Information Technology

The mission of Information Technology is to provide direction, planning, analysis, design, development, and implementation of the agency's information technology services both internally to the agency and coordinating statewide with school and district technology professionals.

Per the requirements of Proviso 1.103 in the FY 2023-2024 Appropriations act, the following providers meet the requirements:

Bark
Gaggle
GoGuardian
Lightspeed Alert
Linewize monitor
Securely Aware

1.103. (SDE: Student Technology Safety) The Department of Education is directed to create and maintain an approved list of third-party providers on an annual basis that provide technology to mitigate cyberbullying and assist in the prevention of self-harm, suicide, or possible harm to others by monitoring student digital activity on school-issued devices and accounts. Providers included on the list must meet all state and agency data use and governance policies and must be domiciled in the United States.

Chief Privacy Office: The Chief Privacy Office (CPO) has the primary mission of maintaining compliance with privacy laws and regulations across the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE). The CPO leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of SCDE’s information privacy program through policies, processes, and procedures. Our vision is to proactively incorporate measures, both organizational and technical, to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations for appropriately processing personal data. It is the CPO’s primary responsibility to lead the agency’s comprehensive efforts in the development of privacy practices for SCDE.

Project and Application Management: The Office of Project and Application Management (PAM) is responsible for designing, developing and managing the IT applications and IT projects for the South Carolina Department of Education. The office responsibilities include Project Management, guided by PMI Methodologies, and Application development, utilizing .NET and ColdFusion industry standards as a common practice. In addition, Application Development provides web service development, integration, implementation and support for web resources for the South Carolina Department of Education.

Technology Support Services: Our mission is to provide technology assistance for the South Carolina Department of Education agency and to provide technical support for SC school districts' for state provided software applications and systems in order to meet the technology needs of the South Carolina Department of Education.