Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:

California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data
System 2024−25 End-of-Year Submissions

2024−25 End-of-Year Submission Deadlines

The 2024−25 End-of-Year (EOY) submission window opened on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The certification deadline is July 25, 2025. Local educational agencies (LEAs) are encouraged to:

• Resolve all fatal errors by July 11th to allow enough time to review and certify accurate data for the California School Dashboard (Dashboard).
• Approve their EOY 1–4 data submissions by the July 25 certification deadline.
• Approve and certify all EOY submissions by the final amendment deadline of August 8, 2025.

Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs) are strongly encouraged to approve the EOY 3 and 4 submissions by July 25, 2025.

California School Dashboard Deadlines

The California Department of Education (CDE) is required to publish the 2025 Dashboard by November 15, 2025. As most data that are used to calculate the Dashboard indicators come from the CALPADS EOY submission, it is critical that:

• LEA leadership supports staff to ensure that they have the time and resources to do their work.
• LEAs should plan for contingencies against disruptions to ensure that adequate time and resources are available to submit, review, and certify the EOY submissions successfully by the July 25, 2025 Certification Deadline, and to conduct a final review, and if necessary, make any updates during the Amendment Window so that all EOY submissions are certified by the close of the Amendment Window on August 8.

LEAs are reminded that there will be no extensions to the August 8, 2025 EOY amendment window deadline. LEAs unable to meet the EOY deadline will be eligible for support under Differentiated Assistance (DA).

In addition to contributing to the calculation of the Dashboard indicators, certified EOY data are also used for state and federal reporting, and to identify schools for recognition by programs like the California Distinguished Schools program.

Available Resources to Support 2024−25 EOY

California School Information Services (CSIS) and the CDE are ready to support LEAs in their EOY submission. Please encourage staff to:

• Take advantage of free training provided by CSIS.
• Attend the weekly CALPADS question and answer sessions.

Giving staff time to attend these training sessions and meetings will proactively provide staff more efficient use of time when working in CALPADS.

Thank you in advance for the efforts of your LEA in submitting quality and timely data to the CDE. Your ongoing support of staff, particularly Data Coordinators/CALPADS LEA Administrators and their staff, who through their work are playing a key role in so many essential functions, is critical. Should you have any questions about this letter, please contact the CALPADS Office by phone at 916-324-6738 or by email at calpads@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

Liberty Van Natten, Director

Education Data Management Division

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cc:
LEA CALPADS Administrators
Special Education Local Plan Area Directors