PowerSchool SIS Iowa

State Reporting 26.8.1.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Customer Central when the installer is available for download.

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PSSR-441199

2026–27 Iowa Embedded Career Connected Learning Code Updates

Updated the Embedded Career Connected Learning codes and descriptions to align with the 2026–27 Iowa reporting requirements. This update includes revised descriptions for existing codes and the addition of the new Youth Apprenticeships code, ensuring accurate data entry and reporting while preserving historical data for prior school years.

PSSR-436709

2026–27 Iowa STEM Scale-Up Program Value Updates

Updated the STEM Scale-Up Program field to align with the 2026–27 Iowa reporting requirements. This update replaces the previous Yes/No options with new program-specific values, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting of student participation while preserving historical selections for prior school years.

PSSR-436697

2026–27 School Year Update for Iowa Entry Codes and Definitions

Updated Iowa Entry Codes and definitions to align with the 2026–27 school year requirements. This update introduces new Entry Codes (60, 70, 71, and 83), revises the definition of Entry Code 51, and applies the changes across student enrollment-related pages. These updates are effective only for the 2026–27 school year and do not impact historical data or prior school year records.

PSSR-444227

Enhanced LEA Info and School Info Support for PowerSchool Sub-District Functionality

Updated the LEA Info and School Info objects to properly support PowerSchool Sub-District functionality in Iowa. This enhancement ensures district and school data is processed and reported correctly for districts utilizing sub-district configurations.

PSSR-444263

Enhanced Student Personal Support for PowerSchool Sub-District Functionality

Updated the Student Personal object to properly support PowerSchool Sub-District functionality in Iowa. This enhancement ensures student data is processed and reported correctly for districts utilizing sub-district configurations.

PSSR-433049

Resolved Staff Assignment Grid Loading Issue

Resolved an issue that could prevent the Staff Assignment grid from loading correctly. This fix improves data retrieval and display, ensuring staff assignment information is loaded and displayed as expected.

PSSR-443028

Resolved Student Personal Record Count Mismatch for Charles Community Dataset

Resolved an issue that caused Student Personal record counts in SIF Unity to differ from the expected counts for the Charles Community dataset. The fix ensures record processing is aligned, resulting in matching Student Personal counts between the legacy SIF and SIF Unity implementations.

PSSR-444036

Resolved Student Section Enrollment Count Mismatch Between SIF and SIF Unity

Resolved an issue that caused Student Section Enrollment record counts in SIF Unity to differ from the legacy SIF implementation.

PSSR-439548

SIF Framework: Improved Decimal Precision for Number Fields

Resolved an issue where number fields in SIF Unity were being truncated to 2 decimal places. Certain fields require 3 decimal places for accurate data publishing. With this fix, the framework now supports configurable decimal precision per field, ensuring number values are published with the correct level of precision in SIF Unity outputs.