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CALPADS error brief · PSTS

PSTS0482E1

Invalid Postsecondary Status Code 950 or 960
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type PSTS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If Postsecondary Status Code is not equal to 950 or 960, then all other records for the same Education Program Participation Type, SSID, and LEA cannot have Postsecondary Status Code equal 950 or 960.

Focus fields

Fields validated

17.08 - SSID 17.12 - Postsecondary Status Code

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS EOY 4 certification correction guide - Fatal CDD validation

PSTS0482E1: Invalid Postsecondary Status Code 950 or 960

If Postsecondary Status Code is not equal to 950 or 960, then all other records for the same Education Program Participation Type, SSID, and LEA cannot have Postsecondary Status Code equal 950 or 960.

Official Version 18 validation

Severity: Fatal   Type: CDD

If one PSTS record has a substantive Postsecondary Status Code, other records for the same Education Program Participation Type, SSID, and LEA cannot use 950 or 960. For the noted EOY 4 context, the rule applies to Type 30 in the current PSTS academic year.

Fields validated: 17.08 - SSID

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Collect the complete PSTS set

    Search by SSID, Reporting LEA, academic year, and Education Program Participation Type and save every status row.

  2. 2

    Review outreach chronology

    Compare contact attempts, response dates, survey records, refusals, and documented outcomes.

  3. 3

    Identify the authoritative final state

    Determine whether the student was not contacted, refused, or provided a supported substantive outcome.

  4. 4

    Resolve duplicate/conflicting rows

    Retain or correct only the PSTS record sequence supported by the collection workflow; do not mix no-response codes with a substantive status where prohibited.

  5. 5

    Repair the outreach export

    Correct duplicate generation, resubmission logic, status precedence, or year/participation keys.

  6. 6

    Reprocess and reconcile

    Confirm one coherent status remains for the student/cohort key and distributions match the approved outreach log.

Before closing the correction

  • All records for the cohort key were reviewed.
  • 950/960 meanings match documented outreach.
  • No prohibited status conflict remains.
  • PSTS distributions reconcile with the outreach log.

Official references