National Transcript Center – CSIS Transcript Center

National Transcript Center (NTC) is the vendor selected by California School Information Services (CSIS) to develop and maintain the CSIS Transcript Center. The CSIS Transcript Center will be made available to all public PK-12 schools throughout California, and will enable these schools to send student records and transcripts electronically to any PK-12 school, college, and university in the country. Work is already underway on this exciting initiative.

Becoming a CSIS Transcript Center member is easy! All you need to do is complete and return the CSIS Transcript Center enrollment packet below. For more information about becoming a member, contact NTC at 512-879-5400. If you have questions about CSIS data submissions, please contact CSIS at 916-325-9210 or support@CSIS.k12.ca.us.

Membership occurs at the district level, although independently reporting charter schools may join on their own. There are three categories of membership:


	LEAs that have an executed contract for the Best Practices Cohort Project – LEAs that have signed a contract with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools to participate in the CSIS Best Practices Cohort Project.
		List of members
		More information about the Best Practices Cohort Project
		Sign up! CSIS Transcript Center enrollment packet, which contains the following:
		NTC Master Services Agreement – once completed, fax to 512-879-5499.
		Implementation Checklist – once completed, email to california@transcriptcenter.com.
		Pricing: Sending student records/transcripts is FREE while you meet the BP Cohort Deliverable 5. Once this deliverable is met, it is $5.00 per student record/transcript sent via the CSIS Transcript Center.

	LEAs that are eligible for the Best Practices Cohort Project but do not have an executed contract – LEAs that are eligible for the Best Practices Cohort Project but have NOT signed a contract with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools to participate in the CSIS Best Practices Cohort Project.
		List of members
		More information about the Best Practices Cohort Project
		Sign up! CSIS Transcript Center enrollment packet, which contains the following:
		NTC Master Services Agreement – once completed, fax to 512-879-5499.
		Implementation Checklist – once completed, email to california@transcriptcenter.com.
		Pricing: Until you have registered for the BP Cohort Project, it is $5.00 per student record/transcript sent via the CSIS Transcript Center. Once you are a registered BP Cohort Participant, this service is FREE while you meet the BP Cohort Deliverable 5. Once this deliverable is met, it is $5.00 per student record/transcript sent via the CSIS Transcript Center.

	State Reporting LEAs – LEAs that submit their data to CSIS to satisfy the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS), Language Census (R30), and Student National Origin Report (SNOR) State Reporting.
		List of members (Note that there are several tabs.)
		Sign up! CSIS Transcript Center enrollment packet, which contains the following:
		NTC Master Services Agreement – once completed, fax to 512-879-5499.
		Implementation Checklist – once completed, email to california@transcriptcenter.com.
		Pricing: $5.00 per student record/transcript sent via the CSIS Transcript Center.

Attention CSIS Coordinators, registrars, and guidance counselors:

	Module 1 – Log in to the system, send a record/transcript, review the home page, edit your user profile, and access online help.
	Module 2 – Send multiple transcripts, upload a transcript legend, add attachments, and search using wildcards.
	Module 3 – Request a record/transcript.
	Module 4 – Receive a request for a record/transcript.
	Module 5 – Receive a record/transcript (coming soon).
	NTC User Guide (v1.9)
	NTC Partner Administrator Guide

	Coming Soon announcement that provides a brief overview of the CSIS Transcript Center. For LEAs with an executed Best Practices Cohort contract For all other LEAs For California public higher education institutions
	Requirements for the Best Practices Cohort Project Records Transfer Deliverable that provides an explanation of the work Best Practices Cohort LEAs need to complete to be eligible for payment of the Records Transfer deliverable (deliverable 5).
	Academic Records Transfer (ART) Data Submission Requirements that is intended to assist LEA staff in understanding the specific data elements which must be populated for records exchanged through CSIS Transcript Center.
	Frequently Asked Questions about the National Transcript Center.
	Frequently Asked Questions about the CSIS Best Practices Cohort Project.
	Case Study that shows the cost of processing paper transcripts.
	Release notes: v1.9 v1.10 (Expected release September 15, 2008)

Make sure your registrars and guidance counselors know about the CSIS Transcript Center. If you want to sign up, complete the enrollment packet for your group in the Membership section above.

CSIS training materials

This unofficial website is intended to help provide information to a wide range of stakeholders and ease the transition and implementation processes. This site will be updated as new information becomes available, so be sure to check back often!