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MEET0351

Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date must be greater than the Special Education Referral Date
Severity
FATAL error - Must be corrected in order to post the record and/or certify the data.
Error type MEET - Special Education Meetings
Record type MEET

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date must be greater than or equal to the Special Education Referral Date.

Focus fields

Fields validated

24.10 - Special Education Referral Date 24.12 - Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

Read the complete validation

CALPADS rule: Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date must be greater than or equal to the Special Education Referral Date.

Fields involved:

  • 24.10 - Special Education Referral Date
  • 24.12 - Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date

Read the event sequence

  1. ReferralConfirm when the evaluation pathway began.
  2. ConsentVerify documented parental consent.
  3. EvaluationConfirm activity and elapsed time.
  4. Meeting or pendingReport the event’s actual state.
  5. OutcomeVerify the decision and connected records.

Primary participants for this error

  • CALPADS coordinator
  • Case manager
  • School psychologist or assessment staff
  • Parent-engagement or procedural-support staff
  • IEP/SEDS system owner

Start with the authoritative record

Confirm the referral, intake documentation, consent history, assessment record, and authoritative IEP/SEDS event history. Establish what occurred before deciding which system value should change.

Recommended correction path

  1. Identify the exact event

    Match SSID, Reporting LEA, Reporting SELPA, academic year, evaluation type, plan-review indicator, and Meeting or Pending As Of Date.

  2. Reconstruct the chronology

    Compare referral, consent, pending, meeting, and outcome information as applicable; include prior and subsequent MEET records.

  3. Confirm the documented meaning

    Use authoritative program documentation and current CALPADS rules. Do not infer a date, outcome, review status, or delay reason solely from the error.

  4. Locate the true failure point

    Determine whether the issue belongs to documentation, IEP/SEDS entry, enrollment context, code mapping, extract logic, or an existing CALPADS record.

  5. Correct the owning system

    Use the authorized local process, regenerate the MEET record, and avoid a CALPADS-only edit that will be overwritten or misstate the event.

  6. Verify acceptance and meaning

    Confirm the complete MEET history, connected records, relevant monitoring reports, and whether the same workflow affected other students.

Official CALPADS guidance

Verify the Initial Evaluation Parental Consent Date is greater than or equal to Special Education Referral Date.

Before closing the issue

  • Confirm MEET0351 no longer appears for the intended student and event.
  • Verify the accepted MEET values and chronology under the intended academic year.
  • Document the source evidence, responsible owner, correction location, and broader extract impact.
  • Confirm that the result is procedurally accurate—not merely technically accepted.

Official MEET0351 troubleshooting page  |  MEET online-maintenance guidance  |  Report 16.24 — Meetings Student List

MEET cross-team participant directory

Engage the roles needed for the specific student, event, ownership question, or system issue.

  • CALPADS coordinator
  • Case manager
  • School psychologist or assessment staff
  • Special education teacher
  • School-site administrator
  • Parent-engagement or procedural-support staff
  • District special education administrator
  • SELPA data or compliance staff
  • Registrar or enrollment staff
  • IEP/SEDS system owner
  • SIS, extract, integration, or vendor support