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CALPADS error brief · SINC

SINC0501

Invalid Statutory Offense Indicator
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type SINC

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If Removal to Interim Alternative Setting Reason Code is 1 or 2; or Student Instructional Support Indicator is populated, then Statutory Offense Indicator must be equal to 'Y'

Focus fields

Fields validated

18.15 - Statutory Offense Indicator 18.17 - Removal to Interim Alternative Setting Reason Code 18.16 - Instructional Support Indicator

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS SINC correction guide

SINC0501: Invalid Statutory Offense Indicator

When an interim alternative-setting reason is 1 or 2, or the Student Instructional Support Indicator is populated, CALPADS requires the Statutory Offense Indicator to be Y.

Focus fields: Statutory Offense Indicator (18.15), Instructional Support Indicator (18.16), and Interim Alternative Setting Reason (18.17)

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Review the complete incident—not one field

    Compare the behavior record, offense findings, services/supports, removal decision, and special-education documentation.

  2. 2

    Confirm whether the statutory indicator should be Y

    If either dependent field legitimately applies, set the statutory indicator according to current CALPADS definitions rather than suppressing the dependent data.

  3. 3

    Check for an incorrectly populated dependent field

    A default Y, stale removal reason, or poorly mapped blank can trigger the rule even when the incident was not statutory.

  4. 4

    Coordinate across teams

    Discipline, special education, and CALPADS staff should resolve conflicting source documents before changing the export.

  5. 5

    Correct and validate the full chain

    Update the authoritative behavior system, regenerate all related files, and confirm SINC, SIRS, and SOFF describe one coherent incident.

Systems opportunity

If discipline information is being reconstructed manually, review SDLA’s behavior management systems. A well-configured source system should preserve the incident, students, offenses, results, dates, identifiers, and supports as one auditable event.

Official references