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PSTS - Postsecondary Status

PSTS errors concern postsecondary outcomes reported for eligible students who exited special education. They may identify missing, invalid, or inconsistent education, employment, or training status information. Verify the student, reporting period, contact information, and applicable outcome codes before correcting and resubmitting the record.

FRMT0001 Wrong field length

Field length must match CALPADS File Specifications (CFS)

FRMT0009 Invalid column count for file type

Format for invalid column (fields) count based on file type

GERR0001 Required Field Missing

A required field for the submitted Records Type is missing.

GERR0002 Value Not Found in Reference Set

The value provided for the field is not a valid value from the CALPADS Code Sets.

GERR0005 LEA does not have ownership of student enrollment to make update

Student must be enrolled in the Reporting LEA during the prior Academic Year specified in the record.

GERR0007 Code submitted outside the Effective Date Range

Code must be submitted with an Academic Year ID that overlaps, on at least one day, the CALPADS effective date range for the code.

GERR0010 Fall 2 File Types Cannot be Submitted for Preschools

If the file submitted has a Record Type of SASS, CRSE, SCSE, or PSTS-F2, then the School must not be a Preschool.

IVR0003 Invalid School of Attendance

If School of Attendance NPS is populated Then School of Attendance must equal 0000001.

IVR0004 Missing NPS School

If School of Attendance = 0000001 Then School of Attendance NPS must be populated.

IVR0006 Invalid Academic Year

Academic Year ID must be a valid academic school year combination and no more than one year in the future.

IVR0007 Invalid SSID

SSID must be a valid CALPADS SSID in the ODS.

IVR0009 Invalid Characters in Field

Field must only contain Alphabetic letters, numbers, periods, hyphens apostrophes, forward slashes, spaces. Alphabetic characters with accents, tildes, or umlauts are allowed. Valid characters are based on the UTF-8 character set standards.

IVR0034 Duplicate Record within File

Two or more records exist with the same operational key fields.

PSTS0002 School must have a relationship with LEA if populated

If School of Attendance is populated then it must have an active reporting relationship with the Reporting LEA.

PSTS0475 SELPA Code must be blank for CPA and CTE Education Program Participation Type

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 10 (CPA) or 20 (CTE), then Reporting SELPA must not be populated.

PSTS0476 Missing SELPA Code

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then Reporting SELPA must be populated.

PSTS0477 Invalid Local Special Education Student ID

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 10 (CPA) or 20 (CTE), then Local Special Education Student ID must not be populated.

PSTS0478 Missing Local Special Education Student ID

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then Local Special Education Student ID is required.

PSTS0483 User not authorized to submit CPA and CTE data

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 10 (CPA) or 20 (CTE), then the user must be assigned the PSTS Edit role.

PSTS0484 User not authorized to submit Students with Disabilities data

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then the user must be assigned the PSTS for SPED Students Edit role.

PSTS0485 Invalid SELPA Code

SELPA code must be a valid 4-digit SELPA code.

PSTS0486 Invalid SELPA for Reporting LEA

SELPA must be a valid Entity Code and have the prior year or an active reporting relationship with the Reporting LEA.

PSTS0527 School of Attendance is required for CPA and CTE Students

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 10 (CPA) or 20 (CTE), then School of Attendance must be populated.

PSTS0535 Educational Institution Type is required for this Postsecondary Status

If Postsecondary Status Code is 200, 210, 220, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, or 370, then Educational Institution Type is required.

PSTS0536 Industry Field is required for this Postsecondary Status

Postsecondary Status Code is 910, 920, or 930, then Industry Field is required.

PSTS0537 Industry Field cannot equal Multiple Industry Sectors or Work Experience Education

Multiple Industry Sectors (MIS) or Work Experience Education (WEE) codes are not valid for Industry Field.

PSTS0572 Educational Institution Type cannot be populated for Students with Disabilities

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then Educational Institution Type must be blank.

PSTS0573 Industry Field cannot be populated for Students with Disabilities

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then Industry Field must be blank.

PSTS0574 Post-High School Credential cannot be populated for Students with Disabilities

If Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 (SPED), then Post-High School Credential must be blank.