PowerSchool SIS Massachusetts

State Reporting 26.7.1.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Customer Central when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2026 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Summary

Release Note

PSSR-381128

All States: Change history for Student Programs

Change History functionality is now available on the Student Programs page, enabling tracking of updates to key fields.

A new category has been added to the Student Program Change History page to monitor changes to Entry Date, Exit Date, SP Comment, Program, Exit Reason, and Grade Level.

Note: This functionality is not applicable to the State-specific Student Program pages.

PSSR-437955

All States: NCEA 2026-2027 Data collection Updates

Additional Reference: PSSR-437527

The NCEA data collection has received the following updates to conform to the 26-27 specifications.
Updated Screens

  • School Management → Academics → School Information for NCEA Reporting

  • District Management → District Setup → General → District Information for NCEA Reporting

Following New Fields has been added

  • Building Type (Added for School Information data collection)

    • Early Childhood Center

    • Elementary

    • Secondary

    • (P)K - 12

      Note: This field must be populated in order for that building to be represented in the report output. In addition to this new field, updates have been made to existing district-level data elements so they can be populated for each of the four Building Type values.

  • To the best of your knowledge, of the principals not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic education? (Added for Diocese Information screen)

    • This data is to be populated for each of the four Building Type values.

  • Reason for Superintendent Change (Added for Diocese Information data collection)

    • This question is added to the existing question, if the diocese hired a new superintendent since last year is Yes

  • To the best of your knowledge, of the teachers not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic education? (Added for School Information data collection)

  • Number of students who were newly baptized Catholic or received full communion during the 2025-2026 school year. Exclude students already baptized Catholic who completed first communion or confirmation (Added for School Information data collection)

PSSR-420092

Grades - Student Section Marks Resource Creation and Publishing

Version 1.0 (Silent Release)

This update enabled PowerSchool to publish the Student Section Marks resource from Grades for the SIF Unity Framework, including support for Charter Schools through the Sub-Districts feature.

PSSR-436686

MA SIF Unity Profile Enhancements

Version 1.1 (Silent Release)

SIF Unity profile configuration has been updated to correctly handle environment and authentication methods, including adjustments to the authorization type and default settings, and the profile has been renamed to MA SIF Unity Pilot.

PSSR-420094

Section Enrollments - Staff Section Assignment Resource Creation and Publishing

Version 1.0 (Silent Release)

This update enabled PowerSchool to publish the Staff Section Assignment resource from Section Enrollments for the SIF Unity Framework, including support for Charter Schools through the Sub-Districts feature.

PSSR-420095

Staff Assignments-Staff Assignment Resource creation & Publishing

Version 1.0 (Silent Release)

This update enabled PowerSchool to publish the Staff Assignment resource from Staff Assignments for the SIF Unity Framework, including support for Charter Schools through the Sub-Districts feature.

PSSR-420088

Staff Demographics - Staff Personal Resource Creation and Publishing

Version 1.0 (Silent Release)

This update enables PowerSchool to publish the Staff Personal resource from Staff Demographics in the SIF Unity Framework, including support for Charter Schools through the Sub-Districts feature.