Unable to use #A01# substitution variable in dynamic list

Greetings...
I am attempting to generate a dynamic list on the page. The list will contain a flag indicating whether the list entry is actually hidden to the user or not. If it is hidden to the user, then I want to apply a particular class to that list entry when rendered.
The dynamic list has the following SQL:
SELECT null lvl,
 menu.menu_nm label_value,
 q'!javascript:$s('P32_MASTER_MENU_ID', '!' ||
 menu.menu_id || q'!');!' target_value,
 null image,
 null image_attribute,
 null image_alt_attribute,
 case when menu.hidden = 'Y'
 then 'class="hiddenNode"'
 else null end attribute1
from ( select 'N' hidden, vis.* from std_vw_apex_menu vis
 union all
 select 'Y' hidden, hid.* from std_vw_apex_menu_hidden hid ) menu
where menu.menu_ty = 'MAINMENU'
order by menu.sort_order
I am then using a list template with the following as the "Current" list entry:
<li class="active"><a href="#LINK#">#TEXT#</a></li>
... and the following as the "Non-Current" list entry:
<li><a href="#LINK#">#TEXT#</a></li>
The result I see in the rendered page however is that the substitution is not happening, as indicated in the following snippet :
<li><a href="javascript:$s('P32_MASTER_MENU_ID', '18893191201');">Education</a></li>
We are on ApEx 4.2.1. What am I doing wrong as I've seen other threads indicate that it is possible for dynamic lists to use substitution variables in their list templates.
Shane.

I found the solution at Attribute substitution not working in templates for dynamic lists.

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