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• Streamlined Data Collection: Removed outdated questions (NB-1) and Gender Identity sub-questions for HIBD-4, HIBD-5, and HIBD-6, moving them to the Deprecated Fields section to maintain historical records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• Streamlined data collection: Deprecated these outdated questions and moved them to the Deprecated section: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-434311

Student Personal -Missing Data Report Added

Version 1.0

The MA 2026-2027 SIF Unity profile now includes a Student Personal - Missing Data Report. The report lists students enrolled in the current school year and identifies missing Student Personal data elements.

PSSR-429590

Term Info - Data Changes Implementation

Version 1.0

The system now supports data changes detection for the Term Info object, ensuring the most current terms data is consistently reflected. It monitors all user-editable fields and publishes updates through Data Exchange when changes are detected