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SWDS0714E1

Special Education Status Effective Start Date is less than student birthdate
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type SWDS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

Special Education Status Effective Start Date must be greater than or equal to Student Birth Date.

Focus fields

Fields validated

SINF Data 02.18 - Student Birth Date SWDS Data 22.11 - Special Education Status Effective Start Date

Recommended 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. 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. 2

    Confirm identity

    Verify the SWDS record belongs to the SINF student.

  3. 3

    Verify birth date

    Use authorized demographic evidence.

  4. 4

    Verify status effective date

    Review the eligibility/participation decision and source audit history.

  5. 5

    Check date formats and migrations

    Look for default, century, conversion, or identity-link errors.

  6. 6

    Correct the authoritative source

    Repair the unsupported date or identity mapping.

  7. 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.

Official references