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Streamlined Data Collection: Removed outdated questions (NB-1) and Gender Identity sub-questions for HIBD-4, HIBD-5, and HIBD-6, moving them to the Deprecated Fields section to maintain historical records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Streamlined data collection: Deprecated these outdated questions and moved them to the Deprecated section: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