Washington HSBP mandate
Washington's High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP): Guiding Student Success from 7th Grade
Under RCW 28A.230.090 and WAC 180-51-220, every student in Washington must develop an HSBP beginning in grade 7 or 8, with a required career interest inventory to guide their high school and post-secondary path.
In Brief
Washington's High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) is the state's comprehensive college and career readiness requirement, ensuring every student enters high school with clarity on their academic pathway and postsecondary goals. Initiated in grades 7–8, the HSBP uses career interest and skills assessment to inform course selection—especially in math and science—and to guide the student's trajectory toward college, apprenticeships, or workforce entry. Unlike static documents, HSBPs are living plans that evolve as students progress through high school, helping them make intentional choices aligned to their goals.
Washington does not mandate a single state platform; districts and schools choose their own HSBP tools and workflows. However, career assessment is a mandatory first step—students must complete a formal career interest inventory to anchor their plan. This assessment-first requirement creates an opportunity for districts to integrate evidence-based career development into their HSBP process, improving both student engagement and post-graduation outcomes.
What HSBP actually requires
Checked against RCW 28A.230.090; RCW 28A.230.212; WAC 180-51-220, not against a category description.
Recommended assessment battery for Washington districts
Sequenced across the 7th-12th grade arc.
Who Washington districts already use for HSBP
Real tools and workarounds we found in use for HSBP compliance — not a hypothetical shortlist.
Washington HSBP Key Facts
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 Washington HSBP mandate that source is RCW 28A.230.090 - High school graduation requirements or equivalencies. 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
- ▸Premium result for every candidate you invite
- ▸Every candidate profile fully open — nothing blurred
- ▸Share link via email or Slack
- ▸Free trial of the coordinator dashboard
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
Team
For startups, teams and HR
- ▸80 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Starter
- ▸Team DNA dashboard
- ▸Compatibility matrix
- ▸Conflict-pattern detection
- ▸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
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸SLA (99.9% uptime)
- ▸Dedicated Customer Success
- ▸Custom integrations built against your tenant (Greenhouse and Ashby ship today)
- ▸Annual billing, invoice payments
Self-serve checkout via Stripe — major cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link. Cancel anytime; 14-day money-back on every paid plan. Enterprise via the contact form below.
Education Licence — priced per student, per year
One rate per enrolled student for the academic year, sized for Washington district or school-level HSBP 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 Washington 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.
Yes, absolutely. Washington law requires every student to complete a career interest and skills inventory before or alongside the initial HSBP. This assessment must be administered first and is the foundation for the entire plan.
The HSBP guides the student's high school experience by aligning coursework, electives, and co-curricular activities to the student's postsecondary goals. It ensures deliberate course selection—especially in math, science, and advanced electives—rather than random scheduling.
No. Washington does not mandate a state platform; each district or school chooses its own HSBP management approach. Some use learning management systems, commercial platforms, or paper-based systems. The only mandate is the career assessment component.
Verification is determined locally by each school or district. Graduation requirements and HSBP documentation standards are left to the school level, so practices vary across Washington. Always check your district's specific policy.
JobCannon can administer the required career interest and skills inventory—using the RIASEC framework, Multiple Intelligences, or Skills Audit—creating a scored, printable result that feeds directly into your district's HSBP process and satisfies the state assessment requirement.
Washington's HSBP mandate does not legally mandate a specific statewide platform or tool; districts are free to manage HSBPs using their own selected systems or methods, provided they include the required career assessment component.