C/A 5.9 · Former Foster Youth - Student List

County / Authorizing LEA Confidential student list

Use this confidential list to identify the students behind the C/A 5.8 former-foster count and verify why each student qualifies on the report date.

Authorized county office of education or charter-authorizing LEA staff with the CALPADS “County or Authorizing LEA Reports” role. The report uses the current date.

Confidential student list. Only authorized staff may access or share student-level information.

Compare the foster end date with today’s report date

The student must have been identified as foster during the current academic year and must have left foster status by the report date. CALPADS uses the LCFF Foster End Date in the foster match results to identify an ended episode. Check for any active episode on the report date. A foster episode confined to a prior academic year does not qualify.

Read an ended episode

For an October 15 report, a student identified as foster in September of the same academic year whose episode ended October 1 can qualify if the enrollment rules are met. A student still in care on October 15 is outside this former-foster list. A student whose only episode ended in the preceding academic year is also outside it.

Reconcile the list to C/A 5.8

Use the same run date, county of jurisdiction, county of enrollment, school and grade as the count. The list covers TK, kindergarten and grades 1–12. Check primary (10) and short-term (30) enrollments. Use the most recent open enrollment at the school that overlaps the report date. A student can also qualify when the most recent enrollment record carries exit code E155, regardless of the exit date. An E155 on an older record does not qualify the student through that exception. Compare distinct SSIDs with the 5.8 unduplicated total. Review the underlying match and enrollment dates for each discrepancy within the authorized team.

Companion report

C/A 5.8 · Former Foster Youth Enrolled - Count

State documentation

• CALPADS C/A 5.9 report map, updated October 7, 2026
• The 2026–27 roadmap lists C/A 5.8 and 5.9 as new reports. Fall 1 Reporting Roadmap