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SPRG0550F1

Invalid ELAS Code for Language Instruction Program
Severity Warning
Error type CDD
Record type SPRG

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If submitting an Education Program Code for Language Instruction Programs of 300, 303, 305, or 307, then the student's most recent overlapping ELAS Code in the ODS must equal EL.

Focus fields

Fields validated

SPRG Data: 3.13 Education Program Code SELA Data: 12.13 English Language Acquisition Status Code

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

  • 3.13 LIP Program Code
  • 3.15/3.16 Program Dates
  • 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?The reported language instructional model is appropriate for and overlaps an English Learner status.Census-day snapshot logic
What is inconsistent?The LIP code is wrong, the ELAS history is wrong/mistimed, or the records do not overlap.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 supported SPRG LIP or SELA history; do not change ELAS to EL merely to retain a program code.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

  • Verify the actual instructional model.
  • Review the most recent overlapping SELA event.
  • Check program membership dates and school.
  • Distinguish LIP codes open to other statuses from the four codes validated here.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Identify the exact snapshot row

    Match the student, school, LEA, academic year, and census/snapshot revision implicated by SPRG0550F1.

  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

    Verify the actual instructional model. Review the most recent overlapping SELA event. Check program membership dates and school. Distinguish LIP codes open to other statuses from the four codes validated here.

  4. 4

    Choose the supported transaction

    Correct the supported SPRG LIP or SELA history; do not change ELAS to EL merely to retain a program code.

  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.

Official SPRG0550F1 guidance · Current certification and real-time reports · SDLA CALPADS report directory