PowerSchool SIS Massachusetts

State Reporting 26.8.2.0 Release Notes

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

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Release Note

PSSR-439554

All States/Provinces: Minimum PowerSchool version for State Reporting - 26.3.0.1 or higher

The minimum supported version on the PowerSchool SIS State/Provincial Reporting installer is updated and can now be installed on PowerSchool SIS 26.3.0.1 or later. For details, refer to PowerSchool SIS – Supported PowerSchool Versions.

PSSR-433790

All States/Provinces: Office Visit Details Report

Office Visit Details - Version: 1.4

This report has been corrected to display the visit details in descending order of visit date.

PSSR-377493

All States: CRDC 2023-2024 Report Update

CRDC Report (2023 2024) - Version: 1.4

Updated CRDC PDF report skip-level logic for Preschool (PSCH) and related Student Discipline (DISC) Preschool elements. When a school is identified as a Preschool (PK) school, applicable Preschool data elements will now be reported as blank (null) rather than 0.

PSSR-370717

All States: CRDC Report (School PDF) Update

CRDC Report (2023-2023)

The School PDF will no longer honor the NB-1 question; it will show data for non-binary students regardless of the flag. This question has also been removed from the CRDC District UI page.

PSSR-366694

All States: CRDC Report 2023-2024 (LEA and School CSVs) Update

CRDC Report (LEA & School CSVs)

The column order of LEA and School CSV files has been updated to align with the CRDC specification layout.

PSSR-447593

District Information Page Enhancement: Override System School Year Field Added

A new Override System School Year checkbox has been added to the State Information section of the District Information page. When selected, the system uses the school year configured on the Years & Terms page; otherwise, the default school year dates (July 1 to June 30) are applied. The checkbox is optional and unchecked by default.

PSSR-443717

NCES Secondary Course Code List Updated for 2026-2027

The NCES Secondary Course Code list on the Courses and Sections pages has been updated to reflect the latest WA10 Secondary Course code changes.

Updates include:

  • Disabled MyCAP course codes: 22301, 22302, 22303, 22304, 22305, 22306, 22307

  • Retired course codes: 10993, 10994

  • New course codes added: 12061, 10023, 10024

These updates ensure the NCES Secondary Course Code list remains aligned with current Massachusetts state reporting requirements.

PSSR-442346

New SIMS Data Elements for Seal of Biliteracy and MyCAP

To support 2026-2027 DESE reporting requirements, the following new data elements have been added to the SIMS Data Elements, Current Enrollment, and Previous Enrollment pages:

  • DOE058 – Seal of Biliteracy Language 1

  • DOE059 – Seal of Biliteracy Language 2

  • DOE060 – My Career and Academic Plan (MyCAP) Participation

PSSR-440013

SIF Framework: Sub-Districts Pull Mode Queue Enhancement

In sub-district configurations, the district/LEA dashboard was being silently skipped during SIF Pull Mode processing. Only per-school dashboards were being staged and published. This occurred because the queue logic could not match the LEA record (which uses schoolid = 0) to any entry in the schools table, causing it to be dropped.

PSSR-442119

SIMS Data Element Updates for 2026-2027

SIMS Data Elements page has been updated with the 2026-2027 DESE reporting changes. Updates include revised SIMS data element names and the disabling of DOE028 Value- code 02 (Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction) and DOE045 Value-code 03 (Early College Promise).

PSSR-443713

WA07 Job Class Code Updates for 2026-2027

The WA07 Job Class Code list has been updated for the 2026-2027 school year. Updates include the removal of Job Class Code 3331, the addition of Job Class Codes 3334 and 3335, and revisions to selected job class descriptions to align with the latest DESE requirements.

PSSR-443715

WA08 Assignment Code Updates for 2026-2027

The descriptions for WA08 Assignment Codes in both Static and Dynamic WAR records have been updated to align with the 2026-2027 DOE requirements.