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CALPADS error brief · SENR

SENR0526F1

Invalid "EL" English Language Acquisition Status Code
Severity Fatal
Error type CDD
Record type SENR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

Primarily Enrolled English Learners who are aged 22 years or older and Enrolled in Grades TK through 12 must be designated Adult English Learner (ADEL)

Focus fields

Fields validated

SENR Data 1.23 Enrollment Status Code 1.24 Grade Level Code 1.22 Enrollment Start Date 1.23 Enrollment Exit Date SINF Data 2.18 Birth date SELA Data 12.13 English Language Acquisition Code 12.14 English Language Acquisition Start 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

  • 1.22 Enrollment Start Date
  • 1.23 Enrollment Status Code
  • 1.24 Grade Level
  • 1.25 Enrollment Exit Date
  • 2.18 Birth Date
  • 12.13 ELAS Code
  • 12.14 ELAS Start 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?Age, grade, enrollment, and effective ELAS designation agree on census day.Census-day snapshot logic
What is inconsistent?The snapshot selects EL for a student who meets the adult-age condition.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 birth date, grade/enrollment, or add the supported ELAS event; do not change ELAS merely because the student turned 22 without following language-status rules.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

  • Calculate age from 2.18 on the relevant date.
  • Verify the student is actually in a TK–12 grade context.
  • Review complete SELA history and original status dates.
  • Use a new supported status event rather than overwriting history.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Identify the exact snapshot row

    Match the student, school, LEA, academic year, and census/snapshot revision implicated by SENR0526F1.

  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

    Calculate age from 2.18 on the relevant date. Verify the student is actually in a TK–12 grade context. Review complete SELA history and original status dates. Use a new supported status event rather than overwriting history.

  4. 4

    Choose the supported transaction

    Correct birth date, grade/enrollment, or add the supported ELAS event; do not change ELAS merely because the student turned 22 without following language-status rules.

  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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