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Reference	Summary	Release Note
PSSR-437531	All States: NCEA 2026-2027 Report Updates	Additional Reference - PSSR-438013, PSSR-438014, PSSR-438015, PSSR-440624, PSSR-437546, PSSR-438135, PSSR-440673, PSSR-440658 Note: No NCEA plugin update is required. Following NCEA reports updated to conform with 2026-2027 NCEA updates. Report Input: Schools to Include now displays only schools with a defined Building Type.. Report outputs include only schools with a valid Building Type. Diocese Summary Report Version: 26.7.3 → Both pdf and csv files updated Added new school categories: Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre (P)K-12 Updated Sections A1, A2, B1, C1, C2, C3, and C4 to support the new categories. New Section added B3. Updated location values in A1a and A1b: Removed Inner City Renamed Inter-Parish to Inter-Parish/Religious Added new question in C4, Question 5: "To the best of your knowledge, of the teachers not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?" Updated Section E to collect data for Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre and (P)K-12 schools. Added a new disability category: Speech and Language Impairment (captured at the student level) Added new Catholic Conversion question: Number of students newly baptized Added new Principal Retention question: "To the best of your knowledge, of the principals not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?" Added a new question in Section F to capture the reason a new superintendent was hired. School Summary Report Version: 26.7.3→ Both pdf and csv files updated Updated School Category column based on school-level category selection. Updated location values in A1a and A1b. Added new Section B3. Added new question in C4, Question 5: "To the best of your knowledge, of the teachers not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?" Updated Section E to collect data for Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre and (P)K-12 schools. Added new disability question 9f: Speech and Language Impairment Added new question 11: Number of students newly baptized Faculty Detail Validation Report Version: 26.7.3 Updated School Category column based on the school-level Building Type selection. Student Detail Validation Report Version: 26.7.3 Updated School Category column based on the school-level Building Type selection.
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)

Reference

Summary

Release Note

PSSR-437531

All States: NCEA 2026-2027 Report Updates

Additional Reference - PSSR-438013, PSSR-438014, PSSR-438015, PSSR-440624, PSSR-437546, PSSR-438135, PSSR-440673, PSSR-440658

Note: No NCEA plugin update is required.

Following NCEA reports updated to conform with 2026-2027 NCEA updates.

Report Input: Schools to Include now displays only schools with a defined Building Type..
Report outputs include only schools with a valid Building Type.
Diocese Summary Report Version: 26.7.3 → Both pdf and csv files updated
- Added new school categories:
  - Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre
  - (P)K-12
- Updated Sections A1, A2, B1, C1, C2, C3, and C4 to support the new categories.
- New Section added B3.
- Updated location values in A1a and A1b:
  - Removed Inner City
  - Renamed Inter-Parish to Inter-Parish/Religious
- Added new question in C4, Question 5:
  - "To the best of your knowledge, of the teachers not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?"
- Updated Section E to collect data for Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre and (P)K-12 schools.
- Added a new disability category:
  - Speech and Language Impairment (captured at the student level)
- Added new Catholic Conversion question:
  - Number of students newly baptized
- Added new Principal Retention question:
  - "To the best of your knowledge, of the principals not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?"
- Added a new question in Section F to capture the reason a new superintendent was hired.
School Summary Report Version: 26.7.3→ Both pdf and csv files updated
- Updated School Category column based on school-level category selection.
- Updated location values in A1a and A1b.
- Added new Section B3.
- Added new question in C4, Question 5:
  - "To the best of your knowledge, of the teachers not returning, how many are remaining in Catholic Education?"
- Updated Section E to collect data for Standalone Early Childhood Education Centre and (P)K-12 schools.
- Added new disability question 9f:
  - Speech and Language Impairment
- Added new question 11:
  - Number of students newly baptized
Faculty Detail Validation Report Version: 26.7.3
- Updated School Category column based on the school-level Building Type selection.
Student Detail Validation Report Version: 26.7.3
- Updated School Category column based on the school-level Building Type selection.

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)