CALPADS error brief · SWDS
SWDS0714E1
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
Focus fields
Fields validated
SINF Data 02.18 - Student Birth Date SWDS Data 22.11 - Special Education Status Effective Start DateRecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS End-of-Year certification correction guide - Fatal CDD validation
SWDS0714E1: Special Education Status Effective Start Date is less than student birthdate
Special Education Status Effective Start Date must be greater than or equal to Student Birth Date.
Official Version 18 validation
Severity: Fatal Type: CDD
Status Effective Start Date must be on or after the student’s birth date.
Fields validated: SINF Data
Recommended correction path
- 1
Preserve the failed record
Save student, school, Reporting LEA, academic year, effective dates, Status Effective Start Date, and every record needed to verify on or after the student’s birth date.
- 2
Confirm identity
Verify the SWDS record belongs to the SINF student.
- 3
Verify birth date
Use authorized demographic evidence.
- 4
Verify status effective date
Review the eligibility/participation decision and source audit history.
- 5
Check date formats and migrations
Look for default, century, conversion, or identity-link errors.
- 6
Correct the authoritative source
Repair the unsupported date or identity mapping.
- 7
Review the full lifecycle
Confirm MEET, SWDS, PLAN, SERV, and SENR dates remain coherent.
Before closing the correction
- Student identity and reporting ownership are correct.
- Status Effective Start Date is supported.
- on or after the student’s birth date is supported on the required effective date.
- The authoritative workflow is corrected and regenerated reports reconcile.







































































