CALPADS error brief ยท 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
17.01 Record Type Code 17.04 Reporting LEA 17.07 Academic Year ID 17.08 SSID 17.11 Education Program Participation Type Code 17.12 Postsecondary Status CodeRecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation
GERR0001: Required Field Missing
A required field for the submitted Records Type is missing.
Official Version 17.23 rule
Severity: Fatal Type: Input Validation
Fields validated:
- 17.01 Record Type Code
- 17.04 Reporting LEA
- 17.07 Academic Year ID
- 17.08 SSID
- 17.11 Education Program Participation Type Code
- 17.12 Postsecondary Status Code
First identify the correct PSTS reporting lane
CPA or CTE lane
- Program type
- 10 or 20
- Follow-up
- Approximately six months
- Submission
- Fall 2
- Reporting SELPA
- Blank
- Conditional detail
- May be required
Special Education lane
- Program type
- 30
- Follow-up
- Approximately 12 months
- Submission
- EOY special education
- Reporting SELPA
- Required
- Fields 17.13-17.15
- Blank
SDLA Flowchart: build PSTS from prior-year evidence
1 - Prior-year exit and completion evidenceConfirm enrollment, exit, completion, and non-reenrollment.
2 - Program eligibility prerequisiteConfirm CPA, CTE completer, or SPED Plan Type 100 context.
3 - Correct population and timingUse the appropriate six-month or 12-month follow-up.
4 - PSTS recordTranslate documented responses into permitted codes and fields.
5 - LEA and SELPA reviewReconcile detail, certification, outreach, and Indicator 14 where applicable.
Recommended correction path
- 1
Preserve the incomplete record
Capture all available identity, organization, program, and outcome values.
- 2
Confirm the student belongs in PSTS
Verify prior-year exit, non-reenrollment, and the qualifying CPA, CTE, or SPED context.
- 3
Choose the correct reporting lane
Confirm Program Type 10, 20, or 30 before populating conditional fields.
- 4
Trace the missing source
Identify whether the blank originates in enrollment, program, survey, SEDS, SIS, or export mapping.
- 5
Correct the authoritative evidence or mapping
Do not invent a value solely to clear the error.
- 6
Reprocess the expected population
Confirm acceptance and look for other records with the same missing field.
Working calendar: follow the correct lane
CPA/CTE preparationIdentify prior-year completers and complete the approximately six-month follow-up.
2026-27 Fall 2 opens on Census Day.
Special Education preparationIdentify prior-year SWD exiters and coordinate 12-month follow-up.
Published 2026-27 EOY 1 amendment close; SELPA approval required.
Before closing the correction
- Confirm the student belongs in the selected population.
- Confirm the program type, reporting year, and prior-year evidence.
- Confirm conditional fields are permitted for that lane.
- Review other records produced by the same workflow.