CALPADS error brief ยท PSTS
PSTS0485
Invalid SELPA Code
Severity
Fatal
Error type
Input Validation
Record type
PSTS
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
SELPA code must be a valid 4-digit SELPA code.
Focus fields
Fields validated
17.10 Reporting SELPARecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation
PSTS0485: Invalid SELPA Code
SELPA code must be a valid 4-digit SELPA code.
Official Version 17.23 rule
Severity: Fatal Type: Input Validation
Fields validated:
- 17.10 Reporting SELPA
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 this is Program Type 30
Reporting SELPA must be blank for CPA/CTE records.
- 2
Locate the qualifying prior-year SPED record
Match SSID, Reporting LEA, and Plan Type 100 context.
- 3
Verify the four-digit SELPA code
Use the current official entity value.
- 4
Confirm the LEA-SELPA relationship
Check the required prior-year or active reporting relationship.
- 5
Repair the SEDS/API mapping
Correct the source organization or crosswalk.
- 6
Reprocess and reconcile SELPA reports
Review Reports 17.3 and 17.4 for the expected 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.