Yearly Scheduling Data Entry Overview

In order to allow for sufficient time for data entry, placements, and negotiations, quarterly scheduling cycles are built out from the start of pass 1 of a given quarter’s registration. Below you will find the typical broad-strokes-timeline of when deadlines fall – dates are tentative and will be released to departments ahead of primary data entry.

Fall

Schedule Release: Early March
Data Due : Mid-March
Primaries Optimization/Negotiations through end of March
Secondaries Optimization: Early April
STAR/GOLD Schedule Release: Late April
Pass 1: Mid-May
Finals Scheduling: End of October

Winter
Schedule Release: Mid-August
Data Due: Early September
Primaries Optimization/Negotiations through end of September
Secondaries Optimization: Late September/Early October
STAR/GOLD Schedule Release: Mid/Late October
Pass 1: Early November
Finals Scheduling: Mid-February

Spring
Schedule Release: Late November
Data Due: Mid-December
Primaries Optimization/Negotiations through end of year
Secondaries Optimization: Early January
STAR/GOLD Schedule Release: Late January
Spring Registration Pass 1: Early February
Finals Scheduling: Late April

Summer
Schedule Release: End of January
Data Due: Mid-February
Primaries Optimization: Late February
Secondaries Optimization: Early March
STAR/GOLD Schedule Release: Mid-March
Pass 1: Early April