fix tables to have school year, and remove school year from other tables.

app/Models/Concerns/BelongsToSchoolYear.php

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models\Concerns;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+
+trait BelongsToSchoolYear
+{
+    public function scopeForSchoolYear(Builder $query, string $schoolYear): Builder
+    {
+        return $query->where($this->getTable().'.school_year', $schoolYear);
+    }
+
+    public function scopeForSchoolYearContext(Builder $query, object $context): Builder
+    {
+        return $query->where($this->getTable().'.school_year', $context->yearName());
+    }
+}

app/Models/Concerns/HasOptionalSchoolYearContext.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models\Concerns;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+
+trait HasOptionalSchoolYearContext
+{
+    public function scopeForOptionalSchoolYearContext(Builder $query, object $context): Builder
+    {
+        return $query->where(function (Builder $q) use ($context) {
+            $q->whereNull($this->getTable().'.school_year')
+                ->orWhere($this->getTable().'.school_year', $context->yearName());
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function scopeOnlyForSchoolYearContext(Builder $query, object $context): Builder
+    {
+        return $query->where($this->getTable().'.school_year', $context->yearName());
+    }
+}

app/Models/Staff.php

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Staff extends BaseModel
 
     public function scopeForSchoolYear(Builder $q, string $schoolYear): Builder
     {
-        return $q->where('school_year', $schoolYear);
+        return $q;
     }
 
     /* ============================================================
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ class Staff extends BaseModel
     }
 
     /**
-     * Insert or update a staff row keyed by (user_id, school_year).
+     * Insert or update a staff row keyed by user_id.
-     * - If school_year missing: reuse latest existing school_year for that user if available.
      * - created_at is preserved on update (unless explicitly provided).
      * - updated_at can be provided by caller; otherwise we set it.
      *
@@ -103,45 +102,10 @@ class Staff extends BaseModel
 
         $userId = (int) $data['user_id'];
 
-        // Resolve school_year fallback like your legacy logic
+        $existing = static::query()
-        $schoolYear = $data['school_year'] ?? null;
+            ->where('user_id', $userId)
-        if ($schoolYear === null) {
+            ->orderByDesc('id')
-            $existingAny = static::query()
+            ->first();
-                ->where('user_id', $userId)
-                ->orderByDesc('id')
-                ->first();
-
-            if ($existingAny && $existingAny->school_year) {
-                $schoolYear = (string) $existingAny->school_year;
-                $data['school_year'] = $schoolYear;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Find existing by key
-        $existing = null;
-        if ($schoolYear !== null) {
-            $existing = static::query()
-                ->where('user_id', $userId)
-                ->where('school_year', (string) $schoolYear)
-                ->first();
-        } else {
-            // If no school_year, treat (user_id) as key
-            $existing = static::query()
-                ->where('user_id', $userId)
-                ->first();
-        }
-
-        // The table enforces unique email addresses, so a user cannot safely
-        // have multiple staff rows across different school years with the same
-        // generated email. If an exact school-year row is missing but the user
-        // already has any staff row, update that existing row instead of trying
-        // to insert a duplicate-email record.
-        if (! $existing) {
-            $existing = static::query()
-                ->where('user_id', $userId)
-                ->orderByDesc('id')
-                ->first();
-        }
 
         $now = now(); // use UTC if app.timezone=UTC (recommended)
 
@@ -201,7 +165,6 @@ class Staff extends BaseModel
             'role_name' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:80'],
             'active_role' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:80'], // includes 'inactive'
             'status' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:40'],
-            'school_year' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:20'],
             'created_at' => ['nullable', 'date'],
             'updated_at' => ['nullable', 'date'],
         ];

app/Models/Student.php

@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ class Student extends BaseModel
             return $q;
         }
 
-        return $q->where('school_year', $schoolYear);
+        return $q->whereExists(function ($sub) use ($schoolYear) {
+            $sub->selectRaw('1')
+                ->from('student_class as sc')
+                ->whereColumn('sc.student_id', 'students.id')
+                ->where('sc.school_year', $schoolYear);
+        });
     }
 
     public function scopeOrderByName(Builder $q): Builder
@@ -197,9 +202,14 @@ class Student extends BaseModel
             $q->whereIn('students.is_new', [0, 1]);
         }
 
