Arts Education Graduation Requirements HS-Met Validation Update*

NCDPI has updated and published the Arts Education Graduation Requirements HS Validation report rule for HS-Met. 

The HS-Met rule was updated to 

• include inactive students when run between school years; 
• not include retained students that don’t meet the grade 9 entry date requirement of 25-26 SY and future; 
• added the new paired courses that meet this requirement.
• ART-111 (Art Appreciation-5C015X0) and ART-121 (Two-Dimensional Design-5C075X0)

Corrections were applied to

• (NC) Arts Education Graduation Requirement HS Validation
  • (NC) Arts Ed Grad Req - HS Met

The two other HS Arts Validation Rules are in testing to include the above updates, and NCDPI will communicate when they are published to production:

• (NC) Arts Ed Grad Req - HS Not Met - No Qualifying Course is Scheduled
• (NC) Arts Ed Grad Req - HS Not Met - Qualifying Course is Scheduled

Navigation: 

• Reporting > Data Validation > Data Validation Report > State Owned: Select report
• Keep bullet on Local Data Set
• Select Output Options
  • If running for a large data set, please select Submit to Batch Queue
• Generate

Resources:

• SBE Policy GRAD-004
• Arts Education Legislation & Policy
• Arts Education Course Code Crosswalk

Arts Graduation Policy or Crosswalk questions? Please contact Brandon Roeder, NCDPI K-12 Music and Theatre Consultant.

If you have any system questions, please place a ticket with the Infinite Campus Support Desk.

Annual ECATS Student Record Inactivation Script Ran August 20: What PSUs Need to Know*

Similar to last year, there is a small percentage of records that must be reconciled across the state using an inactivation script in ECATS. This script was run today, August 20, and it inactivated any student in ECATS that is missing a 2026-27 school year enrollment in NCSIS. During the next 7-10 days, your EC staff may see some unanticipated issues with student demographic information in ECATS. This is part of the reconciliation that has to occur every year in order to ensure that student data is being processed properly in ECATS.

If there are still issues after the inactivation script is run in the ECATS system, additional solutions are available to PSUs:

• ECATS Inactivate Button: This functionality is only available for ECATS Power Users and should only be used with extreme caution for 2025-26 enrollments that should be inactive. An ECATS Student Inactivation Guide is available on the DPI ECATS Resource (https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/classroom-resources/exceptional-children/every-child-accountability-tracking-system-ecats/ecats-resources) webpage.
• Duplicate Enrollment Issues: Duplicate enrollments for the 2026-27 school year should be addressed in the NCSIS.
• Additional Resources: If a student has an enrollment in the NCSIS for the 2026-2027 school year and is missing from or is inactive in ECATS, EC staff can review the NCSIS-ECATS Integration Crosswalk document, available in the ZenDesk Knowledge Guide, for data issues that may need correction to ensure the student is pulled into ECATS.

Due to the timing of NCSIS to ECATS file transfers and the high volume of automated Student Record Transfer processing, it may take 3-5 days for changes in the NCSIS to reach ECATS during this time of year. If you're still seeing difficulties after this point in time, please have your designated user submit a ZenDesk ticket.

NCSIS 2627.14 Upgrade*

NCSIS, powered by Infinite Campus, was upgraded to 2627.14 on August 14, 2026. Please ensure this information is shared with the appropriate staff members.

Please see these articles for a comprehensive list of updates:

• Release Pack Campus.2627 - June 2026 | Infinite Campus 
• Rx Pack - Campus.2627 | Infinite Campus 

HIGHLIGHTED UPDATES included in Release Pack Campus.2627.14:

Seating Charts Updates (SIS-199146) [Enhancement]

The Seating Charts tool has been redesigned to improve the usability, flexibility, and accessibility of the tool.

Path: Instruction > Students > Seating Chart

Displayed Gender: Rights, Form, and Reports (SIS-197376) [Enhancement]

Enhancements have been made to gender display options across the system's rights, forms, and reports. Users can now control what gender information is shared and with whom.

See the Displayed Gender Release Notification for additional information.

Path: System Settings > System Preferences > System Preferences; Tool Rights > Additional Access Rights > General > View Gender

Dependent Care Updates Summer 2026 (SIS-196005) [Enhancement]

Multiple updates have been made to the Dependent Care tool.

Messenger 2.0 Send Enhancement (SIS-199868) [Enhancement]

The Send button on Step 3 of the Messenger 2.0 process has been changed to Review, allowing users to review recipient counts, view more recipient details, or return to the message before sending.

Path: Communication > Messenger > Messenger 2.0

Course Information Value Displayed on Section Override Fields (SIS-196103)

Section fields that are override values for the same fields that display on Course Information now include information text that displays the values entered on the Course Information fields. This allows a user to remain on the Section Information tool without having to switch back to Course Information to see the already assigned values.

