Overview
Setting label: Force end user to add a guardian before creating a new Student
Setting ID: Force_End_User_To_Add_A_Guardian_Before_Creating_A_New_Student
Location: Main Settings > General Settings > Student Form Registration tab, Checks & Controls group
What This Setting Does
This setting requires that a valid guardian be connected to a _Student_ before the _Student_ record can be created. If enabled, administrators and staff creating a new _Student_ will not be able to finish the creation process until they have linked at least one valid guardian.
Where It Is Used
Main Menu > Students > Students List > Create, Guardian section of the Student form.
Business Logic / Behavior
- When enabled, the Create action for a new _Student_ is blocked until a guardian has been added and connected to the record.
- The guardian connected must be a valid guardian record; an incomplete or invalid guardian entry does not satisfy the requirement.
- When disabled, a _Student_ can be created and saved with no guardian connected at all.
- This requirement applies only to the creation of new _Students_; it does not retroactively require guardians on _Students_ that already exist without one.
Example(s)
Alpha Institute enables this setting. Admissions officer Laura C. begins creating a new _Student_ record for Ethan W. but tries to save it without connecting a guardian. Classter stops the save and displays a message that a guardian must be added first. Laura adds Ethan’s mother, Denise W., as guardian and the _Student_ record then saves successfully.
When to Use
When to Enable
Enable this setting at institutions serving minors, where a guardian contact is required for enrollment, billing, or emergency-contact purposes, and the institution wants to make sure no _Student_ is ever registered without one.
When to Disable
Disable this setting at institutions that also register adult _Students_ (such as colleges) where a guardian is not always required, or when guardians are added separately after the initial registration.
Notes
K-12 vs Higher Education: This setting behaves the same regardless of whether Enable Configuration for Higher Education is on or off, though it is typically left disabled at Higher Education institutions where most _Students_ are adults.
