How Park Day checks its facts

Every rule and program in the app rests on a source you can open. This page explains what that means, how each fact is checked, and which sentences are Park Day's own wording.

Every fact has a source and a date

Each rule and program record in Park Day carries the address of the public source it rests on, the exact words we relied on from that source, and the date we last read it. Sources are state statutes, court decisions, state agency pages, program administrators, and, where the schema calls for it, a clearly labeled secondary source such as an advocacy organization's own summary label. When a fact has no primary source yet, the app says so plainly rather than guessing.

Two independent checks before a state is published

A state is not shown as approved until every field on its record has been checked twice. A research pass enters the fact with its source. A separate, independent verification pass reads each source again and records whether it agrees, agrees in different words, disagrees, or could not verify. Disagreements are researched a third time against the codified statute or the court docket, not against summaries. The owner of Park Day reads the resulting evidence page for that state and approves it in person before it reaches the app.

Rechecks are scheduled, not left to chance

Every fact carries a recheck date based on how fast that kind of fact moves. Court cases, program funding dates, and annual district lists are rechecked within weeks. Statutes are rechecked at least once a year. If a source page moves or its wording changes, the fact is flagged and pulled from the approved set until it is checked again.

Which sentences are Park Day's own wording

Some checklist items in the app are Park Day's own generic sentences rather than quotations from any source. Examples are the line telling you that your state does not require a notice, or the line saying your state does not run the summer grocery benefit this year. These sentences are Park Day engine plumbing: the wording is ours, and whether a given sentence appears for your family is decided entirely by your state's rules record, which carries its own field-level source. The generic sentence itself makes no independent claim about any state's law. The state record it relies on is the place to look for the source, and the app links you there.

What Park Day is not

Park Day summarizes public information and links to the sources. It is not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not file anything with your state on your behalf. Rules and programs change. Confirm with the linked source or a qualified professional before you act.

Found a mistake?

Write to support@itsparkday.com with the state, the item, and the source you believe is correct. Corrections go through the same two checks as everything else.