PowerSchool SIS Iowa

State Reporting 25.9.3.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2025 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Release Note Title

Release Note

PSSR-403782

Added New D0325 - STEM Field in S_IA_STU_X,S_IA_REN_X tables

A new Boolean field "STEM" (Field Name: D0325 - STEM) has been added to track students' participation in STEM programs. This field is implemented as a dropdown with values 1 - Yes and 0 - No, and has been added to the S_IA_STU_X and S_IA_REN_X tables.

PSSR-404968

All States/Provinces: Minimum PowerSchool version for State Reporting - 25.3.0.1

The minimum supported version on the PowerSchool SIS State/Provincial Reporting installer is updated and can now be installed on PowerSchool SIS 25.3.0.1 or later. For details, refer to PowerSchool SIS – Supported PowerSchool Versions.

PSSR-405676

All States/Provinces: NCEA - 2025-26 NCEA Updates

Additional References: PSSR-405491, PSSR-405491, PSSR-406505, and PSSR-405491
The NCEA report and remaining data collection updates for the 2025-26 school year are now available. These include the following:

  • The Diagnosed Disability field on the Student Information for NCEA Reporting has been updated to a multi-select. Users will now be able to select multiple disabilities.

  • A new question has been added: Early childhood Education center (not directly affiliated with another school). This question is available on the School Information for NCEA Reporting page, and the field’s name is eccenter_tf.

  • NCEA Report Version - 25.9.3.0

    • The report now includes these 2 questions:

      • How many students are Hispanic/Latino or Hispanic/Latino and some other race?

        • The logic for the output would be if a student has the Ethnicity question - Is the student Hispanic or Latino? marked as yes, then the student will be counted for this question.

        • The sum of the number of students fulfilling this criterion will be included in the report output.

      • How many professional staff are Hispanic/Latino or Hispanic/Latino and some other race?

        • The logic for the output would be if a student has the Ethnicity question - Is the staff member Hispanic or Latino? marked as yes, then the student will be counted for this question.

        • The sum of the number of staff fulfilling this criterion will be included in the report output.

    • The Diocese and the School Summary reports include a new column called Multiple Diagnosed Disabilities in the CSV file and a new row in the PDF report output. The student will be counted if the student has more than one value in the Diagnosed Disability field.

    • The Diocese PDF file, line item including the Number of Schools with a board, commission or council by type has been updated to segregate the output based on Elementary and Secondary Schools.

PSSR-357285

All States/Provinces: Updates to the Attendance Change History Report

Attendance Change History Report: Version 1.4

The following updates are now available for the Attendance Change History Report:

  • The IP address parameter has been renamed to Enter IP Addresses, and it will accept multiple IP addresses.

  • Multiple IP addresses must be comma-separated.

  • The parameter is now a text box.

  • Report output now filters Grade Levels based on the specified start and end dates, instead of evaluating all grade levels.

  • The Select Period parameter will now show every period available for the selected school.

  • The Select Who modified parameter will now show every user available for the selected school.

  • The Selected Changed From/To Attendance Code Values parameters will now show up for every attendance code available for the school.

PSSR-340209

All States/Provinces: Updates to the Discipline Incident Letter Report

Additional Reference: PSSR-340210

Discipline Incident Letter Report: Version 1.6

The following updates have been implemented for the Discipline Incident Letters:

  • The Discipline Incident Letter Report has been updated to include the Principal’s Signature in the report output. Districts will have the ability to upload the Principal’s Signature from the Incident Letter Template creation/edit page.

  • The Discipline Incident Letter Report will now include Board Policy Violations associated with the Behavior.

PSSR-405241

IA Destination Location Updates for 25-26

Updated Destination Location records as per 25–26 new requirements; dropdown values are revised across all enrollment-related pages. New entries begin 08/01/2025, and outdated ones end 07/31/2025.

PSSR-403634

IRC1–IRC5 Fields Updated to Dropdown Menus

The Industry Recognized Credentials (IRC1–IRC5) fields have been updated from free-text entry to dropdown menus. Users can now select only valid codes from the FY26 list, ensuring accuracy and consistency in reporting. By default, each dropdown will be blank, and users must select the appropriate value before saving.

PSSR-406338

Update to State ID Report

The file format for State ID report has been updated:

  • Header (TH) record now includes 7 fields, with version set to 3.0 and source code as source=StudentInfo.

  • Student ID (ID) record expanded to 78 fields: fields 1–16 remain unchanged, key fields (55–57) populated, others left blank.

  • Field 8 now uses SEX instead of Gender.