Missouri ICAP mandate
Missouri's Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP): Counselor-Driven Pathways with Assessment Accountability
Under 5 CSR 20-100.125 (Missouri School Improvement Program) and RSMo § 167.903, every student in an accredited district must develop an ICAP starting in 8th grade, annually reviewed, and rooted in assessments and interest inventories.
In Brief
Missouri's ICAP mandate is enforced through the state's School Improvement Program (MSIP) accreditation standard 5 CSR 20-100.125, which makes ICAP mandatory for any accredited district. The statute RSMo § 167.903 itself is permissive ('may develop'), but the accreditation requirement effectively mandates it. Each ICAP must include assessment data—career interest inventories, academic results, and skills assessments—to drive personalized pathway planning.
The plan covers five core elements: graduation requirements, career/postsecondary goals, coursework aligned to those goals, grade-appropriate career-related experiences, and documented assessment results. Districts implement ICAPs at scale via Missouri Connections, a free, state-provided platform, though some use commercial alternatives or homegrown systems.
What ICAP actually requires
Checked against 5 CSR 20-100.125 (Missouri School Improvement Program standards TL1.D, TL10.B/C); RSMo § 167.903 (Personal Plan of Study), not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Missouri districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Missouri districts already use for ICAP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for ICAP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
Missouri ICAP Mandate
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 Missouri ICAP mandate that source is 5 CSR 20-100.125 Missouri School Improvement Program 6; RSMo 167.903. 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
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Starter
For solo coaches and small HR
- ▸30 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸All 164+ assessments
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- ▸Coach notes per candidate
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- ▸Session prep recommendations
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Scale
For agencies, L&D and scale-ups
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- ▸Admin seats not billed per seat
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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
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Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for Missouri district or school-level ICAP 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 Missouri 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.
The statute RSMo § 167.903 is permissive, but the MSIP accreditation standard 5 CSR 20-100.125 makes ICAP mandatory for accredited districts. In practice, any school seeking state accreditation must implement ICAPs annually.
The ICAP must be informed by 'student assessments, interest inventories, or academic results.' The exact tool is left to district selection, but some form of validated assessment data must ground the plan.
ICAPs begin no later than 8th grade and are annually reviewed and revised for each student in grades 8–12, ensuring the plan evolves with the student's growth.
The regulation requires 'grade-appropriate and career-related experiences per Missouri comprehensive guidance program.' These may include job shadows, guest speakers, work-based learning, CTE participation, or community partnerships.
Yes. JobCannon's RIASEC (career interests) and Skills Audit (skill assessment) can serve as the mandated assessment components of the Missouri ICAP, providing the evidence base for personalized goal setting and coursework alignment.
The Missouri statute itself does not mandate ICAPs (it says 'may develop'), but the MSIP accreditation standard makes them effectively mandatory for accredited districts. Districts have flexibility in tool and platform selection as long as assessments inform the plan.