North Dakota finalizes plans for Infinite Campus rollout in K-12 schools

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) has made several decisions regarding the implementation of Infinite Campus, a new statewide K-12 Student Information System (SIS), as part of its BRIDGE initiative to update data systems for schools across the state.

Starting July 1, 2026, all State Student IDs will be created and managed through Infinite Campus. Previously, NDDPI manually generated these IDs for nonpublic schools upon request. The transition is intended to provide a more secure and unified approach for both public and nonpublic students.

According to NDDPI, "Using Infinite Campus ensures that all student records—across both public and nonpublic schools—are managed within a single, accurate, and compliant data environment."

Each public school district will manage its own instance of Infinite Campus. Nonpublic schools will have access to a dedicated portal in the system for creating new State Student IDs. Existing student IDs will remain unchanged for current students.

NDDPI stated that "Using Infinite Campus to manage student IDs will strengthen data integrity, reduce duplication, and improve reporting accuracy statewide, while ensuring that every North Dakota student, regardless of school type, can participate in and benefit from state and federal education programs and services."

Configuration details were also provided for specialized institutions:

- Private schools can license their own District Edition instance if they choose but otherwise will use the dedicated environment for ID creation.

- The Center for Distance Education (CDE) will have its own District Edition instance; if it continues using its current SIS alongside Infinite Campus, it must handle the administrative responsibilities of both.

- Residential facilities are recognized as separate entities with their own instances so that staff and student records are kept distinct.

- The North Dakota Center for Career and Technical Education (NDCTE) will operate one district-level instance with CTE centers set up as individual “schools” within that structure.

NDDPI described these steps as "an important milestone in North Dakota’s effort to modernize and unify education data systems." Additional instructions about accessing the new ID process are expected in future updates. Stakeholders are encouraged to contact the BRIDGE administrative team with questions.