Path: Scheduling & Courses >Courses > Section Information

North Carolina – Graduation Date for Grades 12 and 13 on Official Transcript (SIS-198013)

The Graduation Date that prints on the Official Transcripts has been updated to report as follows: 

• For grades 9-11, the Expected Graduation Year displays the cohort year (the year the student entered high school plus four years)
• For grades 12-13, the Expected Graduation Date lists the last instructional day of the current school year.

Path: Student Information > General > Transcripts

North Carolina – UID Synchronization (SIS-198890)

The assignment process and synchronization for student UIDs have been automated and are now automatically shared with NC DPI. 

An update is automatically sent when important student information is changed, including: 

• Student demographics (such as name, gender, or birthdate)
• Race and ethnicity updates
• Enrollment changes (grade, status, start/end dates)
• Changes to a student’s primary enrollment
• Removal of an active enrollment

Updates are processed regularly in the background for real-time synchronization. Multiple changes for the same student are combined into a single update. 

The initial assignment of a student's UID has not changed. 

Path: Census > People > Demographics

Final Reminders*

Last chance to complete these final steps from 2025-26:

• Do all of your students in 2025-26 have an end date (including program calendars!)?
  • Select 2025-26 Calendar(s).
  • Validation Report: (NC) EOY Enrollment Verification, Rule: (NC) Enrollments w/ No End Date
• Is the 26-27 School Year marked as Active?
  • Scheduling & Courses > Calendar Setup > School Year Setup
• Do all students that will be continuing with you (including those enrolled in program calendars, as appropriate) have an enrollment in a 26-27 calendar?
  • Note: If EC students did not have an enrollment in the current year with you, they have been inactivated in ECATS as of August 20.
  • A new rule, (NC) No Roll Forward Enrollment, is now available in the (NC) EOY Enrollment Verification report. This rule reviews previous-year enrollments that ended with an EYC or EYCN code and identifies students who do not have an enrollment—either an actual enrollment or a No Show enrollment—anywhere in the PSU for the current year. Use this audit to identify students who may be missing a current-year enrollment. Please note that not every student listed represents an error; some students may not have returned for enrollment or services in the current year.

Start of School Spotlight*

Day One

• Determine which method will be used for No Shows at the start of school.
• If using the Student Absent First Day of Enrollment Filter for information on the current day, the  Attendance Aggregation Refresh | Infinite Campus must be run.
• No Show enrollment records should have a start date of 7/1/26 and an end date of 7/1/26.

Day One | NC Department of Public Instruction 

No Show Start of School | NC Department of Public Instruction 

Days 2-9

• Daily attendance cleanup is very important for accurate tracking.
• Managing enrollment and scheduling cleanup is essential.  Roster records should never be deleted if a student attended class.  Enrollments should not be deleted, only marked as a No Show.

Days Two Through Nine | NC Department of Public Instruction 

Day 10

• By the end of the tenth instructional day, every student should have either:
• attended school,
• been withdrawn,
• or been processed as a No Show.
• Run PMR Validations throughout the rest of month to identify enrollment and attendance issues.

Day Ten | NC Department of Public Instruction

CRDC Coordination Brief*

CRDC Coordination Brief: Get Connected and Start Preparing 

The federal CRDC team has begun communicating about the SY2025–26 Civil Rights Data Collection, scheduled for Winter 2026. 

Because initial federal communications may use contacts from the previous collection, PSUs should review CRDC contacts in EDDIE and submit needed updates by October 1. PSUs are encouraged to maintain two CRDC Coordinators to support communication and continuity.

Start preparing now. The SY2025–26 LEA Form, School Form, and Flat File Specifications are available on the CRDC Communities site. NCDPI is also updating the CRDC Canvas course with resources to support the North Carolina collection process.

Watch for the SY2025–26 Collection by Entity document in Canvas. This resource will identify data NCDPI can capture and data PSUs will need to collect and maintain locally, including information that requires current-year planning.

Contact the SEA CRDC Coordinator with questions or suggestions for additional resources at NC.OCR.CRDC@dpi.nc.gov

Course Code Updates

Four CTE Course code names were corrected in the 26-27 Master Course Code List and in NCSIS-IC. PSUs using these courses should check Course Master Local Names and update the incorrect DTSC to be DTCS and push the updates to Course/Course Sections. The state code name fields were corrected by NCDPI and published to PSUs on 8/6/2026.

• CN572X0 NAF AOIT DTCS PREQ
• CN575X0 NAF AOIT DTCS PREQ Honors
• CN582X0 NAF AOIT DTCS CONC
• CN585X0 NAF AOIT DTCS CONC Honors

Course 3C445X0 BIO Research & Measurement’s “Credit Group-Type” was updated to “HS-Science” on the 26-27 Master Course Code List.