-        // school_year filter (skip if null or "all")
+        // Students are global identities; year rosters come from yearly class/enrollment rows.
         if ($schoolYear !== null && strtolower($schoolYear) !== 'all') {
-            $q->where('students.school_year', $schoolYear);
+            $q->whereExists(function ($sub) use ($schoolYear) {
+                $sub->selectRaw('1')
+                    ->from('student_class as sc')
+                    ->whereColumn('sc.student_id', 'students.id')
+                    ->where('sc.school_year', $schoolYear);
+            });
         }
 
         return $q->groupBy('students.id')

app/Models/User.php

@@ -172,10 +172,6 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
             $pivotColumns[] = 'deleted_at';
             $relation->wherePivotNull('deleted_at');
         }
-        if (Schema::hasColumn('user_roles', 'school_year')) {
-            $pivotColumns[] = 'school_year';
-        }
-
         if (! empty($pivotColumns)) {
             $relation->withPivot($pivotColumns);
         }
@@ -422,7 +418,6 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
             ->join('user_roles', 'user_roles.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
             ->join('roles', 'roles.id', '=', 'user_roles.role_id')
             ->where('roles.name', $roleName)
-            ->where('users.school_year', $schoolYear)
             ->whereNull('user_roles.deleted_at')
             ->get()
             ->map(fn ($r) => (array) $r)
@@ -440,7 +435,6 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
             ->selectRaw('u.id, MAX(CASE WHEN r.slug NOT IN ("guest","teacher","teacher_assistant","parent") THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as is_admin')
             ->join('user_roles as ur', 'ur.user_id', '=', 'u.id')
             ->join('roles as r', 'r.id', '=', 'ur.role_id')
-            ->where('u.school_year', $schoolYear)
             ->where('r.is_active', 1)
             ->whereNull('ur.deleted_at')
             ->groupBy('u.id')
@@ -546,23 +540,11 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
         }
 
         if (! empty($schoolYear)) {
-            // Prefer ur.school_year if it exists (role is year-scoped)
+            $escYear = DB::getPdo()->quote($schoolYear);
-            $hasUrSchoolYear = false;
-            try {
-                $cols = DB::getSchemaBuilder()->getColumnListing('user_roles');
-                $hasUrSchoolYear = in_array('school_year', $cols, true);
-            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                $hasUrSchoolYear = false;
-            }
 
-            if ($hasUrSchoolYear) {
+            $q->where(function ($w) use ($escYear) {
-                $q->where('ur.school_year', $schoolYear);
+                // Staff participation in a year comes from yearly relationship tables.
-            } else {
+                $w->whereRaw("
-                $escYear = DB::getPdo()->quote($schoolYear);
-
-                $q->where(function ($w) use ($escYear) {
-                    // A) teacher assignment that year
-                    $w->whereRaw("
                         EXISTS (
                             SELECT 1
                             FROM teacher_class tc
@@ -571,20 +553,15 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
                         )
                     ");
 
-                    // B) OR has any non-teacher-ish, non-parent role
+                $w->orWhereRaw("
-                    $w->orWhereRaw("
                         EXISTS (
                             SELECT 1
-                            FROM user_roles ur2
+                            FROM staff_attendance sa
-                            JOIN roles r2 ON r2.id = ur2.role_id
+                            WHERE sa.user_id = users.id
-                            WHERE ur2.user_id = users.id
+                              AND sa.school_year = {$escYear}
-                              AND ur2.deleted_at IS NULL
-                              AND LOWER(r2.name) NOT IN ('parent','ta')
-                              AND LOWER(r2.name) NOT LIKE '%teacher%'
                         )
                     ");
-                });
+            });
-            }
         }
 
         $q->groupBy('users.id');

app/Models/UserRole.php

@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ class UserRole extends BaseModel
     protected $fillable = [
         'user_id',
         'role_id',
-        'semester',
-        'school_year',
         'created_at',
         'updated_at',
-        'updated_by',
         'deleted_at',
+        'updated_by',
     ];
 
     protected $casts = [
@@ -67,11 +65,7 @@ class UserRole extends BaseModel
 
     public function scopeForSchoolYear(Builder $q, ?string $schoolYear): Builder
     {
-        if ($schoolYear === null || trim($schoolYear) === '') {
+        return $q;
-            return $q;
-        }
-
-        return $q->where('school_year', $schoolYear);
     }
 
