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CALPADS error brief · SASS

SASS0198

Invalid School of Assignment
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type SASS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

School of Assignment must not be an NPS school of a Private School Group

Focus fields

Fields validated

8.05 School of Assignment

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

What this assignment error means

SASS reports staff assignments for the applicable public educational organization. NPS and private-school-group identifiers serve different reporting relationships and are not valid SASS schools of assignment.

Valid, invalid, and unsafe responses

SituationValue or conditionInterpretation
Valid approachSupported public school or permitted LEA-level assignmentUse the organization that owns the reportable assignment.
InvalidNPS CDS in 8.05Do not report the NPS as the SASS school.
InvalidPrivate School Group codeThis is not a public SASS assignment location.
InvestigateDistrict employee serves students placed at an NPSReport the employee under the appropriate public LEA/school relationship.

Fields and records evaluated

  • 8.05 School of Assignment

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Locate the exact SASS row

    Capture Reporting LEA, School of Assignment, Academic Year, masked SEID, Job Classification, FTE, and all seven support-assignment fields.

  2. 2

    Confirm the educator and organization

    Match the SASS row to accepted SDEM history, HR/position-control evidence, the official school/LEA code, and the actual assignment.

  3. 3

    Test the exact rule

    • Identify the staff member’s employer and reportable assignment owner.
    • Resolve the submitted CDS code and school type.
    • Distinguish an NPS placement/service location from the public LEA assignment.
    • Coordinate HR, special education, and CALPADS staff when the service arrangement is complex.
  4. 4

    Find the first divergence

    Inspect HR, position control, SIS scheduling, local code crosswalks, joins, and export calculations. Do not treat a job title as a CALPADS classification without checking duties.

  5. 5

    Make the supported correction

    Replace an invalid NPS/private-school-group code with the supported public assignment organization, or remove a SASS row that the LEA should not report.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and reconcile

    Confirm SASS acceptance, inspect Staff Profile Report 4.4 and Staff Nonclassroom Based or Support Assignment Detail Report 4.5, and reconcile affected CRSE sections and other staff produced by the same mapping.

Official SASS0198 guidance · CALPADS Staff Assignment guidance · Fall 2 Reporting Roadmap · Current specifications, code sets, and valid combinations