Report 17.3 - SELPA Postsecondary Survey Outcome for SWDs - Count

(Updated 04/16/2025)

Description: Reports the total number of students with disabilities identified in the Postsecondary (PSTS) survey outcome.

Report Type: Snapshot / Certification (EOY 4)

Security Roles: PSTS for SPED Students Edit, PSTS for SPED Students View, EOY 4 Reports

Data As Of:

  • Snapshot version EOY 4: July 1 - June 30 of reporting year

Basic selection criteria:

Students Included: Students with a qualifying Postsecondary Status (PSTS) record, qualifying enrollment, and are a qualifying age

  • Qualifying PSTS Record:

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

  • Qualifying Enrollment:

    • Enrollment at the Reporting LEA overlapping the Graduate From Date to the Graduate Through Date of the prior year from the selected Academic Year (e.g., if PSTS AY = 2024-2025, then Fall 1 Graduate From/Through Date would be 8/16/2023 – 8/15/2024)
    • 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

EOY Report 17.3 Screenshot

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Column Rules
1 PSTS Field 17.04 Reporting LEA
2 LEA Name: Use data element name from CALPADS Security Model
3 Revision ID – Unique ID created by CALPADS to differentiate each revision
4 Revision Date – Date/time revision was created
5 PSTS Field 17.12 Postsecondary Status Code
6 Total Count – calculation: Total number of unduplicated SSIDs for the Report Period (i.e., Academic Year) with the corresponding Postsecondary Status Code

Note: SELPA Total & LEA Total rows – total SSID by unduplicated Postsecondary Status

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.