SDLA Flowchart: debug the reporting chain from the top
1 - Instructional reality and authoritative local sourcesConfirm the real course, staff, section, term, delivery model, and program context with the people responsible for those facts.
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2 - SDEM identity prerequisiteEvery reported educator must have the correct accepted staff identity and employment history.
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3 - SASS assignment prerequisiteConfirm the supported staff assignment at the applicable school and academic year before debugging CRSE repeatedly.
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4 - CRSE course-section relationshipValidate the named fields, identifiers, code combinations, and local-to-state course mapping.
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5 - SCSE and Fall 2 reviewConfirm student-section connections and reconcile course, staff-assignment, and program reports.
Recommended correction path
1
Capture the course mapping
Record the local course, CRS-State Course Code, subcategory, school, and year.
2
Confirm course content
Have curriculum or department leadership identify the actual content emphasis.
3
Check the allowed subcategories
Use the current code set and the valid values for the selected state course.
4
Inspect copied mappings
Look for a prior-year or neighboring-course crosswalk applied too broadly.
5
Correct the authoritative catalog
Repair the SIS course or mapping table.
6
Retest every affected section
Confirm acceptance and review all courses sharing the mapping.
2026-27 Fall 2 calendar
Before Census DayConfirm the SIS Version 18.0 release and reconcile SDEM, SASS, CRSE, and SCSE dependencies.
Fall 2 Census Day and opening of the official submission window.
CDE's recommended date for reaching zero Fall 2 errors.
Certification deadline. Fall 2 has no amendment window.
Before closing the correction
Confirm the authoritative local source supports the corrected values.
Confirm accepted SDEM and SASS prerequisites for every reported educator.
Review CRSE acceptance and related SCSE, staff-assignment, and course reports.
Check other records produced by the same course-catalog or extract rule.
