October 2, 2026
WHAT'S NEW:
- CTE Concentrator Feedback Survey LIVE*
- Advanced Math Course (AMC) Window Now Open*
- General Updates*
- Data Quality Focus*
- NCSIS Now*
- State Reporting Corner*
- Knowledge Owl*
REMINDERS:
- Master Course Code List Update
- CTE Reporting Update
- Clarification: Membership for Students with IEPs
- NCSIS Coordinator Collaborative Recordings
- CRDC Coordination Brief
- NCSIS Resources
- Requesting Technical Support Points of Contact
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WHAT'S NEW:
CTE Concentrator Feedback Survey LIVE*
The CTE Concentrator Survey for the Class of 2026 is available in Infinite Campus. Appropriate PSU staff should access the survey, contact former students, and enter responses directly into Infinite Campus. The survey will be open until February 28, 2027.
Instructions for completing the survey, including required tool rights, and a copy of the survey are linked below.
Surveys must be completed and entered in Infinite Campus by EOD February 28, 2027.
Technical issues with the CTE Concentrator Survey should be submitted through the NCCTE Help Ticket.
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Advanced Math Course (AMC) Window Now Open*
The report window for the Advanced Math Course (AMC) report opened as of Thursday, October 1, and will remain open through October 15, 2026. During this year’s data collection process, LEAs will be required to run and review the report to prepare for the NCDPI data pull, which will happen immediately after the report window closes. Again, this year, LEAs will have the opportunity to complete a brief survey to correct the data for any students who appear incorrectly on the AMC report. There will be a survey entry for each student who needs data correction. All data correction surveys must be completed by Monday, October 26, 2026, by the end of the business day.
To support district personnel with running and reviewing the report, as well as correcting any data, the following resources will be available:
As a reminder, LEAs are expected to run and review the report both at the school and LEA levels for all schools offering grades 6 and higher. AMC report submission is optional for Charter schools.
The AMC Report within Infinite Campus shows enrollment counts and demographic information for both students who are currently placed in an advanced mathematics course and students not placed in an advanced mathematics course for all students who achieved at the highest level on an End of Grade (EOG) or End of Course (EOC) mathematics assessment during the 2025-26 school year.
In reviewing the data – ensure that all students who are eligible (all those scoring at the highest level on an end-of-grade or end-of-course mathematics assessment) are listed on the student-level detail report. Then verify that the student’s course placement information is accurate. For each student appearing in the table, the previous year's assessment and score are listed, along with ‘placed’ or ‘not placed’—as determined by the student’s current mathematics course enrollment.
In addition, this year, the data team has updated the logic of the AMC report to include those students who may have earned a Level 5 on either the NC Math 1 or NC Math 3 end-of-course assessments in the fall semester and immediately took an advanced course in the spring or summer thereafter. The updated logic will be installed into production by Friday, October 2, 2026. *Note: for students who enroll in more than one advanced math course per year, users will see information for each math course a student has enrolled in after the assessment in which the Level 5 was earned. While this information is available on the student-level detail tab, these students will not be duplicated in the summary tables. In addition, users may find an updated view of the student-level detail table to be organized by school number rather than school name.
Please contact Stephanie Cyrus at stephanie.cyrus@dpi.nc.gov with the Office of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education with questions.
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General Updates*
- Please see the message from the evening of October 1, 2026, for details on the upgrade to Campus.2635.16.
- There were technical corrections in the SASA as of September 18 to clarify the No Show process. Make sure you download the latest copy! Student Accounting | NC DPI
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Data Quality Focus*
Welcome to our new section, Data Quality Focus! Each edition will highlight specific types of data to review, audit and/or correct, helping improve data quality and consistency across the state.
The Time is HERE! NEW PMR Detail Reports are LIVE!
New PMR reports came with the new version installed on the evening of October 1, 2026. There are a lot of new opportunities with the PMR Reports, but it is a LOT of information! To help keep you from being overwhelmed, there are a series of new articles to lead you through a process to use these reports to validate your PMR. You may use them as a reference (such as when you have a certain FATAL or WARNING error), or you can use it to lead you through the whole process. Please check them out at:
Principal's Monthly Report (PMR) | NC Department of Public Instruction
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NCSIS Now*
NCSIS Now highlights timely processes, helpful tips, or important reminders that you can put to use right away.
