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Contents of this page:

• CALPADS Updates (Flashes)
• Letters to Superintendents

Communications from prior academic years are located in the CALPADS Communications Archive.

CALPADS Update FLASH

The CALPADS Update FLASHES list below include abbreviated descriptions of the contents of each FLASH memo.
Listed with the most recent on top. Earlier Flashes can be found in the CALPADS Communications Archive.

2021–2022 Academic Year

• CALPADS Update Flash #210 (22-Jul-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance for Testing Students with the 2020−21 Summative ELPAC and CAASPP in July 2021.
• CALPADS Update Flash #209 (21-Jul-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance for exiting secondary students per Assembly Bill (AB) AB-104; process to follow to submit data to CALPADS.

2020–21 Academic Year

• CALPADS Update Flash #208 (28-Jun-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance for updating records for students who are Reclassified Fluent English Proficient; retirement of two English Language Acquisition Correction Reason Codes.
• CALPADS Update Flash #207 (03-Jun-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance for Special Education data submission; use of Infant (IN) and Toddler (TD) grade levels for students with disabilities.
• CALPADS Update Flash #206 (25-May-2021)
  Topics include: Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer Program update.
• CALPADS Update Flash #205 (20-Apr-2021)
  Topics include: End-of-Year (EOY) reminders; roll-out of Work-Based Learning (WBLR) submission functionality; graduation rates; graduate and completer counts.
• CALPADS Update Flash #204 (16-Apr-2021)
  Topics include: New Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) reporting system; training offered on April 28; ASVAB reporting collection window.
  • Visit the Common Questions regarding the ASVAB Test and Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) for answers to commonly asked questions about these tests.
• CALPADS Update Flash #203 (22-Mar-2021)
  Topics include: Reporting Postsecondary Status File in End-of-Year (EOY) 4 for Special Education in 2020–21.

To view earlier communications, see the CALPADS Communications Archive.

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Letters to Superintendents (including Fall Back-to-School Letter and Mid-Year Update)

2020–21 Academic Year

• 2021–22 Guidance for Using the National School Lunch Program Application or the Alternative Household Income Form to Collect Data Used for Funding Allocations and P-EBT Eligibility (Dated 01-Jun-2021)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators, with copies sent to chief business officers, food service directors, and CALPADS administrators.
• 2020−21 Mid-Year Data Collection Update: Steps for Ensuring Quality Data for High Stakes Purposes (Dated 21-Apr-2021)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators, with copies sent to CALPADS administrators.
  • PDF Version: 2020−21 Mid-Year Data Collection Update: Steps for Ensuring Quality Data for High Stakes Purposes (PDF; Dated 21-Apr-2021)

To view earlier communications, see the CALPADS Communications Archive.

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Earlier CALPADS communications are located in the CALPADS Communications Archive.