State Reporting 26.9.3.0 Release Notes

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

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Summary

Release Note

PSSR-451186

All States/Provinces: Student Program Change History Update

Resolved an issue where the Change History link for the Student Programs category would not enable unless another category was also selected. The link now correctly activates immediately upon enabling the Student Programs category.

PSSR-452391

All States: CRDC 25-26 Sub District UI Update

The Sub-District compliance page has been updated for the 2025–2026 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) cycle.

  • Streamlined data collection: Removed outdated NB-1 questions and moved Gender Identity sub-questions for HIBD-4, HIBD-5, and HIBD-6 to the Deprecated Fields section to keep historical records and simplify current reporting.

  • New reporting indicators: Added the RSTS-1 section to track mechanical restraint, physical restraint, and seclusion for LEA students served in non-LEA facilities to meet new federal requirements.

PSSR-452084

Common: Discipline Incident Letters Update

Discipline Incident Letter

Resolved an issue where Discipline Incident Letters would display all action codes associated with an incident, even when configured to filter for a specific Action Code and with "Include All Actions" set to No. This ensures that parent correspondence accurately reflects only the intended disciplinary actions.

PSSR-429638

Employment Record Resource - Data Changes Implementation

Version 1.0

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

PSSR-451716

Resolved Sub-District Configuration Publishing Issue

The issue where data publishing failed due to duplicate supporting values when a sub-district used ID 1 is now resolved. The query logic has been updated to prevent conflicts between single-district and sub-district records, ensuring successful data publishing.

PSSR-454895

SIF Framework: Improved Publishing for Conditional Requests

Enhanced SIF request processing so that requests containing unsupported query parameters or conditions now default to publishing all data for the requested resource instead of returning empty results.

PSSR-448806

SIF Framework: Improved State Reporting Exclusions

When a previously published student is excluded from State Reporting or removed from the SIF dashboard, deletion messages are now sent to remove the corresponding records from the state data publishing system.

PSSR-449725

SIF Framework: SIF Pull Scheduler Update for Unconfigured Profiles

Updated the SIF scheduler logic to only process profiles with valid credentials (key/secret), preventing failed connection attempts to unconfigured zones.

PSSR-434723

Staff Personal -Missing Data Report Added

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

PSSR-453823

Student Personal - Resolved Language Code Publishing Issue

The issue where legacy numeric language codes were published incorrectly in StudentPersonal records is now resolved. Student language values are now published in the expected three-character language code format, ensuring compliance with Massachusetts state reporting requirements.