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Release 26.9.0.0 - September 2026

Product Updates 

Product Area 

Type

Summary

Release Note

Configuration - Notification - Contracts/Letters from Template Type

New Feature

Notifications are supported per contract type

Administrators can create customized notification templates for specific contract and letter types, ensuring distinct employee groups receive tailored messaging upon issuance. Any contract type without a custom template configured will automatically continue using the default notification.

Contracts & Letters - Edit

New Feature

Workflows are supported per contract type

Administrators can configure and associate distinct approval workflows with each contract or letter type. This ensures contracts automatically follow the appropriate approval paths, steps, and approvers for different employee groups without requiring manual routing.

Import

Enhancement

New Hires and Rehires Protected from Mass Deactivation

Employees hired or rehired through Begin Hire are no longer deactivated by Mass Deactivation before their records reach the district's ERP. Records will automatically exclude these users from Data Import Tool Mass Deactivation, preserving the user record along with job type assignments and supervisor and direct report relationships. The exclusion is removed automatically the first time the employee appears in a Staff Import file, after which standard deactivation rules apply.

This update applies to all districts using Begin Hire together with Mass Deactivation. As part of this change, the “Include in Sync” checkbox on the user record is renamed to Exclude from Data Import Tool Mass Deactivation, to reflect what it controls.

For more information, refer to Preventing Accidental Mass Deactivation.

Configuration - Security

Issue

Folder Settings do not save as expected

Previously, changing the folder security permissions sometimes failed to save. This has been resolved.

Configuration - View W4 - Select Print as PDF

Issue

Printing W-4 data

When printing W-4 data, the form sometimes displayed previous values. This has been corrected.

Staff user - View Mixed Form - Print

Issue

Print of mixed forms not including rich text fields

Previously, a mixed form that included a rich text field failed to print that field. This has been resolved.

Configuration - Documents - No WF Unlock

Issue

Unlocking documents with sub-workflows

If a document contains a sub-workflow with multiple steps and was unlocked to the previous step, it was routed to Step 1 of the workflow, not the previous step of the sub-workflow. This has been corrected.

Configuration - Staff - Files - View - Print

Issue

Printing workflow comments

Previously, workflow comments were never printed. This has been resolved.

User Files - File List - Bulk Actions - Print with History

Issue

Printing documents for an Employee

Previously, when printing an employee’s documents, a blank page would appear between each document. This has been resolved.

Login

Issue

Temp Access Login Supported When Username and Email Differ

Previously, in districts configured with third-party authentication (OIDC/SAML), temporary access logins could fail if an employee's username differed from their email address. With this update, the login process correctly handles differing usernames and email addresses, ensuring new hires and staff can access their accounts smoothly without onboarding delays.

Configuration - Staff - Username

Issue

Usernames No Longer Include Unexpected Numbers

Resolved an issue for districts configured with third-party authentication (OIDC/SAML), where usernames were updated with unexpected numbers. Usernames will remain exactly as entered across manual creation, Begin Hire onboarding, and Data Import Tool (DIT) imports, allowing staff to log in using their expected credentials.