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CALPADS error brief · SCSC

SCSC0512E2

Missing Carnegie Units Earned
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type SCSC

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If Record Type Code = SCSC, CRS-State Course Code is a Departmentalized Course (not = 1000), and Grade Level = 9, 10, 11, or 12, then Carnegie Units Earned must be populated.

Focus fields

Fields validated

1.24 Grade Level Code 9.07 CRS-State Course Code 10.21 - Carnegie Units Earned

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS EOY 2 certification correction guide - Fatal CDD validation

SCSC0512E2: Missing Carnegie Units Earned

If Record Type Code = SCSC, CRS-State Course Code is a Departmentalized Course (not = 1000), and Grade Level = 9, 10, 11, or 12, then Carnegie Units Earned must be populated.

Official Version 18 validation

Severity: Fatal   Type: CDD

For grade 9–12 SCSC records in departmentalized courses whose State Course Code is not 1000, Carnegie Units Earned must be populated.

Fields validated: 1.24 Grade Level Code

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Preserve source and reported units

    Save local credits, Carnegie Units Earned, term length, course configuration, grade/result, and transcript.

  2. 2

    Confirm the validation population

    Verify grade 9–12, departmentalized course status, and State Course Code.

  3. 3

    Identify the authorized conversion

    Have curriculum/registrar staff confirm how the local course and term translate to Carnegie units.

  4. 4

    Verify the student outcome

    Confirm the student’s finalized completion and earned credit before conversion.

  5. 5

    Correct the source mapping

    Repair course setup, term conversion, SCSC units, or extract transformation supported by evidence.

  6. 6

    Reprocess and compare

    Confirm student-level units and aggregate totals reconcile to transcript and course configuration.

Before closing the correction

  • The record belongs in the validation population.
  • The unit conversion is documented and consistent.
  • The student outcome is finalized.
  • CALPADS units reconcile with source records.

Official references