Find “SY 26.27 Master Course Code List 08.06.26 V4d PUBLISH” posted along with all master course code lists here: https://go.ncdpi.gov/NCDPIallCM.

NC College Connect Validation Report

The NC College Connect Validation Report is now available.

Navigation: Reporting > Data Validation > (NC) NC College Connect Validation 2026-27

The report identifies students who:

• Meet eligibility requirements for direct admission to a two-year community college and participating four-year colleges and universities
• Meet eligibility requirements for a two-year community college only
• Are eligible but have incomplete address information
• Are not currently eligible, including the reason eligibility requirements were not met

PSUs should review the report and correct student records before the official data pull on September 9, 2026.

Due to the sensitive information included, this report is for internal use only. Access should be limited to staff with appropriate permissions. If validation report access is managed by user group, the appropriate groups must be added to the new report.

For additional information, refer to the  NC College Connect Data Pull and Scheduling Guidance | NC Department of Public Instruction article.

NCSIS Coordinator Collaborative Recordings

Stay up-to-date on the latest NCDPI news, updates, and announcements by participating in the NCSIS Coordinator Collaboratives.

Missed a Session?

Recordings of previous Coordinator Collaboratives are available on the Coordinator Collaboratives | NC Department of Public Instruction Knowledge Base.

Agenda and supporting materials:  https://go.ncdpi.gov/NCSISCoordinatorCollab 

Upcoming Collaboratives

Coordinator Collaboratives have been scheduled through December 2026. Register for each session by selecting "Check Availability" and choosing the desired date from the calendar:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1992495958047

Upcoming Session Dates (July-December 2026)

• August 27
• September 10
• September 24
• October 8
• October 22
• November 12
• December 3
• December 17

Upcoming Training Information

Be sure to review the DTL Signature Events Calendar and Eventbrite for upcoming in-person and virtual regional meetings, webinars, and training sessions. These opportunities are designed to keep staff connected, informed, and supported throughout the school year.

• DLSC Signature Events Calendar 2026-27
• Eventbrite-NCSIS

*In the DTL Signature Events Calendar, use the arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll to monthly event calendars, including upcoming NCSIS webinars!

NCSIS Teacher Training Information:

Please use the link below to access teacher training resources for NCSIS. Additional details can also be found at ncsis.gov.

Infinite Campus Training Resources

If you have any questions, please contact Erin Wolfhope at erin.wolfhope@dpi.nc.gov with questions.

NCSIS Resources

PSUs have access to the Campus Community, where they can acquire product knowledge, glean tips and tricks, and engage in networking opportunities with other districts. The Campus Community offers convenient single sign-on access from the Campus system to a wealth of resources, including the knowledge base, forum discussions, learning tools, support site, upcoming events, and more.

Campus Community contains the information you need to learn how to use Infinite Campus through product documentation, videos & simulations, study guides, forums, and much more. Whether you are a teacher, data manager, or Infinite Campus user, you will find the learning resources in a clearly defined pathway for a seamless transition from PowerSchool. 

Campus Passport is a collection of on-demand, self-paced courses that can be assigned to new and existing staff. Accessed through the Campus Community, you will find Instructor-Led Training, specific E-Learning courses, or select a learning plan based on your district role. 

NCSIS Knowledge Base | NC Department of Public Instruction contains articles, video recordings and other resources about North Carolina processes.

GitHub Vendor Integrations Repository is a website where examples of 3rd party extract formats can be found (these are crowd sourced and should be vetted fully before implementing in your PSU).

Ad Hoc Filter Sharing Community is a shared Google folder for Ad Hoc filters that PSUs have created.  Please add any helpful filters/reports you have created, and use others as you need.  These are not guaranteed to work in your PSU and should be vetted fully.

• Naming Convention: Ad Hoc Name - PSU Name
• You’re welcome to include your email address within the document (optional).
• Permissions: You have editing access—please proceed with caution!
• PII: Do not upload any PII to the shared folder

NCSIS website (http://ncsis.gov) contains links to previous bulletins, as well as the latest information about events held throughout the year.

Click on the link below to learn how to sign up to receive this weekly NCSIS bulletin. 

How to Subscribe to a NC DPI DTL Bulletin/Newsletter

Requesting Technical Support Points of Contact

Please review the information below on how to submit support tickets:

Contact Infinite Campus for assistance with:

NCSIS Application/Support Issues

Submit a case:  https://support.infinitecampus.com

Infinite Campus Enhancement Requests—Please use the link below to share the areas of the product your PSU would most like to see improved, suggest new functionality, and indicate whether you’d like to participate in future discussions.

Infinite Campus Enhancement Requests 

Contact DPI for assistance with:

• NCDPI Business Questions
• Duplicate Students
• Amplify/Missing Students

Submit a request:  https://go.ncdpi.gov/help

For additional technical support contacts, please refer to the document below:

Requesting Help

• Requesting Help