SMART Services

Educational Finance and Human Resource software designed by education for education. SMART Services is currently used by over 300 K-12 School Districts, Special Education Coops, Service Coops and Charter Schools.

SMART Services is a State approved financial services, which will assist you in meeting all your mandatory reporting requirements, UFARS, MN TRA, MN PERA, STAR, Unemployment, Workers Comp and many more…

SMART Services also provides an Employee Self Service (SMART eR) module. Which gives employees access to their paychecks, leave activity and balances, flexible benefit information, w-2s, online purchase order and more.

BENEFITS

Designed for public schools districts
by school personnel.
User-friendly system for quick software
implementation, with tech help available

SUPPORT & SALES REQUEST

Finance Support
Email: UFARS01@cmERDC.org
Phone: 320.257.1941

Payroll & Time Tracker
Email: SMARTHR@cmERDC.org
Phone: 320.257.1940

SMART Services Software

Benefits for Schools

SMART Services is a fully functioning finance and HR system for Minnesota public schools. cmERDC, in conjunction with Regions I, II, IV, and V maintain, develop, and support SMART Services for over 300 entities in Minnesota.

SMART Services is designed specifically for MN public schools by MN public school personnel. which allows to understand and meet their needs.
User friendly system, so organizational staff can quickly implement the software
cmERDC staff understand that turnover happens, so we are able to step in and help when your business office when needed
Upgrades and backups are done by cmERDC technical staff when hosting is purchased

SMART Software Package

Below you will find a brief description of the three components of SMART Services software. If you’d like a detailed explanation of any of the components, simply click the corresponding link to download the PDF.

SMART Finance – is a fully featured, sophisticated financial accounting tool designed to meet your expectations for many years to come.

PDF overview

SMART Payroll – designed to meet all of the unique payroll needs of MN Public Schools.

PDF overview

SMART eR – integrated with SMART HR and SMART Finance, SMART eR will provide your employees with essential payroll, HR, and finance information.

PDF overview

SMART Time Tracker – The only fully integrated time tracking solution within SMART Systems software.

PDF overview

SMART Services Support

Our support is what sets us apart. The SMART support team at cmERDC has over 100 years of combined experience in school district finance and human resources. That experience gives our customers peace-of-mind because we’re here to help!

SMART Services Testimony

I was very impressed with the support and help given to me by CMERDC staff with recalculating salaries and benefits for the Becker Public Schools budget. When I asked for the help, they were right on top of it and worked me through the process. Their customer support is exceptional.

–Kevin Januszewski

Director of Business Services
Becker Public Schools