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The contents of this page explain the general process for preparing your District's online application for the new school year.

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a general guide

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and may change year to year.

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 If you have any questions regarding setup and customization that is not explained by this process (or the contents of this

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page), please contact Support for further assistance.

Once the MySchoolApps End of Year process has been run on the MySchoolApps website and the new newest version of MySchoolApps has been released, your District will be automatically reset to " Test Mode. "  This This hides the online application availability from parents and only allows access to the application via a special 'Test' URL, which is defined in the bottom of the District settings page (in the admin area under 'District').  This . This allows you to make customizations in a protected 'pre-release' sandbox.  In  In order to review your changes, just access the aforementioned special test URL.


The 'test mode' section is displayed at the bottom of the 'District' page when your District is in this mode.  You  You can use the URL displayed to test a live scenario of your application while you make adjustments and obtain approval for the new school year's application format.

Overview of Basic New School Year Procedure

  • MySchoolApps is taken offline on or around June 8 to perform End of Year procedures and upgrades to the newest version of MySchoolApps to occur.

  • Review your custom strings for current languages and make any changes as needed

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    This is also the best time to activate and modify any new languages you may wish to use in the

    coming

    upcoming school year.

  • MySchoolApps will be updated with new Income Eligibility Guidelines provided by the USDA and will be made available with the newest release in June.

  • Establish Start and End Dates if your District would like to control when applications can be

    taken

    submitted and when they are no longer accepted.

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titleNew School Year Income Tables

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Note: The software treats the End Of Year Date setting as the date on which to STOP accepting applications. So if a district wants to accept applications up to and including June 15th, they should set the EOY date to June 16th.