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CALPADS error brief · IVR

IVR0009

Invalid Characters in Field
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type IVR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

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.

Focus fields

Fields validated

17.09 Local Special Education Student ID

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation

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.

Official Version 17.23 rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 17.09 Local Special Education Student 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. 1

    Capture the raw value safely

    Preserve the rejected identifier without placing it in an unsecured ticket.

  2. 2

    Reveal hidden characters

    Inspect spaces, line breaks, smart punctuation, control characters, and encoding.

  3. 3

    Compare the permitted character set

    Use the current file specification for 17.09 Local Special Education Student ID.

  4. 4

    Check transformations

    Inspect spreadsheet, API, copy/paste, and export encoding behavior.

  5. 5

    Correct the source identifier

    Repair the SEDS value or transformation rule.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and regression-check

    Test other records created through the same pathway.

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.

Official references and practical support