select('school_year') ->whereNotNull('school_year') ->distinct() ->orderBy('school_year', 'DESC') ->pluck('school_year') ->map(static fn ($val) => (string) $val) ->filter(static fn ($val) => $val !== '') ->values() ->all(); if (empty($years) && ! empty($fallbackYear)) { $years[] = (string) $fallbackYear; } return $years; } }