CALPADS error brief ยท IVR
IVR0006
Invalid Academic Year
Severity
Fatal
Error type
Input Validation
Record type
IVR
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
Academic Year ID must be a valid academic school year combination and no more than one year in the future.
Focus fields
Fields validated
17.07 Academic Year IDRecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation
IVR0006: Invalid Academic Year
Academic Year ID must be a valid academic school year combination and no more than one year in the future.
Official Version 17.23 rule
Severity: Fatal Type: Input Validation
Fields validated:
- 17.07 Academic Year ID
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
Identify the reporting cycle
Determine whether this is Fall 2 CPA/CTE or EOY Special Education reporting.
- 2
Validate the CCYY-CCYY value
Confirm a consecutive two-year span and no more than one year in the future.
- 3
Separate reporting year from exit year
PSTS reports an outcome in the current year using qualifying prior-year evidence.
- 4
Compare all prerequisite records
Match prior-year SENR, completion, CTE/CPA, or SPED evidence.
- 5
Correct rollover or extract logic
Repair the configured year rather than editing one row.
- 6
Regenerate and reconcile
Review the complete expected follow-up 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.