CALPADS error brief · CERT
CERT170
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
Focus fields
Fields validated
PSTS DataRecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS EOY 1 certification correction guide - Warning CVR validation
CERT170: No SPED PSTS (EOY 1) Data Submitted for a School
There is no EOY 1 PSTS data for Students with Disabilities submitted for a school.
Official Version 18 validation
Severity: Warning Type: CVR
No EOY 1 PSTS records with Education Program Participation Type 30 appear for the school’s students with disabilities.
Fields validated: PSTS Data
Recommended correction path
- 1
Preserve the school-level detail
Save the school, academic year, and current special-education PSTS count.
- 2
Build the eligible cohort
Reconcile prior-year exits, completion or exit status, special-education participation, age and other current inclusion rules.
- 3
Confirm school attribution
Verify which school and LEA are responsible for each former student under the current collection.
- 4
Review outreach evidence
Use the authorized survey or follow-up system, contact attempts, response dates, and documented outcomes.
- 5
Validate PSTS fields
Confirm SSID, Reporting LEA, school context, Education Program Participation Type 30, status, and dates under Version 18.
- 6
Correct the repeatable workflow
Repair cohort extraction, contact-system integration, mappings, or omitted supported records.
- 7
Reprocess and reconcile
Compare CALPADS PSTS counts and outcome distributions with the approved cohort; document a legitimate zero if no one qualifies.
Before closing the correction
- The eligible former-student cohort is complete.
- School and LEA responsibility are confirmed.
- Every PSTS value is supported by outreach evidence.
- The regenerated count reconciles with the approved cohort.