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STAS0741

Attendance Recovery Days must be less than or equal to qualifying days absent within the school
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type STAS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

When populated, Attendance Recovery Days must be less than or equal to the sum of qualifying absences within the school.

Focus fields

Fields validated

13.05 - School of Attendance 13.06 Academic Year ID 13.19 Days Absent In-Person Excused Non-Suspension 13.20 Days Absent In-Person Unexcused Non-Suspension 13.21 Non-ADA Generating Independent Study Days 13.24 Attendance Recovery Days

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS STAS correction guide · Fatal input validation

STAS0741: Attendance Recovery Days must be less than or equal to qualifying days absent within the school

When populated, Attendance Recovery Days must be less than or equal to the sum of qualifying absences within the school.

Official CALPADS rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 13.05 School of Attendance
  • 13.06 Academic Year ID
  • 13.19 Days Absent In-Person Excused Non-Suspension
  • 13.20 Days Absent In-Person Unexcused Non-Suspension
  • 13.21 Non-ADA Generating Independent Study Days
  • 13.24 Attendance Recovery Days

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Confirm local program eligibility

    Verify that the LEA operated an eligible Attendance Recovery program and retained the required participation-time and audit records for the student.

  2. 2

    Reconcile earned whole days

    Translate qualifying participation into whole Attendance Recovery Days using the applicable minimum-day requirement. Confirm the student-level and LEA limits and do not report unsupported fractions.

  3. 3

    Compare with qualifying absences

    Use the student’s school, academic year, excused absences, unexcused absences, and eligible short-term non-ADA independent-study days. Field 13.24 cannot exceed the applicable qualifying absence total.

  4. 4

    Keep absence fields unchanged

    Correct Attendance Recovery Days or the underlying attendance source only when the source is wrong. Do not subtract recovery days from Fields 13.19, 13.20, or 13.21.

  5. 5

    Verify both systems of record

    Upload STAS, inspect Report 14.2, reconcile with local Attendance Recovery logs and PADC processes, and document the evidence supporting the final whole-day value.

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.