Student Information Management System
It shall be the duty of the secretary of the department of education to establish a uniform system for the gathering and reporting of educational data for the keeping of adequate educational and financial records for the evaluation of educational progress.- SDCL 13-3-51
Student education records are official and confidential documents protected by one of the nation's strongest privacy protection laws, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment, defines education records as all records that schools or education agencies maintain about students.
Overlapping enrollments are permissible for up to 90 consecutive days according to South Dakota Administrative rule 24:17:03:05 if the student is dually enrolled at any of the following entities:
Short Term Group Care
- ARISE Shelter Care Sioux Falls 49005
- Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program Sioux Falls -- 49005
- Avera Behavioral Health Program Sioux Falls 49005
- Our Home Rediscovery Huron 02002
- Wellfully Addiction Recovery Unit & Behavior Health Unit -- Rapid City 51004
JDC's (Juvenile Detention Centers)
- Aberdeen JDC 06001
- Huron JDC 02002
- Pierre JDC 32002
- Rapid City JDC 51004
- Sioux Falls JDC 49005
- Wanbli Wiconi Tipi (Todd County) JDC 66001
Resident District is to keep the student enrolled at 100% with the Service Type field marked as P: Primary. The resident district needs to track how long the student is placed at the Short Term Group Care or JDC facility and must drop the student at the resident district on the 91st consecutive school day if the student is still attending the Short Term Group Care or JDC facility.
Attending District will create an enrollment record showing their district as both the Resident and the Serving/Attending district for the period in which the student is attending the Short Term Group Care or JDC facility. The Percent Enrolled field should be marked as 100% and the Service Type field should be marked as S: Partial.
***This will allow for State Aid to be paid to both the Resident and the Attending District if the student is dually enrolled in both districts on the last Friday in September.
The South Dakota Department of Education provides access to Infinite Campus trainings FREE of charge to all South Dakota public school district employees. All staff in South Dakota public school districts can join live training sessions, watch recorded webinars, and access a series of on-demand trainings, to ensure they have the foundational knowledge of how to use the Infinite Campus system. To access these courses, staff will need to create an account within the Infinite Campus Community and log into Campus Passport.
Infinite Campus 2025-26 Professional Development Offerings for South Dakota
This professional development opportunity will include world class training sessions on a variety of topics. (subject to change)Topics include: | |
Academic Planning | Free and Reduced Application Management (FRAM) |
Ad Hoc Reporting Basics | Grading Setup (Standards-Based) |
Assessments | Grading Setup (Traditional) |
Attendance (End User) | Health (End User) |
Attendance Setup | Health Setup |
Basic Navigation | Lockers |
Behavior (End User) | Messenger (End User) |
Behavior Setup | Messenger Setup |
Calendar Administration | Online Registration Prime |
Campus Data Suite | Online Registration Standard |
Campus Instruction (Standards-Based Grading) | Portal Display Options and Account Creation |
Campus Instruction (Traditional Grading) | Records Transfer (State Edition Only) |
Campus Learning (Setup) | Responsive Scheduling |
Campus Learning (Teacher) | Resync State Data (State Edition Only) |
Campus Payments | RTI (Response to Intervention) |
Campus Workflow | Special Education (End User) |
Census (End User) | Special Education (Setup) |
Census (Staff Employment) | Student Information |
Contact Log | Student Scheduling |
Counseling | Transcripts |
Course Setup | Transportation |
Cross-Site Enrollment | User Security |
Custom Forms | Virtual Scheduling Series: Part 1 - Blank Calendar Creation |
Custom Tools | Virtual Scheduling Series: Part 1 - Calendar Roll Forward |
Elementary Scheduling | Virtual Scheduling Series: Part 2 |
English Learners | Virtual Scheduling Series: Part 3 |
Fees | Virtual Scheduling Series: Part 4 |
Flags | Welcome to Campus Analytics |
Food Service |
FREE Access to Infinite Campus Discovery Week, November 17-21. Recordings: Available until November 17, 2026
This professional development opportunity will include world class training sessions on a variety of topics. (Subject to change.)Topics include: | ||
Academic Planning | Ad Hoc | Assessments |
Attendance | Behavior | Campus Analytics |
Campus Community | Campus Instruction | Campus Learning |
Campus Parent & Student | Campus Payments | Campus Workflow |
Census | Communications Tools | Custom Forms |
Customizing Campus | Fees | Flags |
Food Service | FRAM | Grading & Standards |
Health | Online Registration | Personal Learning Plans |
Response to Intervention | Scheduling | Surveys |
User Security |
FREE Access to "Putting a Bow On It" Training & Recordings: (May 5-6, 2026)
The Infinite Campus Training Team is offering free, live training sessions to help you close the school year. Join live sessions May 5-6, 2026, using your Campus Community account. Recordings will be available through the end of April 2027. Registration will be coming soon. (Subject to change.)Topics include: | ||
End-of-Year Checklist | Enrollment Clean Up | Grading Window |
Portal Display | Posting Grades for Admin | Posting Grades for Teacher |
Report Cards | Transcripts | Finalizing Schedules |
Transportation | Food Service: End-of-Year | User Security |
Access to the Consultant's Corner sessions
Infinite Campus has calls that customers can join, to learn about newer functionality and ideas on how it can be implemented at your school district.- State Reporting End of Year 2025
- 2024 Fall State Reporting PowerPoint
- New to Infinite Campus - 08/2024
- 2024 Spring User Group PowerPoint
Documents
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April 2025 | March 2024 | March 2023 | March 2022 |
Aug. 2024 | Aug. 2023 | Aug. 2022 |
For more information, contact the Department of Education's Office of Data Management at 605-773-3134.