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CALPADS error brief · IVR

IVR0009

Invalid Characters in Field
Severity Fatal
Error type Input Validation
Record type IVR

Official CALPADS rule

What CALPADS is rejecting

Field must only contain Alphabetic letters, numbers, periods, hyphens apostrophes, forward slashes, spaces. Alphabetic characters with accents, tildes, or umlauts are allowed. Valid characters are based on the UTF-8 character set standards.

Focus fields

Fields validated

7.10 Staff Legal First Name 7.11 Staff Legal Middle Name 7.12 Staff Legal Last Name 7.13 Staff Alias First Name 7.14 Staff Alias Middle Name 7.15 Staff Alias Last Name

Recommended correction path

Suggested resolution

CALPADS SDEM correction guide · Fatal input validation

IVR0009: Invalid Characters in Field

Field must only contain Alphabetic letters, numbers, periods, hyphens apostrophes, forward slashes, spaces. Alphabetic characters with accents, tildes, or umlauts are allowed.

Valid characters are based on the UTF-8 character set standards.

Official CALPADS rule

Severity: Fatal   Type: Input Validation

Fields validated:

  • 7.10 Staff Legal First Name
  • 7.11 Staff Legal Middle Name
  • 7.12 Staff Legal Last Name
  • 7.13 Staff Alias First Name
  • 7.14 Staff Alias Middle Name
  • 7.15 Staff Alias Last Name

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 identity

    Compare the legal and alias names with authoritative HR and credential records.

  2. 2

    Inspect the paired fields

    Verify legal-name characters and ensure alias first and last names are populated together when required.

  3. 3

    Find hidden formatting

    Check smart punctuation, nonprinting characters, copied formatting, and extract substitutions.

  4. 4

    Correct the authoritative name

    Update the responsible HR or SIS record while preserving legitimate accents and approved punctuation.

  5. 5

    Regenerate and verify

    Post the corrected SDEM record and check other names produced by the same interface.

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