College and Career Readiness Platform

The Vendor is required to provide for a college and career readiness platform with comprehensive student services.
- Provide for a robust college and career readiness platform designed to support students in their academic planning, career discovery, postsecondary preparation, and life readiness. 
- The platform should empower students, engage families and community partners, and enable counselors and educators to provide data-driven support throughout a student's K-12 journey.
- Platform must provide:
•    Career exploration tools based on interests and aptitudes
•    College search and comparison features
•    College application system integration and document submission capabilities that align with third-party systems such as the common application
•    Academic planning (including pathway/course alignment)
•    Individual graduation plan or individual career and academic plan functionality (matching the requirements of the bridge bill)
•    Ability for counselors and CTAE instructors to track student progress in real time
•    Goal setting and reflection, resume and portfolio building, digital badging
•    Parent/guardian/community partner access
•    K-12 scalability with age-appropriate features
•    NCAA eligibility tracking
•    Scholarship alignment and FAFSA assistance
•    Alumni tracking and outcome analytics
•    Community service and volunteer hour tracking and analytics
•    Centralized transcript requests and submission functionality
•    Ongoing student and stakeholder customizable survey tools
•    Customizable college and career readiness accountability tracker/portrait of graduate tracker
•    Work-based learning process management: application, monitoring student progress, employer engagement, data collection, and reporting
•    Streamlined coordination and promotion of events and opportunities based on interest and aptitudes
•    Customizable district dashboard to assist with analyzing assessment data for real time implementation of interventions with administrators, teachers, and students.
- The platform must:
•    Integrate with PowerSchool SIS and allow automated data updates
•    Be FERPA and COPPA compliant
•    Provide single sign-on options through ClassLink
•    Be accessible on mobile and desktop devices
•    Support rostering and data sync (preferably nightly)
•    Provide customizable analytics and reporting dashboards for school and district leaders.

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 10, 2026