State Reporting 26.9.2.0 Release Notes

PSSR-445283

All States: CRDC 25-26 LEA UI Update

The District/LEA compliance page has been updated for the 2025-2026 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) cycle.

• Streamlined Data Collection: Removed outdated questions (NB-1) and Gender Identity sub-questions for HIBD-4, HIBD-5, and HIBD-6, moving them to the Deprecated Fields section to maintain historical records while simplifying current reporting.

• New Reporting Indicators: Added the RSTS-1 section to track Mechanical Restraint, Physical Restraint, and Seclusion indicators for LEA students served in non-LEA facilities, ensuring compliance with new federal requirements.

PSSR-445295

All States: CRDC 25-26 School UI Updates

The School compliance page has been updated for the 2025–2026 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) cycle.

• New reporting indicators: Added a Bilingual teacher certificate field to the Staff section to capture staff certified as bilingual, and introduced THRE-1 to record whether the school has a Threat Assessment Team.

• Instructional terminology updates: Renamed several "Directional Indicator" fields to Instruction to align with new CRDC standards:

  • "COVID-related Directional Indicators" is now INST: Instruction.

  • "Directional Indicator – Instruction Type" is now INST-1: Instruction Type (the 'D' option was removed).

  • "Directional Indicator - Remote Instruction" is now INST-2: Remote Instruction.

  • "Percentage of students who received remote instruction" is now INST-3: Remote Instruction Percentage.

  • Virtual instruction clarification: Updated SCHR-1 to ask if the school offered only remote instruction.

• Streamlined data collection: Deprecated these outdated questions and moved them to the Deprecated section:

  • ATHL-3: Count of non-binary student participants on teams.

  • DIND-3: Directional Indicator 3.

  • HIBS-1: Allegations of harassment or bullying based on gender identity.

PSSR-446452

All States: CRDC 25-26 Student UI Updates

The Student compliance page was updated for the 2025–2026 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) cycle.

• New reporting indicator: Added a new "Threat Assessment" section to the Student Compliance CRDC page, including a new field, THRE — Is the student referred to a Threat Assessment Team?

PSSR-449726

SIF Message Viewer Updates

The SIF Message Viewer page has been updated with a redesigned interface, enhanced message management tools, and direct navigation menu access for states using a SIF Unity.

Key Improvements

• Direct Menu Navigation

  • The SIF Messages link now appears directly in the main navigation menu for any state configured with a SIF Unity profile, removing the need to manually enter the page URL.

• Enhanced Page Usability

  • Message ID Column: Added a dedicated ID column to help identify messages easily.

  • Error Details: Added quick error visibility (column/popup) so users can inspect message error details instantly.

  • Table Sorting: Enabled sorting across table columns to easily organize and review messages.

  • Refresh Button: Added a Refresh button to update message status instantly without reloading the entire web page.

• Message Deletion & Audit Logging

  • Delete Messages: Users can now delete SIF messages directly from the screen.

  • Audit Trail: Every message deletion is automatically logged in cst_publog as an informational entry for tracking and audit history.

PSSR-439556

Alaska SIF Unity Updates for 2026–27

Updated Alaska SIF Unity to support the 2026–27 DOE requirements, including the new StudentSchoolEnrollment query and required RoomInfo, StaffAssignment, and StaffPersonal objects with Add, Change, and Delete event support.

PSSR-435291

Education Services Reporting Updates

Updated Student Discipline Tracking to correctly capture and report Education Services for qualifying expulsions and suspensions, including non-special education students. Added validation warnings and automatic Incident ID generation to improve data accuracy and reporting.