Pending in SIRAS: Know Which "Pending" You Mean -->

Aug 15, 2026

When SIRAS says “Pending,” what is pending?

The Special Education student recordCurrent Active Status = Pending: referral, evaluation, or another unresolved SPED working state.

Changes from an IEP meetingIEP Manager Pending Changes: proposed MIS/Current changes still waiting for staff to resolve what was actually agreed to.

An archived transaction waiting to reportReport Status = Pending: SIRAS should attempt to submit the selected archived components.

A meeting/evaluation still pending as of a datePending As Of MEET: a dated historical reporting condition, not the same as Current status.

CALPADS 16.21 says Pending RecordA CALPADS monitoring concept tied to Pending As Of reporting, not IEP Manager Pending Changes.

504 or SST uses the word Pending504 and SST have their own designation-specific workflows. Do not automatically apply Special Education rules.

SIRAS 101 rule:
Before changing anything because you see the word Pending, identify the object and designation that are pending. The same word is used for different stages of different workflows.

Special Education Current Active Status = Pending

Here, the student's Current Special Education record is Pending. This is a temporary working status used when a SPED referral, evaluation, participation decision, arrival, or other documented follow-up condition is unresolved.

Use SIRAS Record Status for when a SPED record should be Active, Pending, or Inactive.

IEP Manager Pending Changes

Here, proposed changes to Current/MIS data are pending review. The changes originated in the Special Education IEP Manager meeting workflow.

This is especially important when full agreement has not been obtained—for example, partial consent where the IEP team knows that one service, eligibility item, goal set, or other proposal was agreed to while another proposal was not.

IEP Manager proposes MIS/Current changes → Parent Response does not fully resolve every proposed data item → IEP staff use what occurred in the field → accept, edit, or cancel the appropriate Pending Changes → Current/MIS represents what was actually agreed to

Use IEP Manager Pending Changes: Completing the Data Flow Back to Current.

Archived Transaction Report Status = Pending

Here, the archived transaction is pending submission. The event and its data already exist in the archive; the Pending report status tells SIRAS to attempt to send the selected reportable component or components through the CALPADS reporting workflow.

This happens later than resolving IEP Manager Pending Changes.

Resolve meeting data into Current/MIS → preserve the applicable dated event in an archive → archive Report Status = Pending → SIRAS attempts submission

See Data Record - Archived Transaction and Reporting data to CALPADS.

Pending As Of MEET

Here, an evaluation or review was still pending as of a specific date. Pending As Of is a dated MEET reporting condition used to preserve/report that historical fact when the applicable workflow requires it.

It is not the same as:

Current Active Status = Pending;
IEP Manager Pending Changes; or
an archive whose Report Status is Pending.

See Send the Pending As Of MEET Record. For Initial Evaluation monitoring, also see Initial Evaluation Process and New Referral List.

“Pending Record” in CALPADS 16.21

When CALPADS 16.21 refers to a pending record, interpret it in the context of the report's meeting/compliance history. It is not a reference to IEP Manager Pending Changes or the student's Current Active Status.

Use CALPADS 16.21 Overdue Plan Review and Reevaluation List for the report-specific interpretation.

Pending in 504 and SST Workflows

Designation matters. The Special Education meanings above should not be assumed to apply to 504 or SST simply because those modules share screen labels or Forms Manager concepts.

Designation/context	Meaning
504 record status = Pending	The student is under consideration/review for a 504 plan. Use the 504 workflow in 504/SST Summary Page Help, 504 Forms Help, and 504 Module Guide.
SST decision refers the student to 504	SIRAS can transfer the record to the 504 module and set the destination record Pending for the 504 referral.
SST decision refers the student to Special Education	SIRAS can transfer the record to the Special Education module and set the destination record Pending for the IEP referral.
Native SST record status	The SST workflow generally uses Active while the SST process/follow-up is underway and Inactive when the SST process is complete. See 10 Steps to Develop an SST Plan.