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CALPADS error brief · PLAN

PLAN0389F1

Missing General Education Participation Percentage Range Code
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type PLAN

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

General Education Participation Percentage must Populated for Special Education Program Settings 400 and 500 when students are at least 5 years old and grade level Transitional Kindergarten (TK) or higher

Focus fields

Fields validated

SENR Data

1.24 - Grade Level Code

SINF Data

02.18 - Student Birth Date

SWDS Data

22.11 - Special Education Status Effective Start Date

22.12 - Special Education Status Code

PLAN Data

23.12 - Special Education Plan Effective Start Date

23.23 - General Education Participation Percentage

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

“Missing” is the final symptom—not necessarily the root cause

CALPADS first determines that an age, grade, plan type, or program setting activates a dependent PLAN field. Only then does blank become invalid. Confirm the trigger before populating the missing field.

Preschool/school-age date: Use completed age on Fall 1 Census Day, together with the census grade and operative setting where required.

The dependency in plain English

PartWhat CALPADS expectsDecision
TriggerThe student is at least age 5 on Census Day, is in grade TK or higher, and PLAN 23.20 = 400 or 500.If any trigger fact is wrong, correct that fact.
Required fieldPLAN 23.23 — General Education Participation PercentageBlank is prohibited while the trigger is true.
Meaningthe numerical percentage of time the student participates in general education.The response must describe the actual IEP/IFSP/PLAN evidence.
CorrectionSubmit the supported whole-number percentage in the current field format; for example, 50 percent is submitted as 50.Do not submit a descriptive range label or estimate the percentage from placement name alone.

Fields and records evaluated

  • SWDS 22.11/22.12 — Status Effective Date and Eligible-and-Participating Status
  • PLAN 23.12 — Plan Effective Start Date
  • SENR 1.24 — Grade Level Code
  • SINF 2.18 — Student Birth Date
  • PLAN 23.20 — Setting Code 400 or 500
  • PLAN 23.23 — General Education Participation Percentage

Six questions that resolve this certification finding

QuestionSpecific findingEvidence
What passed?The component SINF, SENR, SWDS, or PLAN transactions may each have posted successfully.Submission detail and ODS history
What did Fall 1 expect?Because The student is at least age 5 on Census Day, is in grade TK or higher, and PLAN 23.20 = 400 or 500. CALPADS expected PLAN 23.23 — General Education Participation Percentage to contain a supported response.Certification dependency logic
What is absent or inconsistent? The required field is blank, or an upstream age, grade, plan type, setting, or effective record is wrong.Student-level certification detail
Who owns correction?The IEP/IFSP team and special education staff establish the factual response; the SEDS owns PLAN values and mappings; SIS staff own birth date, grade, and enrollment; the CALPADS/SELPA process reconciles the snapshot.SIS, SEDS, and IEP/IFSP evidence
What must change?If age, grade, setting 400/500, or the operative PLAN is wrong, correct that fact rather than inventing a percentage.Supported dependent-field or upstream correction
What proves resolution?1.0 Certification Errors; 16.12 Students with Disabilities Education Plan by Primary Disability; 16.14 Students with Disabilities Plan Student List; 16.17 Students with Disabilities Annual Comparison; applicable SELPA reportsRefreshed snapshot and student-level evidence

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Locate the exact snapshot row

    Match the SSID, Reporting LEA, operative PLAN, academic year, and snapshot revision identified by PLAN0389F1.

  2. 2

    Prove that the dependency is active

    The student is at least age 5 on Census Day, is in grade TK or higher, and PLAN 23.20 = 400 or 500. Verify each trigger component independently.

  3. 3

    Read the authoritative evidence

    The operative IEP/placement calculation, instructional schedule, and documented general-education versus special-education participation time. The IEP/IFSP team and special education staff establish the factual response; the SEDS owns PLAN values and mappings; SIS staff own birth date, grade, and enrollment; the CALPADS/SELPA process reconciles the snapshot.

  4. 4

    Distinguish blank from a negative response

    Submit the supported whole-number percentage in the current field format; for example, 50 percent is submitted as 50. Do not submit a descriptive range label or estimate the percentage from placement name alone.

  5. 5

    Correct the owning source

    If age, grade, setting 400/500, or the operative PLAN is wrong, correct that fact rather than inventing a percentage. Repair the SEDS/SIS mapping so the next submission preserves the correction.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and reconcile

    Regenerate Fall 1, confirm PLAN0389F1 clears, and reconcile 1.0 Certification Errors; 16.12 Students with Disabilities Education Plan by Primary Disability; 16.14 Students with Disabilities Plan Student List; 16.17 Students with Disabilities Annual Comparison; applicable SELPA reports. Aggregate and student-level results must agree.

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