Utah SEOP mandate
Utah's Student Education Occupation Plan: College & Career Readiness from Grade 7 Through 12
Mandated under Utah Code § 53E-2-304 for grades 7–12; annual review required to align coursework with career and postsecondary goals.
In Brief
Utah's Student Education Occupation Plan (SEOP)—also called the Plan for College and Career Readiness—is a comprehensive written plan that guides students from middle school into postsecondary life. Beginning in 7th grade, each student (in collaboration with parents/guardians and school staff including counselors, teachers, and administrators) develops a plan reflecting their career interests, academic strengths, and postsecondary goals. Unlike shorter assessments, the SEOP is a multi-year document updated annually, ensuring that a student's course selection, workplace skills, and college/career trajectory remain aligned as their interests and abilities evolve.
The SEOP requires documented involvement from three key stakeholders—the student, parent/guardian, and school representative—every year. Coursework must align with the plan's identified postsecondary and occupational goals, and students must demonstrate attainment of approved workplace skill competencies, with job placement when appropriate. The plan must also reflect all state and local graduation requirements, ensuring that career readiness does not come at the expense of core academics or graduation eligibility. Annual review is a legal mandate, not an optional check-in.
What SEOP actually requires
Checked against Utah Code § 53E-2-304; USBE Rule R277-100 (Definitions), not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Utah districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Utah districts already use for SEOP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for SEOP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
Utah's SEOP 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 Utah SEOP mandate that source is Utah Code 53E-2-304; USBE R277-100 Definitions. 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
- ▸Premium report (archetype + blind spots + work-style brief)
- ▸Coach notes per candidate
- ▸PDF export (client-ready)
- ▸Session prep recommendations
- ▸Candidate progress tracking
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- ▸80 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
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- ▸Team DNA dashboard
- ▸Compatibility matrix
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- ▸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
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- ▸Dedicated Customer Success
- ▸Custom integrations built against your tenant (Greenhouse and Ashby ship today)
- ▸Annual billing, invoice payments
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Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for Utah district or school-level SEOP 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 Utah 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. Utah requires a Student Education Occupation Plan with annual review and workplace-skills documentation; no specific tool is mandated. Districts may choose JobCannon or other resources to support the career-exploration component.
JobCannon provides a Career Match assessment (a short interest inventory), a Skills Audit for middle and high-school students, and a Printable Career Guide. These tools can inform the career-planning conversation but do not replace the SEOP's requirements for counselor involvement, parent sign-off, workplace-skills documentation, or annual review.
Utah's Board of Education defines approved workplace skills in Rule R277-100 (examples include communication, teamwork, and problem-solving). The SEOP must document that students have attained these competencies, often through courses, internships, or apprenticeships.
The SEOP is initiated at the start of 7th grade by the student in consultation with a school representative, parent/guardian, and school staff (counselors, teachers, administrators). It is updated annually after that.
The SEOP is updated annually, so changes in goals, interests, or career direction are formally reviewed and incorporated. This keeps the plan relevant as students mature and discover new interests.
Utah's SEOP statute does not specify a particular assessment tool or platform. Schools retain flexibility in how they conduct career assessment and planning, provided they meet the annual review, tri-party involvement, and workplace-skills documentation requirements.