topic Re: Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS in Community Forum

Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS

MuthalalyA — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:27:47 GMT

If a division receives documentation of a student's legal name being changed, what fields in PowerSchool SIS need to be updated with the changed name? I would presume it would just be last_name, first_name, and middle_name, and that in turn would update LastFirst, but I wasn't sure if I was missing any other fields.

Very Respectfully,

Anith Muthalaly

Data Information Specialist

Department of the Chief Academic Officer

Office of Assessment and Accountability

Falls Church City Public Schools (Virginia)

Re: Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS

nicolebond — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:54:06 GMT

I'm in TN, and we have a TN Student Information page. If any of the fields below have changed, we have to fill it in, and then send the student's record to the state database. Also, we update the student's demographic page.

Previous Student Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Social Security Number

Student PIN

Re: Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS

JeffG9 — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:04:26 GMT

As Nicole said, you will definitely want to make sure your State reporting requirements are met along with the basic fields in PowerSchool. I am in NY, so I don't know what Virginia needs on their end.