Arkansas SSP mandate
Arkansas Student Success Plans (SSP)
Every 8th grader needs an SSP under A.C.A. § 6-15-2911. Starting 2026-27, LAUNCH for Students will be the statewide platform.
In Brief
Arkansas mandates a Student Success Plan for every student in grades 8–12, guided by A.C.A. § 6-15-2911. The SSP must be a working, dynamic plan that addresses accelerated learning, academic deficits, and college and career planning—developed collaboratively by school personnel, parents, and the student.
In fall 2026, all Arkansas districts will begin using LAUNCH for Students, the state's new digital platform for SSP management. This transition creates an immediate opportunity for districts to integrate JobCannon's evidence-based career assessments into their SSP process, especially for grades 8–10.
What SSP actually requires
Checked against A.C.A. § 6-15-2911, not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Arkansas districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Arkansas districts already use for SSP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for SSP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
What Arkansas Requires in an SSP
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 Arkansas SSP mandate that source is Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education — Student Success Plans (SSP). For the broader rollout picture, see career assessments for school districts, or the JobCannon for Business hub.
District-tier pricing
Scale is $199/mo and covers 200 people per billing period — one person, however many assessments they take, and a class-code arrival counts the same as an emailed invite. Growth is $999/mo for 1,000. Above that, or where enrolment should not be metered at all, it is an Enterprise conversation rather than a larger self-serve plan. A district-sized enrolment runs out of the monthly tiers quickly — the Education Licence below prices your whole enrolment per student for the year, assessments uncapped, and adds the full career and skills corpus.
Free
For micro-teams trying the platform
- ▸10 candidate invites/month (resets the 1st of each month)
- ▸All 164+ assessments
- ▸Premium result for every candidate you invite
- ▸Every candidate profile fully open — nothing blurred
- ▸Share link via email or Slack
- ▸Free trial of the coordinator dashboard
Starter
For solo coaches and small HR
- ▸30 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸All 164+ assessments
- ▸Premium report (archetype + blind spots + work-style brief)
- ▸Coach notes per candidate
- ▸PDF export (client-ready)
- ▸Session prep recommendations
- ▸Candidate progress tracking
Team
For startups, teams and HR
- ▸80 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Starter
- ▸Team DNA dashboard
- ▸Compatibility matrix
- ▸Conflict-pattern detection
- ▸Compare 2-3 team members
- ▸Manager prep briefings
- ▸Shared admin access (2 seats)
Scale
For agencies, L&D and scale-ups
- ▸200 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Team
- ▸Integrity + social-desirability scales (fake-good detection)
- ▸White-label PDFs (your logo)
- ▸Full assessment API (start, score, retrieve results)
- ▸Custom assessment builder (beta)
- ▸Admin seats not billed per seat
- ▸Priority email support
Growth
For high-volume screening without a contract
- ▸1,000 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸Invoice / PO billing, not just card
- ▸Named support contact with a response-time target
- ▸Annual billing option
Enterprise
For 200+ person companies
- ▸Candidate volume set in your contract, all assessments
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸SLA (99.9% uptime)
- ▸Dedicated Customer Success
- ▸Custom integrations built against your tenant (Greenhouse and Ashby ship today)
- ▸Annual billing, invoice payments
Self-serve checkout via Stripe — major cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link. Cancel anytime; 14-day money-back on every paid plan. Enterprise via the contact form below.
Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for Arkansas district or school-level SSP rollouts. Assessments uncapped, career and skills corpus included — multiply your own enrolment by the band and you have the most this can cost before you talk to us.
$1.25 down to $0.80 per student, per year — assessments uncapped
That multiplication is a ceiling, not a bill. If our self-serve plans would cover the same number of students for less, you are quoted the lower figure — we do not sell an institution its own students back at a higher price than anyone can buy them for on the pricing page.
District
A large school, multi-school district or trust
per year
- ▸Every assessment in the catalogue, retakes included, no per-assessment charge
- ▸Cohort dashboard with cross-school and year-over-year comparison
- ▸Full career and skills corpus — 2,521 careers, 1,863 skills
- ▸Read the corpus live over the API, or take a versioned snapshot
- ▸Named contact, quote letter formatted for procurement
College or university
A university, college or college group
per year
- ▸Every assessment in the catalogue, retakes included, no per-assessment charge
- ▸Cohort dashboard with cross-school and year-over-year comparison
- ▸Full career and skills corpus — 2,521 careers, 1,863 skills
- ▸Read the corpus live over the API, or take a versioned snapshot
- ▸Named contact, quote letter formatted for procurement
State system
A statewide or national programme
per year
- ▸Every assessment in the catalogue, retakes included, no per-assessment charge
- ▸Cohort dashboard with cross-school and year-over-year comparison
- ▸Full career and skills corpus — 2,521 careers, 1,863 skills
- ▸Read the corpus live over the API, or take a versioned snapshot
- ▸Named contact, quote letter formatted for procurement
£350 per school, per year — a flat whole-school licence rather than a per-student rate, because that is the unit UK schools budget in. Same uncapped assessments and same corpus. Excludes VAT.
The ladder starts at 1,301 students. Below that a self-serve plan already covers your whole roll for less than a licence would, so that is what we will point you at — and UK schools have the flat whole-school licence above at any size. Bands are by enrolment, and the rate applies to your whole roll rather than to a seat count you have to predict. Invoiced annually against a purchase order; no per-assessment charge and nothing to top up mid-year. Assessing an institution's enrolled students is covered by the Education Licence, not by a hiring plan. What is in the corpus.
Request a Arkansas district pilot
Tell us how many students you expect to assess in a term and what your review process asks for. If something on your requirements list is not in the product, we will say so in the reply rather than in the pilot.
Arkansas requires college and career planning components in every SSP, but the statute does not mandate a specific assessment tool. Career exploration is the foundation, and JobCannon's RIASEC and Skills Audit provide validated, research-based data that satisfies and strengthens this requirement. These assessments can be administered during the annual review cycle.
The SSP is required by the end of 8th grade. JobCannon's battery for middle grades (Multiple Intelligences, Career Match, and Skills Audit) fits naturally into the initial SSP development process or the first annual review in 9th grade, ensuring each student has assessment data to inform their pathway.
LAUNCH for Students is the digital platform for SSP management; JobCannon is the assessment engine that feeds data into those plans. Districts can administer JobCannon assessments, export results as PDFs, and share them with advisors and parents who are reviewing and updating SSPs in LAUNCH. There is no direct API integration, but the workflow is seamless.
Yes. JobCannon's bulk-invite feature allows counselors and advisors to invite parents one at a time to view their student's Career Guide PDF, which is generated from the assessment results. This supports the statutory requirement that SSPs be developed in consultation with parents.
The SSP must be reviewed and updated annually, and can be revised at any time if circumstances change. JobCannon's assessments are portable and can be re-administered or reviewed with a new counselor, ensuring continuity in the student's college and career planning across schools or pathway changes.
Arkansas does not mandate a specific career assessment tool by statute—the college and career planning components can be satisfied through locally chosen methods, though evidence-based assessments like JobCannon's strengthen the SSP significantly.