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SDLA Compliance Resource

Administer the California PFT Within the Statutory Window

A grades 5, 7, and 9 participation process that includes alternative programs, permitted access, component completion, make-ups, and individual results.

  • Physical Fitness Test
  • Grades 5, 7, 9
  • Administration
Date(s)February 1–May 31, 2027
Applies toAll pupils in grades 5, 7, and 9, including pupils in alternative programs; pupils physically unable to complete the entire PFT participate in as many tests as possible

In Plain Language: Administer the required PFT components during the statutory window using current directions, include eligible pupils across settings, and preserve an opportunity to complete missed components.

Why this matters

PFT participation is broader than PE-class enrollment. Weak roster controls can omit alternative-program pupils or misclassify disability, absence, or partial participation.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: LEA PFT coordinator. Handoff partners: site administrators, PE/adapted PE, teachers, special education/504, health, attendance, SIS/data, and families.

From the grade 5, 7, and 9 roster to validated PFT participation: the SDLA ITO workflow

Every eligible pupil participates, including pupils in alternative programs and pupils needing adapted access. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the grade 5, 7, and 9 roster, access and health determinations, and component records become the participation report, the make-up records, and the individual results.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the grade 5, 7, and 9 roster, access and health determinations, and component records, through an access review, standardized administration, make-up scheduling, and validation, to the participation report, the make-up records, and the individual results.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers an access review, standardized administration, make-up scheduling, and validation; Output covers the participation report, the make-up records, and the individual results. Administer within the statutory window, February 1–May 31, 2027.

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Operational workflow

  1. Create the grade 5/7/9 roster across every school and instructional setting.
  2. Review health, disability, accommodation, adapted administration, and staff/material readiness.
  3. Administer and record each component under standardized procedures.
  4. Monitor missing/partial records and schedule make-ups within the window.
  5. Validate participation and issue individual results after completion.

Implementation pathway

All eligible pupils
Access review
Administration
Make-ups
Validate
Results

Evidence to retain

  • Eligibility roster
  • Staff training
  • Access/health determinations
  • Component records
  • Make-up and final participation report

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current federal and California requirements, CDE instructions, local policy, pupil-level records, and live reporting-system status before acting.