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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

8.05 School of Assignment 9.05 School of Course Delivery 10.05 School of Course Delivery 17.05 School of Attendance

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

What this error actually means

Fall 2 staff/course reporting follows its eligible-school population. A preschool CDS may reflect a school-selection error, an outdated mapping, or staff who should be associated with another public school or LEA-level organization.

Valid, invalid, and unsafe responses

SituationValue or conditionInterpretation
InvalidPreschool CDS in School of AssignmentThis SASS row cannot be reported for that school.
InvestigateEmployee serves preschool programs from a district officeDetermine the supported district/LEA assignment.
Unsafe correctionChoose a nearby school simply because it accepts SASSUse the actual reportable organization.

Fields and records evaluated

  • 8.05 School of Assignment
  • 8.06 Academic Year ID
  • SASS record type

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Preserve the rejected row

    Capture submission ID, row, Reporting LEA, School, Academic Year, masked SEID, Job Classification, FTE, and assignment-code positions.

  2. 2

    Confirm identity and organization

    Match accepted SDEM history, authorized HR evidence, official organization codes, and the actual assignment before editing.

  3. 3

    Test the exact rule

    • Resolve the CDS code and official school type.
    • Confirm where the employee is organizationally assigned.
    • Distinguish service location from reportable School of Assignment.
    • Coordinate HR, program, and CALPADS staff for itinerant roles.
  4. 4

    Find the first divergence

    Trace HR, position control, SIS scheduling, code crosswalks, joins, spreadsheet handling, file generation, and upload context.

  5. 5

    Make the supported correction

    Report the staff assignment under the supported eligible school or LEA-level organization, or remove a row outside the Fall 2 reporting population.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and reconcile

    Confirm acceptance, review Reports 4.4 and 4.5, reconcile CRSE dependencies, and audit other staff produced by the same mapping.

Official GERR0010 guidance · CALPADS Staff Assignment guidance · Report 4.4 Staff Profile List · Current specifications and code sets