Understanding the Lottery Process
The lottery runs after the registration period, which is typically the month of October. That means it runs between November 1 and November 15. Personnel may ask how the lottery works, and whether it is fair. As a Supervisor, you should understand the process to explain it to your staff. The following explanation of the steps involved should help in this regard.
- The CDE Administrator initiates the lottery
- For each course in the current catalog, the lottery randomly selects from the approved requests to fill the course
- CDE system emails the registered personnel and their Supervisors or Area Training Coordinators (ATCs)
- If there are more approved requests than there is room in the course, the lottery randomly selects from the remaining approved requests to create a waitlist
- CDE system emails the waitlisted personnel and their Supervisors or Area Training Coordinators (ATCs)
- The lottery then produces a report of the final results
Note: Requests for courses approved after the lottery runs will be assigned “Registered” or “Waitlisted” status as appropriate for the course on a first come, first served basis
