State Reporting 26.9.2.0 Release Notes | PowerSchool SIS Compliance

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Reference	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 Streamlined Data Collection: Removed outdated questions (NB-1) and Gender Identity sub-questions for HIBD-4, HIBD-5, and HIBD-6, moving them to the Deprecated Fields section to maintain historical records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 Streamlined data collection: Deprecated these outdated questions and moved them to the Deprecated section: ATHL-3: Count of non-binary student participants on teams.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-449874	Cedars D File Report Updates	The CEDARS D File has been updated to include APIBCourseCode derived from CICode fields when applicable and also includes the new fields for Work-Based Learning Offered and Higher Education Institution.
PSSR-449877	CEDARS H File Report Updates	The CEDARS H File for 2026-2027 updates the APIBCourseCode data element to use CICode fields for the K-Cambridge Program and aligns data reporting with the hierarchy (grade/section/course) applied to AP and IB fields.
PSSR-451803	Removal of Cambridge International (CI) Checkbox	The Cambridge International CI checkbox has been removed from the course designation code field across Course, Section, and Historic Grade fields.