June 2026 Graduate Reporting
The following steps outline the process of reporting students who graduated or earned a Certificate of Attainment (CA) as part of the class of 2026. Students who have completed all requirements are eligible to be reported as graduates in the class of 2026. These steps will ensure the accurate calculation of the District and school graduation and dropout rates with DESE.
June Graduates should NOT be transferred out so they can be reported as graduates for your school.
- If the student is an October or March graduate, transfer the student out from your school BEFORE coding as a graduate through the steps below.
- How to Transfer out of School: Article - Transfer Out of School (Use Exit Code 20 for graduated students)
Helpful Tools for Competency Determination:
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Use the “Grade 12 Competency Determination Transcript Audit Report” in the Data Hub to review courses taken the competency determination requirements for graduation
From the Data Hub > Choose Graduation Reports from the lift-hand menu > Click the “Grade 12 Competency Determination Transcript Audit Report” > use the transcript status dropdown to filter competency determination status.
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*This report is only an internal search tool designed to assist counselors in verifying graduation eligibility. The data is not reported to DESE or anywhere else.
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An asterisk (*) indicates a course that may or may not count towards CD, such as a lifeskills course. These may need verification
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Stored Search in PowerSchool: Use the Competency Determination stored searches to pull students who have not yet been coded in PowerSchool (No CD Grade 12), who already have the CD area of their graduation eligibility page completed (SPS CD Grade 12), or those who have met the DESE CD in all three content areas (DESE CD Grade 12)
PowerSchool Homepage > Sored Searches > Click ‘Run Search’ to the right of the report you would like to pull.
Steps to Code Graduates
Update the student’s graduate status on the Graduation Eligibility Page
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From the list of students, locate your student.
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Navigate to the Graduation Eligibility page, either using SPS > Graduation Eligibility on the left hand navigation, or More > Support Plan SSP
Completing the SPS Competency Determination & Graduation
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Complete the competency determination for each subject area.
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If the student has met the CD through MCAS, that will be prepopulated in the course and mastery status.
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Indicate whether the student has met both the course status and content mastery.
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Notes: Please enter a brief description if the student has not met the CD requirements.
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The student has met the SPS CD when both course status and mastery has been met in all three content areas.
Graduation Status
The page is designed for you to be able to complete part of the page, then return to complete it. We do recommend that when completing the Competency Determination, complete this section in its entirety.
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Update the DOE12 - Enrollment Status field
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Update the DOE033 - Post Graduate Plans
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Update the SPS Graduation Date
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Certify that the information is correct in relation to the linked Competency Determination and the PPP documents, then Submit.
Graduate Verification Report
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Students will appear on the Graduate Verification Report in the Data Hub the day after they are coded in PowerSchool.
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From the Data Hub, click Graduation under Reports, and select the Graduation Verification Report.
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Select the School Name, School Year, and set Graduation Period to End-of-Year.
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Export the Report as a PDF
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Submit the student list and the signed verification report in a service desk ticket with your school’s name and “Grad Verification Report” in the subject line