News for Vendors
Jun 4, 2026
Updates that impacted 25-26 school year reporting
Summer School - new method credit type “Summer School Alternate Funding” was added to report Summer School outcomes paid by alternate funding source like parent, 3rd party, or grant funded
Updates to course code 0543 - Work Based Learning (25-26 guidance update) previously a non-credit bearing course, schools can now optionally report a credit for course code 0543 if validation criteria is met against WBL hours in the CTE program association resource that is provided to DEX by CHE.
Grad Plans are now optional submission for 7th and 8th grade students (cohorts 2026-2031). Grad Plan guidance can be found here.
NEW Updates for School Year 2027
Below are the URLs for production IDOE DEX Ed-Fi API v7.3 for school year 2026-2027.
API base url: https://dataexchange.doe.in.gov/2027
API Swagger url: https://dataexchange.doe.in.gov/2027/swagger
Data management url: https://dataexchange.doe.in.gov/2027/data/v3
OAuth token url: https://dataexchange.doe.in.gov/2027/oauth/token
Identity url: https://dataexchange.doe.in.gov/2027/IDOEIdentity/v2
New field added to the Student Ed Org Responsibility Association Record: Special Ed Responsibility - will be added to 2027 Vendor Documentation week of 6/8/2026
Removal of Pull-Out ESL as an MLL program - 26-27 Program List has been posted
Assessment Identifier removed - “WIDA” is no longer an Assessment Identifier. Those accommodations have been broken out under each different WIDA assessment; WIDA ACCESS Paper, WIDA ACCESS Online, WIDA Alternate ACCESS, WIDA Kindergarten ACCESS. 26-27 Assessment Accommodations have been posted
The Proficient-Additional Evidence Review service descriptor will be allowable when the program name is Dual Language/Immersion as well as Regular Education - Non-EL. Validation Rules ML-25 and ML-26 will be adjusted.
New Descriptors - 2027 Descriptor Documentation will be posted week of 6/8/2026
Calendar Event Descriptor: Potential Make Up
This is a non-instructional calendar event to support waiver request decision making by the Office of School Accountability
New Method Credit Type: Audit
New Method Credit Type: Credit Replaced Within Year
Collection of a full historical transcript is still anticipated to begin in January 2027 - more information to come following your feedback and developmental review.
/Jul 13, 2026
July Certification for the 2026 school year is now complete
Keys and secrets for the 2026-2027 School Year will remain the same
Schools may begin pointing to the 2027 school year ODS beginning 7/13/2026. Please expect non-functionality of the Data Exchange Validation Portal until 7/15/2026, the Go Live date of the 2027 Data Exchange Validation Portal.
Clarification of EdOrgId that should be allowable in the new Special Ed Responsibility field added to the SEORA. Per business owner, only allow an EdOrgID within the LEA. As a reminder - no auto population should be done in this field. A value should only be provided if needed by the LEA, otherwise; leave blank.
Reminder: “Potential Make Up” calendar event is a non-instructional calendar event. If schools add these dates at the end of the school calendar, they should not be considered an instructional date for student sections.
Vendor Office Hours will be open forum only (no expected agenda items) on July 22nd and August 5th - subject to change
Vendor Office Hours held Aug 19, 2026
Updated 26-27 Choice Monitoring report calendar and checklist have been posted to Vendor Support Hub
Please review the School Support Hub for school guidance updates/clarifications/changes - Change Log
DEX Deployment was done 8/7/26
Credit Corrections are now accepted in the October Course Outcomes data collection.
Schools are being advised to report any Credit Corrections in a designated separate term descriptor.
NEW: SIS Vendors are being asked to build in logic to only send accommodations to DEX if there is the presence of one of the 3 criteria:
Active Section 504 plan
Active MLL program record
Active “Choice Voucher” Special Education program record
NOTE: “Alternate Tester” accommodation, if present, should always be sent regardless of having met any of the criteria
Due to the potential that some accommodations may overlap with PSSP accommodations, schools should have the ability to prevent certain accommodations from syncing while others may still need to sync.
The agenda for 8/19 has been posted to our shared folders. Here, you can learn more about the reasoning for this request.
Next office hours is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 at 2:00PM EST.
UPDATE 8/24/2026 - 2027 Alternative Education Program list has been posted under Documentation for Vendors. They should be available for download in vendor environment now.