Greetings to all of you!
I hope that your second semester is off to a smooth
start! This email included reminders and important notices with regards to
Advanced Opportunities.
Portal Updates
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Exam Submission Dates: Many of you
will have students that will take exams during the month of May. For this
reason, the SDE has pushed the exam submission date to May 26th.
Courses will still need to be submitted by May 5th. However,
exams can be held after these test dates have passed.
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Repeated Courses: Please remember
that the AO statute prohibits payment for any repeated or remedial
coursework. You may find that courses were pushed back by SDE staff
during the approval process last semester because they were “repeated”. If this
is the case, please make sure they are removed from the list before you get
ready to submit to the SDE again.
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Naming Convention: Please be sure
to use the correct naming convention for all dual credit courses entered into
the portal (i.e., ENGL 101 Writing Composition). Please note that if you have
courses entered in another format, you will be (or have been) contacted by our
team and asked to re-enter those requests.
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Summer Dates: We are in the
process of negotiating summer deadlines. We will have these to you by the end
of the month.
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New Students: If you are not finding the a
specific student who may have requested an account, please make sure to check
the previous years: 2015, and 2016 at the top of your screen. Additionally, you
can check the box to view previously denied students if they need their account
activated.
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Disable Feature: Please be
thoughtful prior to using the disable feature in the portal. The disable
feature should only be used if a student had a previously active account and no
longer has access to the email address with which the account was
created. When a student account is disabled they will need to recreate a
brand new account. Upon verification of the EDU-ID, the new account will merge
with activity from the old account.
Tax Forms
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1098-T Forms: Several colleges and
universities have sent out many 1098-T tax forms to students which
reflect payments that were made to their college/university accounts. Parents
or students may come to you with questions. Please note that the SDE is
not in a position to provide tax guidance and recommend that they talk to their
CPA. That being said, here is a link to the IRS
website. Question 19 addresses concerns that parents may have.
SAVE THE DATE:
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Roadshow N’ More: The Advanced
Opportunities Roadshow is tentatively scheduled for the following dates. This
year will include a full day in-depth workshop from 8:30-3:30 for
administrators, counselors, and career advisors around implementation practices
for AO and College/Career Readiness. Please save the date, more information
will be provided in the near future. We look forward to visiting your neck of
the wood and hearing your feedback on program implementation.
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1: Coeur d’Alene, Monday, May 22nd
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2: Moscow, Tuesday, May 23rd
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3: Boise, Thursday, May 25th
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4: Twin Falls, Tuesday, May 30th
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5: Pocatello, Wednesday, May 31st
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6: Idaho Falls, Thursday, June 1st
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Parent Nights: Our team is willing
to host a parent night concurrently with the roadshow, if you feel this would
be beneficial for your region, please let us know and we will work with you to
organize the event while we are in your region of the state.
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Conference: The Advanced
Opportunities conference is currently scheduled for September 7-8 in Boise,
with pre-conferences on Sept. 6th. We hope that all of you
will be able to join us as we bring in experts from around the country for some
dynamic professional development. More information will be provided soon!
Thank you for your continued commitment to Idaho
students. Please contact our support team if you have any questions.
Warmly,
Tina Polishchuk