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Report 17.4 Postsecondary Status-Student List

Description: Reports the details for students with disabilities identified in the Postsecondary (PSTS) survey outcome.

Report Type: Snapshot / Certification (EOY)

Security Roles SPED View

Data As Of:

  • Snapshot version EOY: July 1 - June 30 of reporting year

Basic selection criteria:

  • Students Included: Students with a qualifying Postsecondary Status (PSTS) record, qualifying enrollment

  • Qualifying PSTS Record:

    • Education Program Participation Code = Special Education (30) in the selected Academic Year at the Reporting LEA

  • Qualifying Enrollment:

    • Enrollment at the Reporting LEA overlapping the Fall 1 Graduate From Date to the Graduate Through Date of the prior year from the selected Academic Year (e.g., if PSTS AY = 2025-2026, then Fall 1 Graduate From/Through Date would be 8/16/2024 – 8/15/2025)

    • Enrollment Status Code = Primary Enrollment (10), Secondary Enrollment (20), Short-Term Enrollment (30)

  • Student Information (SINF), Student Program (SPRG) and Student English Language Acquisition (SELA) and Foster Youth data used for selecting student subgroups (e.g. Race/Ethnicity, Homeless, EL, etc.) are selected from the most recent record that overlaps the qualifying enrollment

Report Filters: Filters can be selected resulting in only totals for the selected filter being displayed – legend on bottom of last page of report states which filter/s were selected

  • Academic Year
  • LEA
  • Status
  • SELPA
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity/Race
  • Socio-Economically Disadvantaged
  • English Learner
  • Homeless Program Eligible
  • Foster
  • Armed Forces Family Member
  • Title I Part C Migrant
  • Postsecondary Status

Report Logic

Report 1.22 Screenshot


# Field Description
1 Reporting SELPA SPED Field 14.15.
2 SELPA Name From CALPADS Security Model.
3 SSID SENR Field 1.08.
4 Student Name SENR Fields 1.10 (First Name), 1.11 (Middle Name), and 1.12 (Last Name).
5 Local Special Education Student ID SPED Field 14.10.
6 Gender SINF Field 2.19 (Student Gender Code).
7 Ethnicity/Race Determined using SINF Fields 2.24–2.31 with the following rules:

1. If Hispanic Ethnicity Indicator (2.24) = Y, roll up to Hispanic.
2. If Ethnicity Missing Indicator (2.25) = Y, roll up to Missing.
3. If 2.24 = N and Race Missing Indicator (2.31) = Y, roll up to Missing.
4. If 2.24 = N and 2.31 = N, roll up as follows:
• American Indian or Alaska Native (100) → American Indian or Alaska Native
• Asian subgroup(s) including Filipino (201–299, 400) only → Asian
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander subgroup(s) only (301–399) → Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
• Black or African American (600) → Black or African American
• White (700) → White
• More than one major race category → Multiple
8 Birth Date SINF Field 2.18.
9 Postsecondary Status Code PSTS Field 17.12.

Additional Resources

CALPADS File SpecificationsForm

Look for Special Education (SPED) tab for the fields indicated in the report logic.

CALPADS Data Guide

Provides additional information on Special Education adn Student Services.

CALPADS Code Sets

This document contains the current code values referenced in the file specifications for the coded value data elements. The code definitions are listed in this document.