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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

Protecting the Privacy of Student Education Records

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.

Facilities in which students may be double-counted

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

  1. ARISE Shelter Care Sioux Falls 49005
  2. Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program Sioux Falls -- 49005
  3. Avera Behavioral Health Program Sioux Falls 49005
  4. Our Home Rediscovery Huron 02002
  5. Wellfully Addiction Recovery Unit & Behavior Health Unit -- Rapid City 51004

JDC's (Juvenile Detention Centers)

  1. Aberdeen JDC 06001
  2. Huron JDC 02002
  3. Pierre JDC 32002
  4. Rapid City JDC 51004
  5. Sioux Falls JDC 49005
  6. 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.

Infinite Campus Training

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
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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.

For more information, contact the Department of Education's Office of Data Management at 605-773-3134.