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A t-spontaneous emission error design, denoted by t-(v, k; m) SEED or t-SEED in short, is a system B of k-subsets of a v-set V with a partition B 1 , B 2 , … , B m of B satisfying | { B ∈ B i : E ⊆ B } | | B i | = μ E for any 1 ≤ i ≤ m and E ⊆ V , | E | ≤ t , where μ E is a constant depending only on E. A t-(v, k; m) SEED is an important combinatorial object with applications in quantum jump codes. The number m is called the dimension of the t-SEED and this corresponds to the number of orthogonal basis states in a quantum jump code. For given v, k and t, a t-(v, k; m) SEED is called optimal when m achieves the largest possible dimension. When k ∣ v , an optimal 1-(v, k; m) SEED has dimension v - 1 k - 1 and can be constructed by Baranyai’s Theorem. This note investigates optimal 1-(v, k; m) SEEDs with k ∤ v , in which a generalization of Baranyai’s Theorem plays a significant role. To be specific, we construct an optimal 1-(v, k; m) SEED for all positive integers v, k, s with v ≡ - s (mod k), k ≥ s + 1 and v ≥ max { 2 k , s (2 k - 1) } . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]