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CALPADS error brief · PLAN

PLAN0387E1

Missing Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code
Severity Warning
Error type DD
Record type PLAN

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If Student Age is at least 3 years, but less than 6 years and Special Education Program Setting Code = 201 (Regular Early Childhood Program or Kindergarten), then Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code must be populated.

Focus fields

Fields validated

SINF Data 02.18 - Student Birth Date PLAN Data 23.12 - Special Education Plan Effective Start Date 23.21 - Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS EOY 1 certification correction guide - Warning DD validation

PLAN0387E1: Missing Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code

If Student Age is at least 3 years, but less than 6 years and Special Education Program Setting Code = 201 (Regular Early Childhood Program or Kindergarten), then Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code must be populated.

Official Version 18 validation

Severity: Warning   Type: DD

For a student in the stated age band with Program Setting 201, Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code must be populated.

Fields validated: SINF Data

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Preserve the failed PLAN

    Save SSID, birth date, Plan Effective Start Date, Program Setting 201, and the missing field.

  2. 2

    Verify age and identity

    Confirm the effective SINF birth date and calculate completed age using the official rule.

  3. 3

    Verify the operative preschool setting

    Review the signed plan, schedule, placement, and service documentation.

  4. 4

    Determine the missing fact

    Have special-education staff establish where the services in the operative preschool program setting were actually delivered.

  5. 5

    Populate Preschool Program Setting Service Location Code only from evidence

    Use the current Version 18 code/indicator and correct the special-education source or mapping.

  6. 6

    Review related preschool fields

    Confirm setting, location, weekly hours, services, status, and dates agree.

  7. 7

    Reprocess and reconcile

    Verify the warning clears and the PLAN snapshot matches the operative plan.

Before closing the correction

  • The student identity and effective dates are verified.
  • Every demographic, plan, status, setting, service, and transition value is supported by its authoritative record.
  • Cross-file keys and effective-date relationships reconcile.
  • The local source or repeatable extract is corrected before certification.

Official references