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SDLA Compliance Resource

CALPADS EOY 2 Final Deadline and Cohort Data Pull

The final certification and data-freeze checkpoint for EOY 2 aligned with the statewide cohort pull.

  • CALPADS
  • EOY 2
  • Data Certification
Date(s)August 16, 2027
Applies toLEAs reporting grade 7–12 course completion, CTE participants/completers, work-based learning indicators, and one-year graduate/completer counts

In Plain Language: Resolve every error and variance and complete final certification by the deadline. There is no amendment window, and the cohort pull occurs the same day.

Why this matters

EOY 2 feeds college/career and completion reporting and closes on the same day as the cohort data pull.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: CALPADS administrator with secondary scheduling/transcripts, CTE, work-based learning, counseling, graduation, and school owners. Certification owner: authorized LEA certifier.

From final EOY 2 reports to certification on the cohort-pull day: the SDLA ITO workflow

There is no amendment window, so every exception must be resolved before certification. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the final eligibility, completion, error, warning, and certification reports become the dated rosters, the error and variance log, and the certification evidence.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the final eligibility, completion, error, warning, and certification reports, through running reports, resolving pupil-level exceptions, posting corrections, and signoff, to the dated rosters, the error and variance log, and the certification evidence.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers running reports, resolving pupil-level exceptions, posting corrections, and signoff; Output covers the dated rosters, the error and variance log, and the certification evidence. Certify by August 16, 2027; the statewide cohort pull occurs the same day.

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Operational workflow

  1. Run final eligibility, completion, error, warning, and certification reports.
  2. Reconcile all pupil-level exceptions with source owners.
  3. Post authorized corrections and verify results before the deadline.
  4. Obtain final program-owner and certifier signoff.
  5. Certify and archive final status and reports.

Implementation pathway

Reports
Owner signoff
Certification
Final evidence

Evidence to retain

  • Dated source/control rosters
  • Error and variance-resolution log
  • Pupil-level and certification reports
  • Program-owner signoffs
  • System certification/approval evidence

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify the live CDE calendar, current CALPADS/PADC instructions, local source records, required partner approvals, and final posted or certified state before acting.