North Dakota mandate
North Dakota Individual High School Education Plan: Career Interest to Course Sequence
N.D.C.C. §§ 15.1-21-18.2 and 15.1-21-18.3 require every student in grades 7–12 to complete a career-interest inventory and develop an individual high school education plan during grades 7 or 8, with consultative review available upon request at each subsequent high school grade.
In Brief
North Dakota's Individual High School Education Plan statute creates a two-phase requirement: first, a mandatory consultative process or nine-week course in grade 7 or 8 where students complete a career-interest inventory and select high school courses aligned to their interests. Then, from grades 9–12, students are entitled to request a review of their education plan at least once per grade.
Critically, the initial assessment and planning conversation must happen during grades 7 or 8—a middle-school window that many states skip. This early start gives North Dakota students years to test their course choices against their career interests and to adjust if direction changes. The statute emphasizes the process is 'consultative,' meaning it's a dialogue with a counselor, not just paperwork completion.
What actually requires
Checked against N.D.C.C. § 15.1-21-18.2; N.D.C.C. § 15.1-21-18.3, not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for North Dakota districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who North Dakota districts already use for
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
North Dakota's Individual High School Education Plan Statute
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 North Dakota mandate that source is North Dakota Century Code 15.1-21-18.2 and 15.1-21-18.3. 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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Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for North Dakota 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
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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
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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 North Dakota 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 explicitly requires a 'career interest inventory' as part of the initial 'individual consultative process.' This means a formalized interest assessment, not casual course registration. JobCannon's Career Match (grades 6–8, ~2 min) or Multiple Intelligences assessment fulfills this requirement; counselors then use the results to guide course selection.
The law says students go through an 'individual consultative process OR nine-week course,' meaning districts can choose either approach. Some districts embed the career-interest inventory *within* a nine-week course module; others offer a standalone assessment session. Either way, the inventory must happen, and JobCannon's assessments work in both models.
The statute creates an 'entitlement'—meaning students have the right to request a review at least once per grade, but the request must come from the student or parent. Best practice is to proactively offer annual review opportunities so students know the service exists. JobCannon's annual reminder sequencing can prompt students and families to request reviews if they feel their interests have shifted.
Career Match (12 forced-choice questions, ~2 min, designed for grades 6–8) is fast and accessible for middle-schoolers who may not have deep self-knowledge yet. RIASEC (60 questions, ~15 min) is richer but better suited for students who have more confidence in their career direction. For a mandatory compliance inventory in 7–8, Career Match's brevity and clarity often work better; RIASEC can be offered as an elective deeper dive.
The statute requires a career-interest inventory and education plan aligned to North Dakota's high school structure and offerings. If a transfer student arrives with a prior-state plan, use it as background information, but conduct a North Dakota inventory and build a new education plan tied to your school's course options and career pathways. JobCannon's quick assessment (Career Match, ~2 min) can bootstrap a fast transition plan.
North Dakota's statute does not extend the mandatory career-interest inventory or education-plan requirement to elementary school (grades K–6); the law applies only to grades 7–12, with the initial inventory and planning conversation concentrated in grades 7 or 8.