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Error Name

Invalid Country And State-Province Combination

Severity

FATAL error - Must be corrected in order to post the record and/or certify your data.

Error Type

SENR - Student Enrollment

Error Description

Student Birth Country Code and Student Birth State Province Code must be a valid combination.

This can happen when you mistakingly enter a Canadian Province in the state field when you meant to indicate a US state.

CALPADS gives special attention to the code-sets for three countries. 

So if you are using a country code for United States of "US", and the student was born in California, the State Province code would be "US-CA" and NOT just "CA"

 

Suggested Resolution

Valid Birth State and Province Codes

Change either the Student Birth State Province Code or Student Birth Country Code to form a valid CALPADS combination.

When this rule applies

CALPADS accepts state or province information only for students born in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. CALPADS does not accept or require a state or province code for students born in another country.

Choose the student’s country of birth

Map of Canada

Canada

Use the country prefix CA- followed by the province or territory code.

CA-AB
CA-BC
CA-MB
CA-NB
CA-NL
CA-NS
CA-NT
CA-NU
CA-ON
CA-PE
CA-QC
CA-SK
CA-YT
Map of Mexico

Mexico

Use the country prefix MX- followed by the state code.

MX-AGU
MX-BCN
MX-BCS
MX-CAM
MX-CHH
MX-CHP
MX-COA
MX-COL
MX-DIF
MX-DUR
MX-GRO
MX-GUA
MX-HID
MX-JAL
MX-MEX
MX-MIC
MX-MOR
MX-NAY
MX-NLE
MX-OAX
MX-PUE
MX-QUE
MX-ROO
MX-SIN
MX-SLP
MX-SON
MX-TAB
MX-TAM
MX-TLA
MX-VER
MX-YUC
MX-ZAC
Map of the United States

United States

Use the country prefix US- followed by the state, territory, or Armed Forces code.

Most common error: For a student born in California, enter US-CA—not CA. The code CA represents Canada when it is used as a country prefix.

US-AA
US-AE
US-AK
US-AL
US-AP
US-AR
US-AS
US-AZ
US-CA
US-CO
US-CT
US-DC
US-DE
US-FL
US-FM
US-GA
US-GU
US-HI
US-IA
US-ID
US-IL
US-IN
US-KS
US-KY
US-LA
US-MA
US-MD
US-ME
US-MH
US-MI
US-MN
US-MO
US-MP
US-MS
US-MT
US-NC
US-ND
US-NE
US-NH
US-NJ
US-NM
US-NV
US-NY
US-OH
US-OK
US-OR
US-PA
US-PR
US-PW
US-RI
US-SC
US-SD
US-TN
US-TX
US-UT
US-VA
US-VI
US-VT
US-WA
US-WI
US-WV
US-WY

Fields Validated

  • 1.20 - Student Birth State Province Code
  • 1.21 - Student Birth Country Code