Hawaii mandate
Hawaii's Personal/Transition Plan Credit Requirement
Hawaii Board of Education Policy 102-15 requires all high school students to earn 0.5 credits in a Personal/Transition Plan course as part of the 24-credit Hawaii High School Diploma.
In Brief
Hawaii embeds career and transition planning directly into the high school graduation credit requirements. Every student must earn 0.5 credits in a Personal/Transition Plan course alongside their English, math, science, CTE, and other core courses—making this a non-negotiable graduation pathway, not an optional counselor recommendation. This unique approach, effective since the 2011–12 school year for 8th-grade cohorts, ensures every Hawaii student engages in formal personal and transition planning as a graduation requirement.
The credit-based model means that Personal/Transition Plan instruction must be substantive, standards-based, and documented—not a one-time orientation. JobCannon's career assessments and guidance can form the core of these courses, providing students with the evidence-based self-knowledge they need to complete a meaningful plan and graduate with clarity on their post-secondary path.
What actually requires
Checked against Hawaii Board of Education Policy 102-15 (formerly Policy 4540), High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement, not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Hawaii districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Hawaii districts already use for
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
Hawaii High School Graduation Requirements and Personal/Transition Plan
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 Hawaii mandate that source is Hawaii Board of Education Policy 102-15 - High School Graduation Requirements and Commencement. 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.
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Growth
For high-volume screening without a contract
- ▸1,000 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
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- ▸Named support contact with a response-time target
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For 200+ person companies
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Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for Hawaii district or school-level 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 Hawaii 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.
Hawaii's policy requires 0.5 credits but does not mandate a standalone course. Districts can embed Personal/Transition Plan content into a homeroom, advisory, career-tech, or elective course structure. JobCannon's assessments and results can be the centerpiece of this content, providing the career-planning evidence students need for their 0.5-credit requirement.
Hawaii does not specify a grade level, only that the 0.5 credits must be earned during high school (grades 9–12). Many districts offer it in 9th grade to help students set their high school trajectory; others offer it in 11th or 12th grade to prepare for post-secondary transitions. JobCannon's assessments work at any point in the high school career.
A proficiency-based equivalent allows students to demonstrate mastery of Personal/Transition Plan competencies outside a traditional course structure—for example, through portfolio evidence, project completion, or documented career exploration. JobCannon's assessment results, Career Guide PDF, and reflection activities can serve as evidence that a student has achieved personal/transition planning competencies.
HawaiiCareerExplorer is the state's free resource for career exploration and labor-market data. Many teachers use it alongside career assessments to help students research roles and industries. JobCannon's assessment results can prompt students to explore specific career clusters in HawaiiCareerExplorer, creating a natural two-tool workflow for the Personal/Transition Plan course.
Hawaii does not prohibit online or asynchronous delivery. JobCannon's assessments are fully online and can be part of a remote or hybrid Personal/Transition Plan course. The results and Career Guide can be submitted digitally, allowing students to meet the 0.5-credit requirement in a flexible format.
Hawaii's Personal/Transition Plan credit requirement is grades 9–12 only; there is no middle-school planning mandate, though career exploration is beneficially practiced locally.