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CALPADS error brief · GERR

GERR0001

Required Field Missing
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type GERR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

A required field for the submitted Records Type is missing

Focus fields

Fields validated

2.01 - Record Type Code 2.04 - Effective Start Date 2.06 - Reporting LEA 2.08 - Academic Year ID 2.09 - SSID 2.10 - Local Student ID 2.11 - Student Legal First Name 2.13 - Student Legal Last Name 2.18 - Student Birth Date 2.19 - Student Gender Code 2.22 - Student Birth Country Code

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

Frequently required fields

  • 2.01 Record Type Code
  • 2.04 Effective Start Date
  • 2.06 Reporting LEA
  • 2.08 Academic Year ID
  • 2.09 SSID
  • 2.10 Local Student ID
  • 2.11 Legal First Name
  • 2.13 Legal Last Name
  • 2.18 Birth Date
  • 2.19 Gender Code
  • 2.22 Birth Country Code

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Blank, unknown, and not applicable are different. Use a published unknown/missing value only where the field permits it. Do not invent demographics to satisfy required-field validation.

Minimal correction path

  1. 1

    Identify the missing field

    Inspect the rejected row and transaction type.

  2. 2

    Check conditional requirements

    Use the current SINF layout and code rules.

  3. 3

    Verify authoritative data

    Resolve identity/demographic values through approved local procedures.

  4. 4

    Correct source and extract

    Resubmit and review other rows sharing the mapping.

Official GERR0001 page