CALPADS error brief · SWDS
SWDS0605F1
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
Focus fields
Fields validated
SENR Data 1.04 - Reporting LEA 1.22 Enrollment Start Date 1.25 Enrollment Exit Date SWDS Data 22.04 - Reporting LEA 22.11 - Special Education Status Effective Start Date 22.12 - Special Education Status Code MEET Data 24.04 - Reporting LEARecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
Status is not the same as enrollment, a meeting, a plan, or a service
Eligibility answers whether the student qualifies. Participation answers whether the student is receiving special education under the reported status. MEET records an event. PLAN records the operative education plan. SERV records services. Each relationship depends on its own effective date.
The history CALPADS is trying to reconstruct
Enrollment → SWDS status → MEET → PLAN → SERV → Fall 1 snapshot
| Stage | Record family | What it establishes | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Enrollment | SENR 1.xx | Where and when the student is enrolled | Start with the enrollment context |
| 2. SWDS status | SWDS 22.xx | Eligibility and participation over time | Reconcile the effective relationship |
| 3. MEET | MEET 24.xx | Referral, evaluation, meeting, or pending event | Rule focus |
| 4. PLAN | PLAN 23.xx | Operative IEP, IFSP, ISP, or other plan | Reconcile the effective relationship |
| 5. SERV | SERV 25.xx | Services delivered under the plan | Reconcile the effective relationship |
| 6. Fall 1 snapshot | Certification | The census-day relationship CALPADS evaluates | Reconcile the effective relationship |
Fields and records evaluated
- SENR 1.04 — Reporting LEA
- SENR 1.22/1.25 — Enrollment Dates
- SWDS 22.04 — Reporting LEA
- SWDS 22.11 — Status Effective Start Date
- SWDS 22.12 — Status Code
- MEET 24.04 — Reporting LEA
- MEET 24.13/24.14 — Meeting or Pending Date
Six questions that resolve this certification finding
| Question | Specific finding | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| What passed? | The individual SENR, SWDS, MEET, PLAN, or SERV transactions may each have posted successfully. | Submission detail and ODS history |
| What did Fall 1 expect? | The status outcome is traceable to the meeting/evaluation event reported by the responsible LEA. | Census-day snapshot logic |
| What is inconsistent? | The SWDS status exists, but no MEET record is found at that same Reporting LEA. | Student-level certification detail |
| Who owns correction? | Special education staff and the SEDS own eligibility, participation, meeting, plan, and service facts; enrollment staff and the SIS own SENR; the CALPADS/SELPA reporting process reconciles the effective histories. | SIS, SEDS, and authoritative special education records |
| What must change? | Submit the missing supported MEET event at the eligibility-determining LEA, or correct the SWDS/MEET Reporting LEA, identity, activity, or effective date that prevents the relationship. | Supported add, replace, delete, service request, or sequencing action |
| 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; 16.15 Students with Disabilities Services; 16.16 Students with Disabilities Services Student List; 16.17 Students with Disabilities Annual Comparison; applicable SELPA reports | Refreshed snapshot and student-level evidence |
Concrete checks
- Match 22.04 to 24.04; a MEET from another LEA does not satisfy this particular rule.
- Locate the evaluation or meeting that produced the SWDS determination.
- Check rejected MEET submissions and SEDS export filters.
- Do not invent a meeting date; use the IEP/IFSP/ISP team record or pending-event evidence.
Recommended correction path
- 1
Locate the exact snapshot row
Match the SSID, Reporting LEA, census context, and snapshot revision identified by SWDS0605F1.
- 2
Build one effective-date history
Place SENR enrollment dates, every SWDS status event, MEET dates, PLAN effective dates, and SERV dates on one timeline.
- 3
Verify the authoritative evidence
Use the SEDS, IEP/IFSP/ISP documents, evaluation records, SIS, and identity records. Special education staff and the SEDS own eligibility, participation, meeting, plan, and service facts; enrollment staff and the SIS own SENR; the CALPADS/SELPA reporting process reconciles the effective histories.
- 4
Test this rule—not a neighboring rule
Match 22.04 to 24.04; a MEET from another LEA does not satisfy this particular rule. Locate the evaluation or meeting that produced the SWDS determination. Check rejected MEET submissions and SEDS export filters. Do not invent a meeting date; use the IEP/IFSP/ISP team record or pending-event evidence.
- 5
Make the supported correction
Submit the missing supported MEET event at the eligibility-determining LEA, or correct the SWDS/MEET Reporting LEA, identity, activity, or effective date that prevents the relationship. Repair the source system or extract mapping so the next submission does not recreate the discrepancy.
- 6
Regenerate and reconcile
Regenerate Fall 1, verify SWDS0605F1 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; 16.15 Students with Disabilities Services; 16.16 Students with Disabilities Services Student List; 16.17 Students with Disabilities Annual Comparison; applicable SELPA reports. Confirm the aggregate and student-level histories agree.
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