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CALPADS error brief · SASS

SASS0201

School not open during Academic Year
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type SASS

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

School should be open during Academic Year reported

Focus fields

Fields validated

8.05 School of Assignment 8.06 Academic Year ID

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

What this assignment error means

CALPADS compares official school open/closed dates with the SASS Academic Year. A current school code may be wrong historically, and a closed school may still have been valid in an earlier year.

Valid, invalid, and unsafe responses

SituationValue or conditionInterpretation
ValidOfficial open period overlaps the Academic YearSchool and reporting year align.
InvalidSchool opened after the reported yearUse the historical assignment school or correct the year.
InvalidSchool closed before the reported yearIdentify the successor/current assignment.
Unsafe shortcutReplace a historically valid closed school with today’s schoolPreserve historical truth.

Fields and records evaluated

  • 8.05 School of Assignment
  • 8.06 Academic Year ID

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

    • Resolve the exact CDS code and official open/closed dates.
    • Verify the Academic Year ID and assignment evidence.
    • Investigate school reorganizations, mergers, renumbering, and successor schools.
    • Confirm whether the assignment belongs at school or LEA level.
  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

    Correct the evidence-supported School of Assignment or Academic Year. Do not rewrite a historically valid assignment because the school later closed.

  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 SASS0201 guidance · CALPADS Staff Assignment guidance · Fall 2 Reporting Roadmap · Current specifications, code sets, and valid combinations