     /* ============================================================
@@ -175,8 +169,6 @@ class UserRole extends BaseModel
         return [
             'user_id' => [$req, 'integer', 'min:1', 'exists:users,id'],
             'role_id' => [$req, 'integer', 'min:1', 'exists:roles,id'],
-            'semester' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:20'],
-            'school_year' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:20'],
             'updated_by' => ['nullable', 'integer'],
         ];
     }

app/Services/Badges/BadgeService.php

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use FPDF;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class BadgeService
 {
@@ -237,10 +236,6 @@ class BadgeService
             $query->whereIn('users.id', $selectedUserIds);
         }
 
-        if (! empty($schoolYear) && Schema::hasColumn('user_roles', 'school_year')) {
-            $query->where('user_roles.school_year', $schoolYear);
-        }
-
         return array_map(static fn ($row) => (array) $row, $query->get()->all());
     }
 

app/Services/Badges/BadgeStudentLookupService.php

@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ class BadgeStudentLookupService
                 'students.lastname',
                 'students.registration_grade',
                 'students.school_id',
-                'students.school_year',
+                DB::raw('COALESCE(MAX(sc.school_year), ?) as school_year'),
                 DB::raw($classSectionAggregate),
             ])
+            ->addBinding((string) ($schoolYear ?? ''), 'select')
             ->where('students.is_active', 1)
             ->groupBy(
                 'students.id',
                 'students.firstname',
                 'students.lastname',
                 'students.registration_grade',
-                'students.school_id',
+                'students.school_id'
-                'students.school_year'
             )
             ->orderBy('students.lastname')
             ->orderBy('students.firstname');
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ class BadgeStudentLookupService
         if (! empty($selectedStudentIds)) {
             $query->whereIn('students.id', $selectedStudentIds);
         } elseif (! empty($schoolYear)) {
-            $query->where(function ($q) use ($schoolYear) {
+            $query->whereNotNull('sc.student_id');
-                $q->where('students.school_year', $schoolYear)
-                    ->orWhereNotNull('sc.student_id');
-            });
         }
 
         $rows = array_map(static fn ($row) => (array) $row, $query->get()->all());

app/Services/Badges/BadgeUserLookupService.php

@@ -206,22 +206,6 @@ class BadgeUserLookupService
         } catch (\Throwable) {
         }
 
-        if (empty($schoolYears)) {
-            try {
-                if (Schema::hasTable('user_roles') && Schema::hasColumn('user_roles', 'school_year')) {
-                    $schoolYears = DB::table('user_roles')
-                        ->selectRaw('DISTINCT school_year')
-                        ->whereNotNull('school_year')
-                        ->orderByDesc('school_year')
-                        ->pluck('school_year')
-                        ->filter()
-                        ->values()
-                        ->all();
-                }
-            } catch (\Throwable) {
-            }
-        }
-
         return $schoolYears;
     }
 

app/Services/SchoolYears/SchoolYearContextService.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Services\SchoolYears;
 
 use App\Models\Configuration;
 use App\Models\SchoolYear;
+use App\Support\SchoolYear\SchoolYearTableRegistry;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
@@ -143,15 +144,17 @@ class SchoolYearContextService
     private function legacySchoolYearNames(): array
     {
         $tables = [
-            'students', 'parents', 'users', 'staff', 'student_class', 'teacher_class',
+            'student_class', 'teacher_class',
-            'events', 'calendar_events', 'scan_log', 'exam_drafts', 'inventory_items',
+            'events', 'calendar_events', 'exam_drafts',
-            'inventory_movements', 'certificate_records', 'semester_scores', 'final_scores',
+            'certificate_records', 'semester_scores', 'final_score',
             'student_decisions', 'below_sixty_decisions', 'whatsapp_group_links',
         ];
 
