Arizona ECAP mandate
Arizona's ECAP Mandate: What R7-2-302.05 Actually Requires — and Who It Doesn't
Arizona Administrative Code R7-2-302.05 requires every public high school to complete an Education and Career Action Plan (ECAP) for each student in grades 9-12, monitored and updated at least annually since the graduating class of 2013 — the rule does not extend to K-8 schools or districts.
In Brief
Since 2008, Arizona's State Board of Education rule R7-2-302.05 has required every public high school — district, charter, or other publicly funded institution with a 9-12 program — to complete an Education and Career Action Plan for each student before graduation, built around four pillars (Academic, Career, Postsecondary, Extracurricular), reviewed at least once a year. Compliance runs through a self-attestation system called EMAC: each high school individually uploads an Implementation Plan and a de-identified Sample Student Plan by April 30, with no independent site audit behind it.
The rule is explicit that this binds grades 9-12 only — the Arizona Department of Education's own FAQ states plainly that middle-grades ECAP is "recommended," not required. A K-8 district has no ECAP submission obligation under R7-2-302.05, full stop. What Arizona does have for younger grades is a stated policy direction, not a mandate: ADE's 2019 Career Literacy Standards define career exploration starting in grade 5, ADE spotlights middle schools that extend ECAP-style practice downward, and the state designates grades 5-8 as Perkins V CTE-funding-eligible. For a K-8 district, building this out is about getting ahead of where Arizona is clearly heading — not closing a compliance gap that doesn't exist for them.
What ECAP actually requires
Checked against Arizona Administrative Code R7-2-302.05 (State Board of Education rule); approved by State Board 2/25/2008, not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Arizona districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Arizona districts already use for ECAP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for ECAP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
Arizona ECAP at a glance
Related on JobCannon
This page is one of 38 verified career-plan mandate pages JobCannon tracks, each citing a primary statute or regulation — for the Arizona ECAP mandate that source is Education and Career Action Plan (ECAP) - Arizona Dept of Education / R7-2-302.05. For the broader rollout picture, see career assessments for school districts, or the JobCannon for Business hub.
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No. R7-2-302.05 binds public high schools for grades 9-12 — a K-8 district with no high school of its own has no ECAP submission obligation under this rule, and that doesn't change once its students move on to a separate high school district. Building career-exploration practice into grades 6-8 anyway means getting ahead of ADE's stated policy direction (its 2019 Career Literacy Standards and Perkins V 5-8 eligibility), not closing a compliance gap that doesn't exist for a K-8 district.
Through EMAC, each individual high school — not the district as a whole — uploads two documents by April 30: an Implementation Plan for that school year, and a de-identified Sample Student Plan from a student in the current graduating class. ADE reviews and can reject submissions for missing attachments, wrong format, or personally identifiable information; there is no independent site audit behind the self-attestation.
No single instrument is named in R7-2-302.05. The rule's "Career" pillar gives examples like taking a career assessment or a 'Reality Check' tool, browsing career areas, or attending a career fair — any of these can count as evidence, and the choice of tool is left to the school.
Yes — AzCIS 360, built and hosted by intoCAREERS at the University of Oregon, is available to Arizona schools at no cost, with a middle-school tier (AzCIS 360 Junior). A 2023 state grant would have funded an additional free career-mapping tool, but the program and its fund were repealed in 2024, effective July 1, 2025, so there's no current dedicated appropriation beyond AzCIS itself.
JobCannon's RIASEC and Career Match assessments and Skills Audit give students the kind of interest and skills evidence the ECAP "Career" pillar calls for, and the printable Career Guide PDF export gives a counselor a de-identified document a school can keep on file. Sign-in runs through Google OAuth, and the flow is COPPA-safe for students under 13 — this describes what the product does today, not a claim about meeting any specific EMAC requirement on JobCannon's behalf.
R7-2-302.05 does not name a required career-assessment instrument, does not apply to grades 6-8, and does not apply to any school without a 9-12 program — including K-8 districts like Pendergast.