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CALPADS error brief · STAS

STAS0306

Invalid Days Attended In-Person
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type STAS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

When populated, Days Attended In-Person must be less than or equal to Expected Attendance Days less Days in Attendance In-School Suspension (May be 0)

Focus fields

Fields validated

13.15 Expected Attendance Days 13.16 Days Attended In-Person 13.18 Days in Attendance In-School Suspension

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS STAS correction guide · Fatal input validation

STAS0306: Invalid Days Attended In-Person

When populated, Days Attended In-Person must be less than or equal to Expected Attendance Days less Days in Attendance In-School Suspension (May be 0)

Official CALPADS rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 13.15 Expected Attendance Days
  • 13.16 Days Attended In-Person
  • 13.18 Days in Attendance In-School Suspension

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Freeze and reproduce the totals

    Capture the student’s STAS row, attendance-history report, enrollment dates, school calendar, attendance codes, independent-study records, and suspension records used by the extract.

  2. 2

    Recalculate from daily evidence

    Rebuild the validated totals from the student’s day-level record. Apply local and CALPADS rules consistently for partial days, hourly programs, suspension, independent study, and overlapping absence reasons.

  3. 3

    Check category boundaries

    Confirm that in-school suspension is not included in Days Attended In-Person, out-of-school suspension is not counted again as unexcused absence, and independent-study days are placed only in their proper ADA or non-ADA field.

  4. 4

    Correct the authoritative calculation

    Fix enrollment calendars, attendance codes, nightly history, period-to-day conversion, independent-study completion, or extract logic. Coordinate attendance staff, discipline staff, independent-study staff, and the SIS owner as applicable.

  5. 5

    Reconcile before certification

    Regenerate STAS, verify the equation and field limits, upload the correction, then compare CALPADS Report 14.2 with local attendance totals and investigate other students affected by the same calculation rule.

Where this correction sits in the 2026–27 calendar

Prepare and reconcileUpdate attendance history, enrollment calendars, exemption decisions, independent-study totals, suspension counts, and Attendance Recovery records before extracting STAS.
EOY 1 submission window opens.
CDE’s recommended date for reaching zero EOY 1 errors.
EOY 1 certification and amendment-window deadline; SELPA approval is required.

Dates are from the current CDE CALPADS 2026–27 calendar. Verify the official calendar before acting because dates can change.

Before closing the ticket

  • Confirm the corrected STAS record and student totals directly in CALPADS.
  • Compare CALPADS Report 14.2 with the local attendance-history source.
  • Document whether the defect was student-specific, calendar-wide, code-mapping, configuration, or extract-related.
  • Check other students affected by the same attendance rule before EOY 1 certification.

Official references and practical support

SIS, attendance, and extract support

Start with your vendor’s current California/CALPADS documentation. Attendance-code mappings, calendars, nightly totals, exemptions, and extract paths vary by product and district configuration. Inclusion is not an endorsement; access may require a customer account. Links verified August 14, 2026.