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SDLA Compliance Resource

Complete PFT Make-Ups Before the Window Closes

A component-level exception process for absence, interruption, incomplete testing, transfer, and authorized access needs.

  • Physical Fitness Test
  • Make-Up
  • Completion
Date(s)By May 31, 2027
Applies toEligible grade 5, 7, and 9 pupils with missing or incomplete PFT participation

In Plain Language: Run exception reports early, determine what each pupil still needs, and provide reasonable make-up opportunities before May 31.

Why this matters

A pupil can appear “tested” while required components remain missing. Late discovery leaves no lawful window for correction and weakens participation reporting.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: site PFT lead under the LEA coordinator. Handoff partners: attendance, PE/adapted PE, special education/504, health, registrar, data staff, and families.

From an exception report to a final PFT disposition: the SDLA ITO workflow

Component-level exceptions are classified, made up, and closed before the window ends. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how pupil-by-component exception reports and each pupil's reason for incompleteness become the make-up schedule, the corrected records, and the final unresolved-case disposition.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from pupil-by-component exception reports and each pupil's reason for incompleteness, through classification, make-up planning, and validation, to the make-up schedule, the corrected records, and the final unresolved-case disposition.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers classification, make-up planning, and validation; Output covers the make-up schedule, the corrected records, and the final unresolved-case disposition. Complete make-ups by May 31, 2027.

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Operational workflow

  1. Run pupil-by-component exceptions throughout the window.
  2. Classify each exception: absence, transfer, access/health, interruption, entry error, or other approved reason.
  3. Schedule trained staff, safe conditions, permitted supports, and family/student communication.
  4. Enter and validate completed components; escalate unresolved cases before May 31.
  5. Freeze the final exception list and hand it to results and SARC reporting owners.

Implementation pathway

Exception report
Reason
Make-up plan
Complete/validate
Final disposition

Evidence to retain

  • Pupil-component exception reports
  • Reason and outreach
  • Make-up schedules
  • Corrected records
  • Final unresolved disposition

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.