Updated Student Search
The Student Search tool was updated to version 1.1 on the evening of October 1, 2026. Full updates can be found here, but some exciting ones are listed below!
- An 'All Schools' version of Student Search now exists. This is accessed by changing the Campus Calendar selector to 'All Schools' while viewing the Student Search tool.
- User Group Override
- A User Group Override tab has been added to the Settings page (Settings > User Group Overrides). This tab allows for specific User Groups to override the filter permissions from the General Settings tab.
- Example: A district may hide the Homeless filter on the General Settings page to prevent users from seeing this filter but then add a 'Social Worker' user group with permission to view the Homeless filter. This will allow members of the 'Social Worker' user group to see the Homeless filter, but it will remain hidden from all other users of Student Search.
- Multi-Name Search
- This filter allows you to search multiple names at a time separated by either commas or new lines. There are 3 categories for Multi Name Search:
- Exact—Match the full name exactly (First Last Format i.e. John Smith)
- Contains—Finds the names that include your text: best for partial names
- Similar—Finds close matches for misspellings: may return multiple results
NEW Entry and Withdrawal Reason Fields
These new fields were added to the Enrollment tool on the evening of October 1, 2026. Please see this new article for details:
Entry and Withdrawal Reason | NC Department of Public Instruction
Note that these fields are not required at this time.
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State Reporting Corner*
PSUs should review the following state reporting due dates and ensure that data is accurate before each applicable deadline. Please note that not all reports require a submission; some are collected through a data pull at COB on the due date.
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October 9: Immigrant Headcount
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October 15: Advanced Mathematics Course Enrollment Data Collection (AMC)
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November 4: Dropout Data Collection
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November 4 (Anticipated): Grade Level Retention/Promotion Data Collection
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November 10: English Learner (EL) Headcount
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November 10: Legislative Class Size (LCS)
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Recurring: Principal’s Monthly Reports 1–9 are due 10 days after each reporting interval.
Due dates and related information may be updated as additional details become available. Visit the State Reporting Due Dates article for the most current schedule, report resources, and data-review locations.
Upcoming NCDPI Data Pulls:
Military Recruitment—pull scheduled for November 2
- Recipient: US Military Recruiting Office
- Population: Students in Grades 11, 12 and 13 and their address information
- Criteria: FERPA Military Question MUST be YES to be included in the pull
- Data to Validate: FERPA questions, household and address information
College Recruitment—pull scheduled for November 2 and Spring TBD
- Recipient: NC Community Colleges, UNC System Office, and NC Independent Colleges and Universities
- Population: Students in Grades 09, 10, 11, 12 and 13 and their ACT score and address information
- Criteria: FERPA College Question MUST be YES to be included in the pull
- Criteria: FERPA ACT Questions MUST be YES to have their ACT score included
- Data to Validate: FERPA questions, household and address information
CFS/Common Follow-up System—pull scheduled October 21
- Recipient: Department of Commerce
- Population: Students age 12 or older
- Criteria: Enrollment and Course Information
- Data to Validate: Student enrollment and course/section enrollment for last year
Note that if all FERPA questions are not completed for students, they can be imported through the Federal/State Program Update Wizard. More information can be found here: Federal/State Program Update Wizard—Start here | Infinite Campus.
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REMINDERS:
Master Course Code List Update
The “SY 26.27 Master Course Code List 09.24.26 V5” has been updated to reflect the following:
- Full Courses Tab—Added Credit of “1(Middle)” to all Middle School Art Courses that meet the Arts Education Graduation Requirement in SBE policy GRAD-004.
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Credit "1"—Updates are being made to ensure the NC Official Transcript indicates when a student has passed the applicable course and met the Arts Education Graduation Requirement, regardless of the grading scale locally approved for middle school. This grade scale requirement is outlined in State Board of Education policy GRAD-009.
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Credit Type—MS > Middle must remain as Credit Type so that HS GPAs are not affected and the course does not appear on the North Carolina Transcript.
- Future Changes Needed (ACTION IS NOT REQUIRED BY PSUs at this TIME in NCSIS):
- Course Final Grading Task will need to show a credit of 1
- DPI will run a script to populate this. Date TBD.
- Courses not currently graded on a 4-point grading scale
- Adjustments will be needed, please watch for future NCDPI Communication.
