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CALPADS error brief · GERR

GERR0001

Required Field Missing
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type GERR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

A required field for the submitted Record Type is missing

Focus fields

Fields validated

7.01 Record Type Code 7.04 Effective Start Date 7.06 Reporting LEA 7.07 Academic Year ID 7.08 SEID 7.09 Local Staff ID 7.10 Staff Legal First Name 7.12 Staff Legal Last Name 7.16 Staff Birth Date 7.17 Staff Gender Code 7.26 Staff Highest Degree Code 7.27 Staff Employment Status Code 7.28 Staff Employment Start Date 7.30 Staff Service Years LEA 7.31 Staff Service Years Total

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS SDEM correction guide · Fatal input validation

GERR0001: Required Field Missing

A required field for the submitted Record Type is missing

Official CALPADS rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 7.01 Record Type Code
  • 7.04 Effective Start Date
  • 7.06 Reporting LEA
  • 7.07 Academic Year ID
  • 7.08 SEID
  • 7.09 Local Staff ID
  • 7.10 Staff Legal First Name
  • 7.12 Staff Legal Last Name
  • 7.16 Staff Birth Date
  • 7.17 Staff Gender Code
  • 7.26 Staff Highest Degree Code
  • 7.27 Staff Employment Status Code
  • 7.28 Staff Employment Start Date
  • 7.30 Staff Service Years LEA
  • 7.31 Staff Service Years Total

SDLA Flowchart: follow the staff data from source to certification

1 · Authoritative personnel evidenceHR, personnel, payroll, credentialing, and staff-provided records establish the supported facts.
2 · Local reconciliationResolve identity, SEID, employment dates, demographics, service history, and ownership across the systems that hold them.
3 · SIS or integration extractTranslate local values into the current 31-field SDEM layout, CALPADS code sets, and effective-date rules.
4 · CALPADS SDEM historyPost the supported staff demographic record and inspect the accepted effective-dated history under the correct SEID and LEA.
5 · Downstream review and Fall 2 certificationReconcile SASS and CRSE dependencies, Reports 4.1–4.5, Census Day inclusion, and certification totals.

Recommended correction path

  1. 1

    Confirm the staff member and LEA

    Match SEID, local staff ID, legal name, Reporting LEA, and employment evidence.

  2. 2

    Identify the failed authority or identifier

    Distinguish an incorrect value from an account-role, CTC, organization, or effective-period problem.

  3. 3

    Bring in the right owner

    Coordinate CALPADS, HR/personnel, credentialing, and system staff as applicable.

  4. 4

    Correct the authoritative dependency

    Repair the account, organization relationship, SEID, or source staff record before regenerating SDEM.

  5. 5

    Verify in CALPADS

    Confirm the accepted SDEM history under the intended SEID and LEA.

2026–27 Fall 2 calendar

Before Census DayReconcile HR/personnel, SEIDs, SDEM histories, SASS assignments, course records, and local mappings.
Fall 2 Census Day and opening of the official submission window.
CDE’s recommended date for reaching zero Fall 2 errors.
Certification deadline. Fall 2 has no amendment window.

Verify the official CDE calendar before acting because dates can change.

Before closing the correction

  • Confirm the accepted SDEM history under the intended SEID and Reporting LEA.
  • Compare CALPADS Report 4.4 with authorized HR/personnel evidence.
  • Reconcile related SASS and CRSE records and Fall 2 Reports 4.1–4.5.
  • Check other staff affected by the same source, mapping, or interface rule.

Official references and practical support