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SELA0751F1

RFEP Status Start Date Cannot Equal Enrollment Start Date
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type SELA

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

RFEP Status Start Date Cannot Equal Enrollment Start Date

Focus fields

Fields validated

SELA Data 12.04 Reporting LEA 12.13 - English Language Acquisition Status Code 12.14 English Language Acquisition Status Start Date SENR Data 1.04 Reporting LEA 1.22 - Enrollment Start Date 1.23 - Enrollment Status Code 1.25 - Enrollment Exit Date

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

Certification lens

This rule is evaluated from the Fall 1 snapshot and related ODS histories. A record can pass transactional validation and still fail when CALPADS compares the student, dates, school, program, language status, demographics, or special education relationships effective for certification.

Fields and records evaluated

  • 12.04 Reporting LEA
  • 12.13 English Language Acquisition Status Code
  • 12.14 ELAS Start Date
  • 1.04 Reporting LEA
  • 1.22 Enrollment Start Date
  • 1.23 Enrollment Status Code
  • 1.25 Enrollment Exit Date

Six questions that resolve this certification finding

QuestionSpecific findingEvidence
What passed?Individual source transactions may have posted successfully.Submission detail and ODS history
What did Fall 1 expect?A real RFEP event that follows—rather than duplicates—the enrollment start date.Census-day snapshot logic
What is inconsistent?The RFEP start date and qualifying SENR start date are identical.Student-level certification detail
Who owns correction?English learner program staff establish ELAS and LIP facts; the SIS/EL system owns source values; the CALPADS coordinator reconciles SELA, SPRG, and SENR.Authoritative local system and program records
What must change?Correct the evidence-supported SENR start date or SELA RFEP start date; never shift RFEP merely to clear the rule.Add, replace, delete, or sequence supported records
What proves resolution?1.0 Certification Errors; 2.8 ELAS Count by Primary Language; 2.9 ELAS Census Comparison; 2.10 ELAS Census Comparison Student List; 2.14/2.15 Language Instruction Program reportsRefreshed aggregate and supporting reports

Concrete checks

  • Confirm the student was actually reclassified RFEP.
  • Use the reclassification event date, not the upload date.
  • Check whether the enrollment start date was defaulted from a migration or transfer.
  • Preserve earlier ELAS history; RFEP is a new status event.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Identify the exact snapshot row

    Match the student, school, LEA, academic year, and census/snapshot revision implicated by SELA0751F1.

  2. 2

    Compare the authoritative source

    Use the owning SIS, program, language, enrollment, or special education record. English learner program staff establish ELAS and LIP facts; the SIS/EL system owns source values; the CALPADS coordinator reconciles SELA, SPRG, and SENR.

  3. 3

    Test the complete rule

    Confirm the student was actually reclassified RFEP. Use the reclassification event date, not the upload date. Check whether the enrollment start date was defaulted from a migration or transfer. Preserve earlier ELAS history; RFEP is a new status event.

  4. 4

    Choose the supported transaction

    Correct the evidence-supported SENR start date or SELA RFEP start date; never shift RFEP merely to clear the rule.

  5. 5

    Correct the source and resubmit

    Repair the authoritative record or extract mapping so the next submission will not recreate the discrepancy. Allow all dependent transactions to post in chronological order.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and reconcile

    Refresh the Fall 1 snapshot, confirm the error clears, and reconcile 1.0 Certification Errors; 2.8 ELAS Count by Primary Language; 2.9 ELAS Census Comparison; 2.10 ELAS Census Comparison Student List; 2.14/2.15 Language Instruction Program reports. Aggregate and student-level results must agree.

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