Districts and Schools Final Correction Opportunities

The Department recognizes that data reporting errors can and do occur and has designed a formal process to ensure that all districts can correct substantive reporting errors upon the Department's review. 

Districts and Schools Final Correction Opportunity Process

The final correction opportunity process is completed online through the OHID account.

Current Final Correction Opportunities

None at this time

 

Upcoming Final Correction Opportunities

*Note, all dates are subject to change  

FY26 Fall 3rd Grade ELA & Reading

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: July 16, 2026 Closes: July 24, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Fall 3rd Gr ELA and Reading Collection (2026AGNFL)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is July 31 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Dropout Prevention & Recovery Growth Assessment 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: July 16, 2026 Closes: July 24, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 DPR Growth Assessment Collection (2026AGDFY)
  • Community Schools required to administer the STAR assessment
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is July 31 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Spring End of Course Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: July 16, 2026 Closes: July 24, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Spring End of Course State Assessment Collection (2026AGESP)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is July 31 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Spring State Assessment Grades 3-8​

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: July 16, 2026 Closes: July 24, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Spring State Assessment Grades 3-8 Collection (2026AGNSP)
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is July 31 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Student

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: July 16, 2026 Closes: July 24, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 End of Year Student Collection (2026S3TRD)
  • FY26 SOES End of Year Student Collection (2026SBODE) 
  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • STEMs
  • Examples of student data impacting the Report Card and/or funding could include, but are not limited to: attendance, enrollment, percent of time, sent to/how received, RIMP codes, attributes (LEP, disability, disadvantagement, grade level, etc.), gifted, majority of attendance, accountability IRN, accelerated, CTE program of concentration, etc.
  • This is the only opportunity for districts to correct data in their FY26 student data collection. A district’s own student data will not be subject to correction during the FY26 funding final correction opportunity. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their student data before the deadline. The final funding correction opportunity will only include cross-district flags (such as community school flags and overlapping enrollment) that impact funding.
  • CTE Program of Concentration Appeal Guidance
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is July 31 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Final Staff and Course

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: July 23, 2026

Closes: July 31, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Final Staff and Course Collection (2026L2FNL)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • ​STEMs
  • This is the only opportunity to correct staff and course data that impacts both the report card and funding.  A district’s own staff and course data will not be subject to correct during the FY26 final funding correction opportunity. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their staff and course data before the deadline.

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 7 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Final Calendar

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: July 23, 2026

Closes: July 31, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Calendar Collection - Final (2026CFINL)

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ESCs
  • ​STEMs
  • This is the only opportunity to correct calendar data that impacts both the report card and funding. A district’s own calendar data will not be subject to correct during the FY26 final funding correction opportunity. Districts are encouraged to leverage all EMIS, funding and report card-related reports available to assess the accuracy of their calendar data before the deadline.

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 7 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 CTE Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Aug. 6, 2026

Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Career Tech Assessment Collection (2026ACTSP)

  • Organizations required to administer a CTE assessment

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 reading diagnostics

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: Aug. 6, 2026 Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Reading Diagnostics Collection (2026ARDFY)
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 tier 1 dyslexia screener

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: Aug. 6, 2026 Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Tier 1 Dyslexia Screener Collection (2026ADSFY)
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Final Exiting Student Follow Up

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)
Opens: Aug. 6, 2026 Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Final Exiting Student Follow Up Collection (2026S2EXT)
  • Organizations required to report follow up data
  • Districts will not be able to add students to their 2027 March list or update the CTE Program of Concentration through this final correction opportunity process.
  • Data appeals to S2EXT will not impact the CTE Local Report Card. 
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Alternate Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Aug. 6, 2026

Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Spring Alternate Assessment Collection (2026AALTS)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA)

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Aug. 6, 2026

Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 OELPA Assessment Collection (2026AGFSP)

  • Any organization required to administer the OELPA

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Other Accountability Assessment 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Aug. 10, 2026

Closes: Aug. 14, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Other Accountability Assessments (2026ANACC)

  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m.

 

FY26 Summer 3rd Grade Reading

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: TBD

Closes: TBD

FY26 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Summer 3rd grade reading test vendor file data: Student Grade Level, Test Accommodation Code, and Score

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • ​STEMs

 

FY26 Funding

Required to Approve: Treasurer (first)  then Superintendent 

Opens: Aug. 17, 2026

Closes: Aug. 28, 2026

FY26 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Community school flags
  • Overlapping enrollment
  • Cases where one district's funding is affected by another district's misreporting
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEM
  • ESCs

  • Please note that a district's own data is not subject to correct. Districts were already provided an opportunity to correct this data during FY26 Student, Final Staff Course, and Final Calendar final correction opportunities.

 

FY26 Child Outcome Summary Assessment

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Aug. 24, 2026

Closes: Sept. 4, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Child Outcome Summary Assessment Collection (2026AGMFY)

  • Any organization required to administer the COS assessment

  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Sept. 18 at 11:59 p.m.

 

FY26 Financial 

Required to Approve: Treasurer 

Opens: Sept. 1, 2026

Closes: Sept. 11, 2026

FY26 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Financial Reporting (2026H0000)
  • Examples of data included: 
    • Expenditures
    • Revenue
    • Cash
  • Traditional districts
  • ​Community schools​
  • JVSDs
  • STEMs
  • ​ESCs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.

 

FY27 Retention

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: TBD

Closes: TBD

FY27 Collections Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY27 Retention - Grade 3 Only (2027SRTNT)

  • Traditional districts
  • Community schools
  • JVSDs
  • ​STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is TBD.

 

FY27 CTE Program of Concentration

 

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Sept. 7, 2026

Closes: Sept. 25, 2026

FY27 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Only the student’s most recent CTE Program of Concentration will be listed on the follow-up file. Districts should not file a final correction opportunity to add additional CTE programs of concentration for students.

  • Organizations required to report CTE follow-up data in 2027S1EXT

 

FY26 Graduation

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Oct. 12, 2026

Closes: Oct. 23, 2026

FY26 Collection Included

Impacted Organizations

  • FY26 Graduate Reporting (2026G0000)

  • Districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs
  • Deadline to submit corrected data in EMIS for approved final correction opportunities is Nov. 6.

 

FY26 Graduate Cohort

Required to Approve: Superintendent (Instructions)

Opens: Oct. 12, 2026

Closes: Oct. 23, 2026

FY26 Data Included

Impacted Organizations

  • Graduate Reporting: Only Fiscal Year Began Ninth Grade OR Grade Level Element

  • Districts
  • ​Community schools
  • STEMs


Watermarks

Districts that discover a substantive reporting error after the relevant final correction opportunity window has closed may request a watermark for their Report Card.

2025 Watermark Request Instructions 
  

Last Modified: 6/1/2026 2:14:04 PM