh the page using the link provided on the error page.

Please be sure to send us the error ID, timestamp and site URL along with the steps you were taking/task you were completing when you encountered this error.

**Make sure you are not logged into multiple sessions of SchoolTool. Many times these errors occur because there is more than one session open.

School Delays, Closures & Early Dismissals

As the weather changes, directions for entering school delays, closures and early dismissals are located on the Document Library page of the OSC. Under the "NERIC SchoolTool Documents".

NERIC 37th Annual Event

NERIC's 37th Annual Technology Awareness Day (Tech A-Day) is taking place Friday, December 11th 2026 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Albany Capital Center in downtown Albany.
Click here if you're interested in attending this year's annual technology event.

November Holidays!

Wednesday, November 11th

Veterans Day observed, NERIC offices closed.

Thursday-Friday, November 26th-27th

Thanksgiving Holiday, NERIC offices closed.

🪲Updated Features & Bug Fixes ⚒️

10/27/2026 Version 24.1-R1 (Build 04)

⚒️ Fixes 🛠️

Advanced Analytics - Users with access to both the Analytics Console and the embedded dashboards in SchoolTool will no longer see duplicated dashboards when navigating from the console to an embedded dashboard.
Advanced Analytics - Users enabling the new Redirect to Quick Console permission will not encounter a RelayState error when loading Advanced Analytics.
Batch Selector - When using the User Defined Screen batch selector term, a system error will no longer display when searching for information in a field whose short name contains an apostrophe.
Batch Selector - When using the BEDS Provider and District search terms, the returned results will update as expected if the search is modified to use a different BEDS Provider.
Batch Selector - When saving a search using the Custom Alert batch selector term, the state of the "Does Not Have" checkbox will be retained.
Batch Selector, Counseling - When using Counseling > Grade Search or the Grade Search batch selector term, the courses returned will respect the selections made for the Building and School Level in the provided drop-downs.
Counseling, Maintenance, Teachers - The order of Employability Profile topics (standard trees) in grade book assignments and on the Submit Employability Profile Grades screen will match the order configured for that Employability Profile in Maintenance.
Maintenance - The Student Class Grade Detail data warehouse extract will report the BEDS code associated with an institution instead of the Institution code.
Medical - Performance improvements have been applied to the Medical > Today's Remaining Visits sub-module to prevent users from receiving server errors when completing tasks in this area during high usage times.
Teachers - Using the "Roll up standard grades to parent" option on the Submit Descriptor/Standard Marking Period Grades screen will no longer result in an error when the grading scale in use for associated standards is numeric.
Teachers - Users that do not have any existing saved preferences will not see pop up errors when loading the grade book.

📢 Features 🚨

Standards View on the Assignments Tab: The Assignments tab in the student record now has an option to view the score by standards. This view shows a list of the standards associated with the course and the most recent standard score.
NYS Courses and Assessment Updates: Per NYS guidelines, updates are being made to some NYS courses including adding new courses, inactivating others, and updating course names. Additionally, new AP exams and associated assessment dates are being added and changes are being made to the short name for some assessments.
Allow AI Chat in Advanced Analytics: A new permission will allow subscribing districts to control access to the chat button in Advanced Analytics by user group. Submit a ticket to the Mindex Help Desk or contact your Advanced Analytics liaison for more information on adding Chat for your district.
Redirect to Advanced Analytics Quick Console: Users with Advanced Analytics Author Pro access can enable a new permission that will automatically redirect to the Quick Console when visiting the Dashboards/Advanced Analytics sub-module.
Advanced Analytics Synchronization Updates: Updates have been made to the way in which user group assignments and permissions are synchronized from SchoolTool. These updates drastically improve synchronization speed and consistency for Advanced Analytics feature and security configuration including RLS, CLS, Chat, and Console access.
General SchoolTool Optimizations: Through our enhanced monitoring capabilities Mindex has identified areas in SchoolTool where database procedures can be optimized for improved performance and efficiency. These updates are behind-the-scenes and do not change the way users interact with the screen. The following areas will be optimized in this release: Navigating to the Counseling > Grades tab in the student record, navigating to the teacher roster and attendance screen, and navigating to the My Home > Grades tab.