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Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS

MuthalalyA
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Legal name change for students in PowerSchool SIS

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)
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nicolebond
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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
Nicole Bond
Director of Attendance and Enrollment
Haywood County Schools
Brownsville, TN

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JeffG9
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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. 

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