State Reporting 25.8.1.0 Release Notes

PSSR-393479

Ed-Fi (25-26 Changes): Create studentSection504ProgramAssociations Resource

A new resource named studentSection504ProgramAssociations is created to track and manage Section 504 program associations for students with specific eligibility indicators. The resource includes all mandatory elements from the existing studentProgramAssociations resource and introduces a new mandatory element called section504Eligibility.

PSSR-391619

Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): Fix Learning Modality & Section 504 Errors in StudentProgramAssociations

The Learning Modality and Section 504 errors in the 25–26 ODS StudentProgramAssociations have been fixed. The deprecated Modality descriptor issue has been addressed, and validation logic was added to prevent submission of the 504 descriptor to StudentProgramAssociations.

PSSR-386029

Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): To Publish Homeroom Indicator in Student Section Associations

The homeroomIndicator field is now properly published and available through the /studentSectionAssociation resource. If the S_SEC_X.HomeroomIndicator field is populated, it will be true; otherwise, it will be false. This change is effective for the 25-26 school year and onwards.

PSSR-386030

Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): Create staffEducationOrganizationContactAssociations Resource for Staff Emails

A new resource endpoint, /staffEducationOrganizationContactAssociations, has been created to report staff email addresses for staff members who have worked in multiple LEAs and possess multiple email addresses. The resource will send the staff email along with the staff information and is specifically applicable for public schools. Staff references are known by SSN, and the resource will prioritize staff based on their status at the Home School and their activity level.

PSSR-394813

Ed-Fi: Career Pathway Descriptor Update

• careerPathwayDescriptor replaced by cteProgramServiceDescriptor in StudentCTEProgramAssociation. * Effective for 2025–26 school year.

PSSR-394709

Ed-Fi: CTE Program Structure Migration

• In API v7.x, CTE program data (cteProgramServiceDescriptor, CIPCode) now lives under cteProgramServices. * Supports new structure for identifying CTE concentrators.

PSSR-396372

Ed-Fi: Contact Resource Fields Added

New fields for 2025–26: * telephoneNumberTypeDescriptor (Mobile, Home, Work, Other) * telephoneNumber (includes area code, optional extension)

PSSR-396706

Ed-Fi: Field Label Updates – StudentSchoolAssociation

• privateSchoolChoiceProgramParticipant → schoolChoice * expectedTransferSchoolReference → nextYearSchoolReference (Label-only changes; no logic affected.) * EnrollmentTypeDescriptor has been moved from extension to core.

PSSR-396375

Ed-Fi: Grade Resource Enhancement

• Added GradingPeriodName field to prevent grade record failures. * Follows existing logic from the GradingPeriod resource.

PSSR-389837

Ed-Fi: Move enrollmentTypeDescriptor from wi_studentSchoolAssociationExtension to main body of Student School Association (SSA) for 25-26 SY onwards

The enrollmentTypeDescriptor field has been relocated from wi_studentSchoolAssociationExtension to the main body of the Student School Association for the 25-26 school year onwards.

PSSR-391618

Rename "studentParentAssociations" to "studentContactAssociations"

The API resource "studentParentAssociations" has been renamed to "studentContactAssociations" to align with the Ed-Fi Contacts model. The change ensures consistency for API consumers to update their systems. The old "studentParentAssociations" endpoint is deprecated and will now redirect or provide a warning, while the new "studentContactAssociations" endpoint is fully functional and supports all existing operations.

PSSR-396713

Standardization of Special Education Eligibility Resource

The studentSpecialEducationProgramEligibilityAssociation resource has been migrated from the extension namespace (edFiXSpecialEducationEligibility_) to the Ed-Fi core namespace (edFi_).

PSSR-400847

Student Section Association (SSA) Resource Restructure

The program element has been moved from the extension namespace into the core of the SSA resource.

PSSR-389141

WI Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): StudentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation Resources

Minor changes have been made to the studentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation resources to align with the 2025-26 school year changes. The update involves discontinuing the reasonExitedDescriptor field before the 2025 school year and adding the specialEducationExitReasonDescriptor field for the 2025-26 school year in the StudentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation resource. This change is specifically required for public schools, where the specialEducationExitReasonDescriptor will replace the reasonExitedDescriptor in the StudentSpecialEducationProgramAssociation.

PSSR-390540

WI Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): Update Grading-Periods and Sessions Resources for 25-26 Changes

• For GradingPeriods resource: * New element gradingPeriodName has been added for 25-26. * Make periodSequence optional for 25-26. * For Sessions resource: * New element gradingPeriodName has been added for 25-26. * Remove periodSequence for 25-26.

PSSR-391617

WI Ed-Fi (SY 25-26): Update Resource Endpoints from "Parents" to "Contacts"

The API has been updated from the deprecated /ed-fi/parents endpoint to the new /ed-fi/contacts endpoint to align with the latest Ed-Fi standards. This change affects both Public and Choice Schools, discontinuing parentUniqueId and introducing contactUniqueId for the 25/26 school year and beyond. The old /ed-fi/parents endpoint will be deprecated to return a redirect or appropriate warning, while the new /ed-fi/contacts endpoint must be fully functional and handle all existing operations. ContactUniqueId will replace parentUniqueId in the Contacts resource for the 25/26 school year onward.