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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 #224 (16-Jun-2022)
  Topics include: Post Process Redevelopment Project; changes to submitting the Student Enrollment (SENR) file.
• CALPADS Update Flash #223 (06-Jun-2022)
  Topics include: 2021−22 End-of-Year submission; 2022−23 submissions; planned 2023−23 changes moving to 2023−24.
• CALPADS Update Flash #222 (02-Jun-2022)
  Topics include: 2021−22 End-of-Year submission.
• CALPADS Update Flash #221 (08-Apr-2022)
  Topics include: Post Process Redevelopment Project; project objectives and required changes; highlighted changes.
• CALPADS Update Flash #220 (25-Mar-2022)
  Topics include: National School Lunch Program Meal Application and Alternative Income Form Requirements for 2022−23.
  
• CALPADS Update Flash #219 (Revised 29-Mar-2022)
  Topics include: Reclassifying and reporting Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) students; assessing students for English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) during the summer.
• CALPADS Update Flash #218 (18-Feb-2022)
  Topics include: Updated guidance on the use of the generic Statewide Educator Identifier (SEID) of 9999999999.
• CALPADS Update Flash #217 (04-Jan-2022)
  Topics include: Change to Certification Validation Rule CERT146; reminder that Special Education (SPED) related Certification Validation Rules will return to fatal errors.
  
• CALPADS Update Flash #216 (21-Dec-2021)
  Topics include: Special Education (SPED) related certification validation rules will return to fatal errors.
• CALPADS Update Flash #215 (13-Dec-2021)
  Topics include: All Special Education (SPED) related fatal Certification Validation Rules (CVRs) will temporarily become warnings.
• CALPADS Update Flash #214 (22-Oct-2021)
  Topics include: Special education guidance.
• CALPADS Update Flash #213 (28-Sep-2021)
  Topics include: Fall 1 Submission, Roll Over, Codes, and File Specification Changes
• CALPADS Update Flash #212 (07-Sep-2021)
  Topics include: Fall 1 training now open; announcement of new quarterly regional meetings.
• CALPADS Update Flash #211 (09-Aug-2021)
  Topics include: Information on Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT).
• CALPADS Update Flash #210 (22-Jul-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance for Testing Students with the 2020−21 Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) and California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (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.

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)

2021–22 Academic Year

• CALPADS Update and Support (Dated 20-May-2022)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators regarding recent technical updates to CALPADS.
• 2021–22 Data Collections: CALPADS Update Letter (Dated 22-Apr-2022)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators regarding the roll-out of a CALPADS upgrade and the impact to the systems and local educational agencies (LEAs).
• 2021–22 Data Collections: Annual Back-to-School Letter (Dated 10-Sep-2021)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents, charter school administrators, and Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) directors, regarding data collection kickoff and changes for 2021−22.

To view earlier communications, see the CALPADS Communications Archive.

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Earlier CALPADS communications are located in the CALPADS Communications Archive.