South Carolina IGP mandate
South Carolina's Individual Graduation Plan: Career-Cluster Planning for Secondary Students
Required under S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-140 for grades 8–12; career interest inventories mandated before 8th-grade cluster selection per the Education and Economic Development Act of 2005.
In Brief
South Carolina's Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) emerged from the 2005 Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA), making career-cluster planning a cornerstone of secondary education. The law requires every secondary student to develop a written plan that aligns their career goals with their selected career cluster and academic focus, creating a bridge between exploration in middle school and specialization in high school. Career interest inventories must be delivered in middle school so students can select their cluster—and finalize it—by the end of 8th grade.
The IGP mandates that students' coursework address core academic subjects (English, math, science, social studies) while also incorporating experience-based, career-oriented learning such as internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, co-operative education, or service learning. The plan must preserve flexibility in course selection while ensuring students meet graduation requirements and remain eligible for postsecondary admission. When applicable, IEP provisions are incorporated. Legal approval must come from both a guidance counselor and the student's parent or guardian.
What IGP actually requires
Checked against S.C. Code Ann. § 59-59-140; § 59-59-90 (Education and Economic Development Act of 2005), not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for South Carolina districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who South Carolina districts already use for IGP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for IGP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
South Carolina's IGP Requirements: What the Law Mandates
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 South Carolina IGP mandate that source is S.C. Code of Laws Title 59, Chapter 59 - Education and Economic Development Act. 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 South Carolina district or school-level IGP 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 South Carolina 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.
No. South Carolina's law requires an Individual Graduation Plan with a career interest inventory; no specific tool is mandated. Many districts use JobCannon to streamline this process, but districts may choose any inventory that meets the statute's requirements.
JobCannon provides a Career Match assessment (a short, forced-choice interest inventory that takes about 2 minutes) and a Printable Career Guide to support career exploration. JobCannon does not replace counselor judgment, parent involvement, or the full IGP documentation process—it supports the career-assessment portion of the mandate.
A career cluster is a grouping of occupations and careers sharing common knowledge and skills (e.g., healthcare, technology, business). South Carolina's EEDA links cluster selection to coursework pathways, helping students align their studies with career interests as early as middle school.
Both a guidance counselor and the student's parent/guardian must approve the IGP. The school is responsible for documenting this approval.
Career interest inventories are administered in middle school before students select their career cluster by the end of 8th grade. The formal IGP then guides secondary coursework from 8th or 9th grade through 12th grade.
South Carolina's IGP statute does not mandate a specific assessment tool, vendor, or digital platform. Districts retain the freedom to choose any career interest inventory that meets the law's spirit—helping students explore and select a career cluster before 8th grade ends.