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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.

• 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 Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (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.
• CALPADS Update Flash #202 (24-Feb-2021)
  Topics include: Guidance on retroactive granting of high school diplomas authorized by Assembly Bill (AB) 1350; AB 1350 and impact of Graduation Rate.
• CALPADS Update Flash #201 (05-Feb-2021)
  Topics include: 2020−21 Fall 2 Submission of Course Data for Assignment Monitoring.
• CALPADS Update Flash #200 (01-Feb-2021)
  Topics include: 2020–21 Pandemic-Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Program.
• CALPADS Update Flash #199 (08-Jan-2021)
  Topics include: 2020–21 Fall 1 Amendment Window now open; 2020–21 Fall 2 updates; Fall 2 training; Bridge accounts.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #198 (Dated 22-Dec-2020)
  Topics include: Special education errors returned to fatal.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #197 (Dated 11-Dec-2020)
  Topics include: Adjustments for initial Fall 1 certification; it's important for New Charter Schools and Growth Funding applicants to approve Fall 1 Submission by Dec.18.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #196 (Dated 04-Dec-2020)
  Topics include: Streamlining postsecondary status data collection through CALPADS.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #195 (Dated 19-Nov-2020)
  Topics include: Resolving Certification Error #132 (CERT132).
• CALPADS Update FLASH #194 (Dated 17-Nov-2020)
  Topics include: Fall 1 deadline reminder; guidance re: 2020–21 collecting Federal Reduced-Price Meal (FRPM) eligibility data for Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) purposes; functionality for the submission of student testing settings will not be implemented in 2021–22.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #193 (Dated 13-Nov-2020)
  Topics include: Special education guidance and changes.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #192 (Dated 26-Oct-2020)
  Topics include: 2020–21 Changes to English Learner count; New Education Program Code added for English Learners; 2020–21 National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Application Requirements.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #191 (Dated 23-Sep-2020)
  Topics include: Topics include: Major changes included in the 2020–21 rollover release; Major changes to the 2020–21 Fall 1 Submission; Fall 2 change related to the use of the generic Statewide Educator Identifier (SEID) of "9999999999."
• CALPADS Update FLASH #190 (Dated 15-Sep-2020)
  Topics include: 2020–21 roll over; CALPADS training for all users; October CALPADS Information Meeting (CIM) registration information.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #189 (Dated 03-Sep-2020)
  Topics include: Important English Language Acquisition Status Updates.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #188 (Dated 27-Aug-2020)
  Topics include: End-of-Year (EOY) submission deadline updates; update on defect resolution.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #187 (Dated 18-Aug-2020)
  Topics include: Guidance for populating Student Absence Summary and Course Section files in 2020–21.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #186 (Dated 13-Aug-2020)
  Topics include: New education program for 2020–21: Tribal Foster Youth. Education Program Code 193 added to CALPADS.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #185 (Dated 10-Aug-2020)
  Topics include: Senate Bill (SB) 98 highlights; Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”)-related frequently asked questions (FAQs); 2020–21 submission guidelines; anomaly percentage threshold for Fall 1.
• CALPADS Update FLASH #184 (Dated 27-Jul-2020)
  Topics include: 2020–21 Work-Based Learning data; preparing for submitting the Work-Based Learning (WBLR) File in 2020–21 EOY 1; Work-Based Learning codes for Students with disabilities (SWD).
• CALPADS Update FLASH #183 (Dated 02-Jul-2020)
  Topics include: Reporting Career Technical Education (CTE) concentrators; Work-Based Learning Indicator Data for Students with disabilities (SWD) from the special education data systems (SEDS); statewide student identifiers (SSIDs) for SWD going from Part C to Part B Program; Special Education (SPED) file/exit reasons.

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 Requirements for Collecting Free and Reduced-Price Meal Eligibility Data Used to Determine Supplemental and Concentration Grant Funding (Dated 17-Nov-2020)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents and charter school administrators, with copies sent to chief business officials, food service directors, and CALPADS administrators.
• 2020–21 Data Collections: Annual Back-to-School Letter (Dated 10-Aug-2020)
  Letter sent to county and district superintendents, charter school administrators, and Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) directors.
  • PDF Version of 2020–21 Data Collections: Annual Back-to-School Letter (Dated 10-Aug-2020)

To view earlier communications, see the CALPADS Communications Archive.

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Earlier CALPADS communications are located in the CALPADS Communications Archive.