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CAPSDAC Updates

This page contains updates related to the California Preschool Data Collection (CAPSDAC) system including system updates, correspondence, and newsletters.

CAPSDAC Updates

The CAPSDAC Updates listed below include abbreviated descriptions of the contents of each memo, with the most recent listed on top.

2024–2025 Fiscal Year

  • CAPSDAC Update #3 (Dated 16-Oct-2024)
    Topics Include: Child Record File Management: New Download Option, Home & Mailing Address Zip Code Update
  • CAPSDAC Update #2 (Dated 27-Sep-2024)
    Topics Include: Updates to Permit/Credential Field Options, What to Do If Dual Language Learner (DLL) Interviews Are Pending, Reporting Enrollment for Children Enrolled in Multiple Sites and Classrooms
  • CAPSDAC Update #1 (Dated 3-Sep-2024)
    Topics Include: Updated Language Field Options, Aide Language Fields Now Optional for Classroom Records, Expanded Error Message List for Large CSV Files, Updates to Permit/Credential Field Options, Encouraging Use of SSID from CALPADS
Questions:   CAPSDAC Support | CAPSDAC@cde.ca.gov
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Recently Posted in Early Education
  • Management Bulletin 24-12 (added 20-Dec-2024)
    Guidance on the required family childcare provider data elements to be reported.
  • Management Bulletin 24-11 (added 16-Dec-2024)
    Guidance on Cost of Care Plus Rate Allocations and Transitional Payments for the California State Preschool Program
  • Management Bulletin 24-10 (added 13-Dec-2024)
    Guidance on Suspension and Expulsion in California State Preschool Program Family Childcare Home Education Networks.
  • Enrollment Table for Children with Disabilities (added 26-Nov-2024)
    This enrollment table is provided as a resource to be used when preschool-age children with disabilities are placed in an educational program pursuant to their Individual Education Program (IEP).