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SCSE0534

SCSE/C records cannot have a future Academic Year
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type SCSE

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

If Record Type = SCSE or SCSC, then Academic Year cannot be in the future.

Focus fields

Fields validated

10.06 Academic Year ID

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS SCSE correction guide - Fatal input validation

SCSE0534: SCSE Records Cannot Have a Future Academic Year

If Record Type is SCSE, Academic Year ID cannot be in the future.

Official Version 17.23 rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 10.06 Academic Year ID

SDLA Flowchart: validate the reporting chain from the top

1 - Local instructional and enrollment realityConfirm the student, school, year, schedule, and course using authoritative local records.
2 - SENR enrollment ownershipThe student's accepted enrollment must support the school and applicable dates.
3 - Staff and CRSE prerequisitesConfirm the accepted educator assignment and course section under the same reporting context.
4 - SCSE student-section connectionConnect the SSID to the intended course section with matching school, year, course, section, and term.
5 - Reports and certificationReconcile schedules, student counts, staff assignments, and program results.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Confirm which reporting cycle you intended

    Identify the current Fall 2 submission and the schedule population selected for export.

  2. 2

    Inspect Academic Year ID

    Confirm the value is a consecutive two-year span in CCYY-CCYY format and is not future-dated for the submission.

  3. 3

    Compare every prerequisite

    Match the year across SENR enrollment, SDEM/SASS staff records, CRSE sections, and SCSE rows.

  4. 4

    Trace the rollover logic

    Check the SIS school-year setting, term dates, scheduling year, report parameters, and state-reporting configuration.

  5. 5

    Correct the authoritative configuration

    Repair the year derivation or export selection rather than replacing the year in a finished text file.

  6. 6

    Regenerate and regression-check

    Confirm acceptance and inspect all rows produced by the same school, calendar, term, or extract setup.

Why SCSE volume grows so quickly

A school may have only dozens or hundreds of course sections, but every student-to-section relationship becomes its own SCSE record. The reporting chain must remain intact at every scale.

  • Golden State Elementary

    A self-contained elementary model creates a short, easy-to-see reporting chain.

    SDEM

    12 records

    One administrator, ten teachers, and one counselor.

    SASS

    12 records

    One assignment record for each staff member in this baseline scenario.

    CRSE

    10 records

    Ten self-contained teachers each connect to one course section.

    SCSE

    300 records

    Three hundred students each connect to one reported section.

    Illustrative scenario: These counts explain record relationships and are not a rule for every school.

  • Sierra Vista Middle School

    A departmentalized middle school adds multiple assignments, periods, and student-section connections.

    SDEM

    48 records

    Administrators, counselors, teachers, and instructional support staff.

    SASS

    52 records

    Several employees serve in more than one school or job classification.

    CRSE

    210 records

    Departmentalized teachers connect to multiple periods and course sections.

    SCSE

    4,800 records

    Eight hundred students averaging six reported sections each.

    Illustrative scenario: These counts explain record relationships and are not a rule for every school.

  • Pacific Crest High School

    A comprehensive high school multiplies courses, terms, teachers, sections, and student schedules.

    SDEM

    125 records

    Teachers, administrators, counselors, and other reportable staff.

    SASS

    126 records

    One administrator also teaches, producing an additional classification record.

    CRSE

    551 records

    A broad master schedule includes core, elective, CTE, AP, and support sections.

    SCSE

    16,200 records

    Student schedules expand the section structure into thousands of enrollments.

    Illustrative scenario: These counts explain record relationships and are not a rule for every school.

2026-27 Fall 2 calendar

Before Census DayReconcile enrollment, schools, schedules, CRSE sections, and SCSE connections.
Census Day and opening of Fall 2.
Recommended zero-error date.
Certification deadline; no amendment window.

Before closing the correction

  • Confirm the supporting SENR enrollment and accepted CRSE section.
  • Confirm the SCSE row represents the student's actual schedule.
  • Review other records produced by the same school, year, or extract mapping.

Official references and practical support