CALPADS error brief · PSTS
PSTS0486
Invalid SELPA for Reporting LEA
Severity
Fatal
Error type
Input Validation
Record type
PSTS
Official CALPADS rule
What CALPADS is rejecting
SELPA must be a valid Entity Code and have the prior year or an active reporting relationship with the Reporting LEA.
Focus fields
Fields validated
17.04 Reporting LEA 17.10 Reporting SELPARecommended correction path
Suggested resolution
CALPADS PSTS correction guide - Fatal input validation
PSTS0486: Invalid SELPA for Reporting LEA
SELPA must be a valid Entity Code and have the prior year or an active reporting relationship with the Reporting LEA.
Official Version 17.23 rule
Severity: Fatal Type: Input Validation
Fields validated:
- 17.04 Reporting LEA
- 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.