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Online Registration General Information

Regional Data Services Registration Software gives parents the ability to register their child (or children) in minutes, not hours, from the comfort of their home. Instead of having to drive to a school (or schools), parents can simply go on-line during registration and register all of their children at one time. Not only can they register their child, parents can also pay any new or outstanding fees easily online. This software is designed for returning students, so all the registration information on file can be updated by the parent at the time of registration. With parents updating their own child's information, this becomes a valuable time saver at the school level, because the information will not have to be hand entered. Once a student is enrolled a parent can access and change demographic and emergency information.

features:

- Save time and money by registering returning students via the web

	• Centralized database
	• Exception-based processing
	• Interfaces directly into financial system
	• Define up to 14 user-defined leave categories
	• System-defined tax tables for federal, state, county, EIC, FICA and Medicare
	• Define up to 14 user-defined pension categories
	• System-defined ACH file specifications
	• Define over 200 employee deductions
	• Deduction adjustment maintenance allows for identifying one-time deduction adjustments
	• Control start and end dates as well as individual employee deduction limits
	• User-defined tables for pay classes, job codes, absence reasons, direct deposit bank codes, ethnicity, pay/work locations, leave reasons, etc.
	• Set up multiple pay schedules
	• Paychecks/direct deposits can be created on pre-printed forms as well as laser-generated forms
	• Employer matching shares of 403B, 401A, VEBA,etc. can be generated during check production
	• Automated processing of savings bonds to the Federal Reserve
	• Option to generate leave accruals based on hire date
	• Pay an employee out of up to ten different budget accounts using a single employee number
	• An employee can have multiple pay classifications, job codes and/or work locations using a single employee number
	• Automatic pay docking based upon salary, hourly and/or daily docking factors
	• Employee lookup can have multiple pay classifications, job codes and/or work locations using a single employee number
	• Generate net pay and/or partial direct deposits
	• Garnishments including bankruptcy, child support, tax levy and regular garnishments can be easily setup and tracked
	• Print messages on checks and direct deposits for all employees or specialized messages by group or individual employee(s)
	• Pending payroll changes such as pay classes, work locations, budget account numbers, deductions, etc. can be entered in advance and triggered by a future payroll date
	• Provides for either remote or central input or daily attendance and/or hours worked
	• Automatic payment of substitutes
	• Calculate an individual employee's pay with the option to print a manual check/direct deposit
	• A historical snapshot of each paycheck/direct deposit is created
	• Record third party sick pay, uncollected FICA/Medicare, or other types of history adjustments
	• Electronic or manual check reconciliation
	• Full management of early retirement pay
	• Produces all pension-related reports and magnetic media
	• Federal and state reports including magnetic media (i.e., W2's, 1099-R's, WH-3, 941 and Schedule B, 945, P-31, DOE-CP)
	• Extensive employee reports, letters and labels
	• Quickly enter various fields of information through the powerful database management module
	• Enter field trips and automatically assign to drivers
	• Audit trail of critical payroll data modifications

- No more standing in line in a school building or buildings waiting to register

- Reduces the number of staff necessary to enter registration

- Registration typically takes only 5-10 minutes

- Register any day or time during the registration period

- Pay fees online at the end of the registration process

- Registration information is updated at the time of registration

- A great tool to help insure that student data is kept current

- Eliminates data entry errors that can be caused by entering information by hand

- Select which data elements can be viewed modified or required for registration

- Customize data labels and optionally add a description for each label

- A custom message can be displayed to parents at the beginning of the registration process

- Specify a start and end date for online registration

- Parents have the option to update student information and call sequences during any time during the school year

- Print a complete student schedule including homeroom, counselor name, locker number & locker combination

- Registration settings can be set at the District Level, Individual school or even down to the grade level

- Control who can register student(s) by access type

- Stop parents from registering their students if they have a residency issue

- Lock out users from viewing student information until the registration process is complete

- Lock users from viewing schedules at any time of the year

- Registration can be entered online by administrative staff if a parent chooses to register at the school building

- A log is kept of all modifications made during registration

registration process:

- Review and update student information

- Review and update call sequences

- View and fill out custom forms online

- View links to external web sites or documents to be printed and filled out by hand

- Submit registration

administrative reports:

	- Students who have or have not been registered
	- Changes to student information made at any time
	- Create and store data for customized forms using the optional forms building software

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. I have a few kids in different schools, how long will it take to register them?

A. It should only take you about 10 minutes to register the all because you complete the registration for one child and then you copy it to the other children.

Q. I could see how it would benefit out parents, but what are some of the benefits for the schools?

A. There are many benefits to the schools, but two of the biggest are that is is a time saver and the data is updated immediately so everything is ready a the start of school.

Q. Does the software require a different login for the parents?

A. No it does not because it is an add-on module to the RDS Parent Access Software