Optional summer pre-enrollment Initial ELPAC administration

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Use Optional Summer Pre-Enrollment Initial ELPAC Carefully A voluntary early-testing pathway that may reduce fall delays without converting anticipated...

Initial ELPAC identification/results parent notification

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Communicate Initial ELPAC Identification and Results Promptly A results-to-services handoff that tells the family the pupil’s status, score meaning, language...

Summative Alternate ELPAC statewide testing window

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete Summative Alternate ELPAC During the Statewide Window An IEP-aligned annual assessment process for enrolled English learners with the most significant...

Summative ELPAC statewide testing window

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete Summative ELPAC During the Annual Statewide Window A student-by-domain completion process for every enrolled English learner assigned the general ELP...

Community Eligibility Provision election for 2027–28

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Elect the Community Eligibility Provision for 2027–28 A four-year meal-claiming decision that replaces household meal applications with...

Home Language Survey at initial enrollment

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete the Home Language Survey at Initial Enrollment The one-time intake record that begins California’s English-language identification process without...

Initial ELPAC and Initial Alternate ELPAC statewide testing window

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Administer the Initial ELPAC or Initial Alternate ELPAC A pupil-level identification workflow inside a yearlong statewide window—triggered by the original Home...

IDEA federal special education expenditure Report 6

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit FY 2025–26 IDEA Expenditure Report 6 A reimbursement-based special-education fiscal report tying actual period costs to the grant award, approved plan,...

IDEA federal special education final expenditure Report 7

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the Final FY 2025–26 IDEA Expenditure Report 7 The federal grant closeout report that fixes final expenditures, unspent balances, CEIS/CCEIS detail, and...

Impact Aid FY 2028 regular application deadline

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the FY2028 Impact Aid Application The regular filing milestone for eligible LEAs claiming Section 7002 federal-property or Section 7003 federally...

Impact Aid FY 2028 application amendment deadline

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete FY2028 Impact Aid Application Amendments The final correction point for a timely or late-filed federal application—used to make supported changes before...

Impact Aid FY 2028 late application deadline

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit Any Late FY2028 Impact Aid Application The last federal filing opportunity for an otherwise eligible LEA, generally carrying a 10 percent payment penalty....

NSLP/SBP household eligibility verification completed

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete NSLP/SBP Household Eligibility Verification The deadline for resolving every sampled application, applying proper notice and benefit-change timing, and...

NSLP/SBP Verification Collection Report due in CNIPS

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the NSLP/SBP Verification Collection Report in CNIPS The annual federal data report that reconciles October enrollment and eligibility counts, direct...

NSLP/SBP household eligibility verification begins

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Begin NSLP/SBP Household Eligibility Verification The October 1 control point for selecting the required application sample, attempting direct verification,...

Federal Single Audit reporting package for June 30, 2026 fiscal year end

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the Federal Single Audit Package for FY 2025–26 A governing, auditor, and federal filing workflow built around the SEFA, audit reports, findings,...

Federal Single Audit reporting package for June 30, 2027 fiscal year end

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the Federal Single Audit Package for FY 2026–27 A governing, auditor, and federal filing workflow built around the SEFA, audit reports, findings,...

Federal school nutrition food-safety inspection survey

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Submit the Federal Food-Safety Inspection Survey A site-by-site CNIPS accounting of required health inspections—not a substitute for obtaining inspections,...

CARS 2026–27 Winter Release Initial Window

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete the 2026–27 CARS Winter Initial Submission The multi-program certification window for closeouts, carryover, allocations, reservations, private-school...

CARS Winter Amendment and Review Window

SDLA Compliance Resource Print Page Complete CARS Winter Amendments and Review The correction-and-review window for resolving CDE comments and supported local changes before Winter forms close....