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CALPADS Fall 1 Amendment Window Closes

The final correction, recertification, and required SELPA-approval checkpoint for the Fall 1 submission.

  • CALPADS
  • Fall 1
  • Data Certification
Date(s)January 22, 2027
Applies toLEAs reporting Census Day enrollment, ELAS, unduplicated pupil count and meal eligibility, special education, and prior-year dropouts

In Plain Language: Complete every approved correction, rerun reports, recertify, and obtain required SELPA approval by the close. After this point the ordinary amendment route ends.

Why this matters

Report 1.17 approval drives the unduplicated pupil count used for LCFF supplemental and concentration funding.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: CALPADS administrator with enrollment, LCFF/FRPM, EL, special education/SELPA, and dropout owners. Certification owner: authorized LEA certifier with SELPA review/approval at the required stage.

From approved corrections to recertified Fall 1 data: the SDLA ITO workflow

After the window closes, the ordinary amendment route ends. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the approved correction inventory, affected reports, and owner sign-offs become the final reports, the approvals, and the correction log.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the approved correction inventory, affected reports, and owner sign-offs, through correction closeout, report reruns, renewed sign-off, and recertification, to the final reports, the approvals, and the correction log.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers correction closeout, report reruns, renewed sign-off, and recertification; Output covers the final reports, the approvals, and the correction log. Finish by January 22, 2027, including any required SELPA approval.

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Operational workflow

  1. Close the approved correction inventory with source and posted-state evidence.
  2. Rerun all affected certification and pupil-level reports.
  3. Obtain renewed program-owner signoff on changed totals.
  4. Recertify the complete submission and obtain required SELPA approval.
  5. Save final reports, status, approval, and correction log.

Implementation pathway

Correct
Verify posted state
Recertify
SELPA approve
Archive

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.