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.

Reference	Summary	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-444213	Ed-Fi Framework: Empty Profile Deletion	Administrators can now delete Ed-Fi profiles that have no associated school years, including unused or test profiles.
PSSR-296165	Ed-Fi Framework: Updates to Data Viewer Page Access	Access controls have been strengthened on the Data Exchange data viewer to ensure administrators can only review reports for schools within their assigned permissions.
PSSR-442680	26-27 NOVA - Location Code Updates	Location Code values of 993 and 998 are no longer valid and are now no longer selectable in the following pages: Start Page> [Select Student]> Compliance> Misc Start Page> [Select Student]> Compliance> Programs Fact Start Page> [Select Student]> School Enrollments > Enrollment History> Edit Previous Enrollment
PSSR-443070	26-27 NOVA - New - Language Dialect	A new Language Dialect field is now available within the Award Fact data entry screen that is required to track the dialect when the Award Code is Chinese. Note: This field is only required when the selected Award Code is Chinese.
PSSR-420001	NOVA - Student Contacts - Contact selection logic update	The contact selection logic is updated and will now prioritize the highest-ranking contact based on start and end dates (if they’re present), regardless of the "Lives With" and "Has Custody" attributes.
PSSR-443067	26-27 NOVA - Section Publishing Updates	The Section resource publishing logic has been updated and will now publish the new “Innovative” section characteristic.
PSSR-444527	NOVA 2026–2027: Staff Section Publishing Updates	The publishing logic for the classroomPositionDescriptor field on staffSectionAssociation records has been updated to support the new Team Teacher 1 & 2 Role fields. This update ensures that staff roles are reported accurately to Ed-Fi, improving data quality for New Mexico state reporting. Rules When a staff record is generated from the Team Teacher 1 or Team Teacher 2 Name fields, the system now publishes the classroomPositionDescriptor value based on the corresponding Team Teacher Role field. If the Team Teacher Role field is left blank, the system defaults to publishing the descriptor as "Educational Assistant" (matching prior behavior). Who Is Affected Districts in New Mexico using Ed-Fi publishing with Team Teacher assignments in their sections for the 2026–2027 school year. Action Required No manual action is required. Districts using the Team Teacher 1 & 2 Role fields will see accurate role descriptors published going forward.
PSSR-443068	NOVA 2026-2027: Primary Behavior Indicator for Discipline Incidents	A new Primary Behavior element is now published in the `studentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociations` resource for New Mexico state reporting. Details New Element: `studentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociationsExtension > primaryBehavior` Source: The "Primary Behavior" checkbox on the behavior record within a discipline incident in PowerSchool. Rules Incident participant has a single behavior - Defaults to `True` Multiple behaviors and one is marked as primary - Publishes the marked primary behavior as `True` Multiple behaviors and none marked as primary - Element is not published Who Is Affected Districts and schools in New Mexico using Ed-Fi discipline incident reporting for the 2026–2027 school year. Action Required No manual action is required. The new element will automatically publish based on existing behavior data when discipline incidents are reported. Ensure that the "Primary Behavior" checkbox is set correctly on incident behavior records if multiple behaviors exist for a single participant.