- Timeline for showing requirement complete on NC Official Transcript: TBD.
Other Resources:
Arts Graduation Policy or Crosswalk Questions? Please contact Brandon Roeder, NCDPI K-12 Music and Theatre Consultant
Find “SY 26.27 Master Course Code List 09.24.26 V5 PUBLISH” posted along with all master course code lists here: https://go.ncdpi.gov/NCDPIallCM.
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CTE Reporting Update
Pathway names have been updated in Academic Programs within Infinite Campus. Please reference the instructions for identifying CTE concentrator status in Infinite Campus linked below:
http://go.ncdpi.gov/cteconcentrator
As CTE staff are validating concentrator status in the NCSIS, the following questions/issues are the most common. If you are experiencing issues with your NC CTE Extract, please troubleshoot these scenarios first.
- Student is completely missing from the NC CTE Extract
- Cause: No Academic Programs are assigned to the student
- Solution: Add the correct Academic Program (page 3 of instructions)
- Student is on the NC CTE Extract but is missing their pathway
- Cause: The Academic Program for that pathway is not assigned to the student
- Solution: Add the correct Academic Program (page 3 of instructions)
- Student is on the NC CTE Extract with the correct pathway/program, but the status is incorrect (and you have already verified that they have credit on their transcript for the required courses in the designated pathway)
- Cause: Update Student Status was not successfully run when the student completed the pathway
- Solution: Run Update Student Status (page 4 of instructions).
At this time, we expect the NC CTE Extract to correctly display concentrator status when all steps in the instructions have been completed.
Potential concentrator status is still in progress for 2026-2027. Please continue identifying potential concentrators for Fall 2026 based on your current course rosters. An update will be posted when the auto program assignment for current course enrollments is fully functional.
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Clarification: Membership for Students with IEPs
To be counted in membership, students must be enrolled for at least 50% of the instructional day. There is no special FTE for students with IEPs who attend fewer than half of the school’s instructional day.
- Students attending 50% or more of the instructional day are included in membership.
- Students attending less than 50% of the instructional day are reported as visiting students.
This guidance aligns with existing SASA policy and ensures consistent reporting across PSUs.
For questions, please refer to the SASA Manual link below or contact the Office of School Business Services.
Student Accounting | NC DPI
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NCSIS Coordinator Collaborative Recordings
Stay up-to-date on the latest NCDPI news, updates, and announcements by participating in the NCSIS Coordinator Collaboratives.
IMPORTANT! Please register for each session in Eventbrite below BEFORE the event starts. If Eventbrite will not allow access at the time of the meeting (like last week), we will email all current registrants with the Teams Meeting link—we want you to be on that list!
Upcoming Collaboratives
Please register for each session using the individual links below:
Agenda and supporting materials: https://go.ncdpi.gov/NCSISCoordinatorCollab
Missed a Session?
Recordings of previous Coordinator Collaboratives are available on the Coordinator Collaboratives | NC Department of Public Instruction Knowledge Base.
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CRDC Coordination Brief
CRDC Coordination Brief: New CRDC Contact Step: Update Both Systems
As we prepare for the SY2025–26 Civil Rights Data Collection, PSUs should ensure CRDC Coordinator information is current in both the federal CRDC submission system and EDDIE.
Federal CRDC ContactsThe federal CRDC team maintains its collection contacts through the federal submission system. These contacts receive federal communications and information needed to establish system access. To add or update a CRDC Coordinator, contact the CRDC Partner Support Center using the Contact Us Form.
EDDIE ContactsReview your PSU’s CRDC contacts in EDDIE and submit needed updates by October 1. NCDPI uses EDDIE contacts for state CRDC communications, resources, and collection support. PSUs are encouraged to maintain two CRDC Coordinators. Visit the NCDPI EDDIE webpage for instructions and assistance.
Keeping both sources current helps ensure the appropriate staff receive federal and NCDPI information throughout the collection.
Contact the SEA CRDC Coordinator with any questions at NC.OCR.CRDC@dpi.nc.gov.
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NCSIS Resources
Technology Maintenance Windows | Infinite Campus lists dates and times that Infinite Campus may not be available due to routine maintenance.
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.
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Naming Convention: Ad Hoc Name - PSU Name
- You’re welcome to include your email address within the document (optional).
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Permissions: You have editing access—please proceed with caution!
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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
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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
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