Product Release: Auto Update 144 is Now Available!

New Strict Meals Only charge policy feature

New in this release 

New Features

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  • New! A Strict Meals Only (S) has been added that when set prohibits a student from charging an a la carte item if their balance remains negative at the end of the transaction.
    • The new Strict Meals Only (S) charge policy can be found in the Default Charge dropdown on the Other Configurations tab in Administration: Site Setup, and the Charge dropdown on the Miscellaneous tab in Student: Account Setup.
      • Use Account Setup to set the Charge Policy to an individual Student.
      • Selecting this Default Charge means that the student account must have a positive balance at the end of the transaction to charge milk or supplemental sales. Example:  If the student’s account balance is -$2.65, and they come through the line to purchase a Reimbursable Meal for $2.30 and a Milk for ($0.80), and add $5.00 to their account, they will only be able to purchase the Reimbursable Meal ($2.30) since the balance at the end of the transaction will still be negative.
      • When the charge policy is set to Strict Meals Only (S), and a student attempts to purchase a reimbursable meal and an a la carte item (or a la carte only) with a negative balance, the following message will display.
  • New! A new Eligibility by Application Type report has been added to Student Eligibility that displays eligibility statuses by application type so users can see the detailed distribution per site. 
    • Security for this report has been added to System Management: Security: User Group Setup: Student Eligibility: Reports.
    • This can be run for any as of date in current Fiscal Year.
    • The first section will display for each site:
      • # Free students
      • % Free membership
      • # Reduced students
      • % Reduced membership
      • # Paid students
      • % Paid membership
      • # Free and Reduced students (non-Direct Certified)
      • # Direct Certified students
      • # Denied students
    • The second section will display Application Totals for Free, Reduced and Paid Applications and displays the following types:
      • Income Application
      • SNAP Application
      • TANF Application
      • FDPIR Application
      • Homeless
      • Migrant
      • Runaway
      • Foster
      • Medicaid
      • Head Start
    • The third section will display Free, Reduced, and Paid statuses from Student Eligibility Totals Based on Application from the following types:
      • Income based status
      • SNAP based status
      • TANF based status
      • FDPIR based status
      • Homeless
      • Migrant
      • Runaway
      • Foster
      • Medicaid
      • Head Start
    • The fourth section is for Direct Certified Students only will display statuses from Student Eligibility Totals Based on Direct Certification from the following types:
      • SNAP based status
      • TANF based status
      • FDPIR based status
      • Homeless
      • Migrant
      • Runaway
      • Foster
      • Medicaid
      • Head Start
    • The fifth section will display the total counts for the Student Eligibility Totals Based on Application and Direct Certification.

Other Enhancements

Menus
Meals/Menus
Reimbursable Meals

  • Users will be able to edit recipes when clicking the Manage Recipe button and viewing the recipe information.

 

Point of Sale
Students
Account Setup

  • Student’s Date of Birth has been added to the Student grid and Student Information tab.

 

System Management
Administration
Auto Transfer Settings

  • Serving Number has been added to the PowerSchool import.  It can be matched on Local Id or State Province Id.

LunchApplication.com
Website
ADA Compliant

  • The website is now ADA Compliant throughout. 

 

Corrections

Inventory
Orders
Manage Purchase Orders

  • The error preventing multiple orders from being closed at one time has been corrected.

System Management
Administration
Auto Transfer Settings: VendorLink

  • The error ‘Student not found for Fiscal Year 2019’ relating to the Student Number Preview field has been corrected.
  • If Student Status Code exists, the mapping will be used.  If no Student Status Code mappings exist, ‘D’ and ‘I’ will import as Inactive.