         $names = [];
         foreach ($tables as $table) {
-            if (! Schema::hasTable($table) || ! Schema::hasColumn($table, 'school_year')) {
+            if (! SchoolYearTableRegistry::isYearScoped($table)
+                || ! Schema::hasTable($table)
+                || ! Schema::hasColumn($table, 'school_year')) {
                 continue;
             }
 

app/Support/SchoolYear/SchoolYearTableRegistry.php

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Support\SchoolYear;
+
+final class SchoolYearTableRegistry
+{
+    public const YEAR_SCOPED = [
+        'classes',
+        'classSection',
+        'sections',
+        'enrollments',
+        'student_class',
+        'teacher_class',
+        'attendance_data',
+        'attendance_day',
+        'attendance_record',
+        'attendance_tracking',
+        'class_progress_reports',
+        'exam_drafts',
+        'exams',
+        'final_exam',
+        'final_score',
+        'semester_scores',
+        'invoices',
+        'invoice_installments',
+        'payments',
+        'payment_transactions',
+        'manual_payments',
+        'expenses',
+        'refunds',
+        'calendar_events',
+        'events',
+        'parent_notifications',
+        'parent_meeting_schedules',
+        'print_requests',
+        'report_card_acknowledgements',
+        'whatsapp_group_links',
+        'whatsapp_group_memberships',
+    ];
+
+    public const GLOBAL = [
+        'users',
+        'authorized_users',
+        'roles',
+        'permissions',
+        'role_permissions',
+        'user_roles',
+        'nav_items',
+        'role_nav_items',
+        'parent_accounts',
+        'settings',
+        'configuration',
+        'preferences',
+        'user_preferences',
+        'email_templates',
+        'school_years',
+        'migrations',
+        'laravel_migrations',
+        'cache',
+        'cache_locks',
+        'sessions',
+        'personal_access_tokens',
+        'password_resets',
+        'password_reset_requests',
+    ];
+
+    public const IDENTITY_WITH_YEAR_RELATION = [
+        'families',
+        'parents',
+        'students',
+        'teachers',
+        'staff',
+        'family_guardians',
+        'family_students',
+        'emergency_contacts',
+        'student_allergies',
+        'student_medical_conditions',
+    ];
+
+    public const CONTEXT = [
+        'audit_logs',
+        'communication_logs',
+        'notifications',
+        'notification_recipients',
+        'user_notifications',
+        'messages',
+        'support_requests',
+        'contactus',
+        'finance_notification_logs',
+        'payment_notification_logs',
+    ];
+
+    public static function categoryFor(string $table): ?string
+    {
+        if (self::isYearScoped($table)) {
+            return 'year_scoped';
+        }
+
+        if (self::isGlobal($table)) {
+            return 'global';
+        }
+
+        if (self::isIdentityWithYearRelation($table)) {
+            return 'identity_with_year_relation';
+        }
+
+        if (self::isContext($table)) {
+            return 'context';
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public static function isYearScoped(string $table): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($table, self::YEAR_SCOPED, true);
+    }
+
+    public static function isGlobal(string $table): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($table, self::GLOBAL, true);
+    }
+
+    public static function isIdentityWithYearRelation(string $table): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($table, self::IDENTITY_WITH_YEAR_RELATION, true);
+    }
+
+    public static function isContext(string $table): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($table, self::CONTEXT, true);
+    }
+}

tests/Unit/Support/SchoolYearTableRegistryTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit\Support;
+
+use App\Support\SchoolYear\SchoolYearTableRegistry;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class SchoolYearTableRegistryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_global_tables_are_not_year_scoped(): void
+    {
+        foreach (['users', 'roles', 'permissions', 'settings', 'school_years', 'user_roles'] as $table) {
+            $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isGlobal($table), $table);
+            $this->assertFalse(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isYearScoped($table), $table);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function test_identity_tables_are_classified_separately_from_year_owned_tables(): void
+    {
+        foreach (['students', 'families', 'parents', 'teachers', 'staff'] as $table) {
+            $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isIdentityWithYearRelation($table), $table);
+            $this->assertFalse(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isYearScoped($table), $table);
+            $this->assertFalse(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isGlobal($table), $table);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function test_year_owned_and_context_tables_are_explicit(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isYearScoped('student_class'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isYearScoped('payments'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isContext('notifications'));
+        $this->assertTrue(SchoolYearTableRegistry::isContext('payment_notification_logs'));
+    }
+}