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SELA - Student Language

The Student English Language (SELA) file contains information about each student's primary and/or secondary languages.  It requires the student's Primary Language Code, the English Language Acquisition Status Code, and the English Language Acquisition Status Start Date.

 

 

SELA0001

Reporting LEA must equal CDS code associated with submitter User ID.

SELA0002

School must be a valid code in CDS and have an active CALPADS reporting relationship with the Reporting LEA.

SELA0006

Academic Year ID must be a valid academic school year combination and no more than one year in the future

SELA0007

SSID must be a valid CALPADS SSID in the ODS

SELA0008

If SSID is retired and Student Gender Code and Student Date of Birth Year in file match Student Gender Code and Student Date of Birth Year of current SSID in ODS, then replace with current SSID for student

SELA0009

Field must only contain Alphabetic letters, numbers, periods, hyphens and apostrophes.

These letters and characters are valid:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t y v w x y z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 0 . - ' 

Any other ascii code characters will be rejected.  Check for hidden characters.

SELA0033

If Student English Language Acquisition, then Record Type Code must equal SELA

SELA0054

English Language Acquisition Status Start Date must be greater than Student Birth Date

SELA0072

If SSID is retired and Student Gender Code and Student Date of Birth Year in file do not match the Student Gender Code and the Student Date of Birth Year of current SSID in the latest SELA ODS record, then do not replace SSID

SELA0164

If English Language Acquisition Status Code is not NULL, then English Language Acquisition Status Start Date must be populated

SELA0181

The submitted record attempts to delete a record that does not exist in CALPADS

SELA0215

English Language Acquisition Status Start Date must be less than or equal to current date

SELA0255

If a student's English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) Code is being submitted--- then the most recent ELAS Code currently stored in the CALPADS ODS must be a valid ELAS in combination with the subsequent ELAS being submitted. Reference (Valid Code Combos--- Current ELAS-Submtd ELAS)

SELA0266

If no English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) Code exists in the ODS for a student--- then the ELAS code being submitted must equal TBD--- EO--- IFEP--- or EL.

SELA0280

Student Primary Language Code cannot equal English (00) or American Sign Language (37) when English Language Acquisition Status Code is not EO

SELA0281

There is already an ELAS status in the CALPADS ODS; therefore the TBD status is not allowed.

SELA0283

If the English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) code being submitted does not match any ELAS code in CALPADS, then the ELAS Start Date being submitted must be greater than the most recent ELAS Start Date in CALPADS.  (In other words, you are trying to create a new ELAS record that PRE-DATES one or more records in CALPADS for the same language designation.  Shame on you! :)

SELA0285

If ELAS code being submitted does not equal any ELAS code in ODS--- then ELAS Start Date being submitted must be greater than the most recent ELAS Start Date in the ODS.

SELA0301

If  Record Type Code = SELA then Student's Grade Level Code cannot equal IN, TD, PS, or AD

SELA0322

Primary Language must equal English (00) or Sign Language (37) when English Language Acquisition Status Code equals EO

SELA0323

Correction Reason Code may only be populated when the ELAS Start Date is in the same academic year as the immediate previous SELA record ELAS start date and the immediate previous SELA record ELAS Start Date >= July 1, 2018

SELA0324

Evidence of Non-English Primary Language Code may only be populated when student has a previous English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) code equal to EO

SELA0325

If a student's English Language Acquisition Status (ELAS) Code and Correction Reason Code are is being submitted, then the immediate previouis ELAS Code currently stored in the CALPADS ODS must be a valid ELAS in combination with the subsequent ELAS and Correction Reason Code being submitted. Reference (Valid Code Combos, Current ELAS-Submtd ELAS-CorrCode)

SELA0326

A student must not have duplicate SELA record with the same ELA status code, ELAS Start Date from two different reporting LEAs  

SELA0520

English Learner (EL) and Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP) English Language Acquisition Status  (ELAS) Codes must be submitted with a valid Correction Reason Code

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