CALPADS error brief ยท GERR
GERR0010
Fall 2 File Types Cannot be Submitted for Preschools
Severity
Fatal
Error type
Input Validation
Record type
GERR
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
If the file submitted has a Record Type of SASS, CRSE, SCSE, or PSTS-F2, then the School must not be a Preschool.
Focus fields
Fields validated
17.05 School of AttendanceRecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation
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.
Official Version 17.23 rule
Severity: Fatal Type: Input Validation
Fields validated:
- 17.05 School of Attendance
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
Confirm the former student's prior-year context
Verify enrollment, school, exit, program, and reporting organization.
- 2
Check the California School Directory
Confirm the CDS code, status, type, and reporting relationship.
- 3
Apply NPS and preschool rules carefully
Distinguish a specific NPS identifier, generic NPS school value, and an ineligible preschool context.
- 4
Check the reporting lane
School of Attendance is required for CPA/CTE but optional for SPED; if populated it must still be valid.
- 5
Correct the organizational mapping
Repair the SIS, SEDS, or extract crosswalk.
- 6
Reprocess and inspect related records
Review the full affected school or program population.
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.