ICAP Legislation
Colorado's Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP) Initiative
Background
During the 2009 Colorado Legislative Session SENATE BILL 09‐256 was enacted into law with a requirement that by September 2011 all students grades 9-12 would have access to a system within their high school to create and manage an Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP.) The legislation also authorized the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define the requirements and processes for districts to accomplish this task. Final rules were adopted on January 14, 2010.
Districts must provide ICAP access and assistance for every student (9‐12) by September 30, 2011.
Specifically:
Each student’s ICAP must include a career planning, guidance and tracking component and a portfolio that reflects, at a minimum:
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/Counseling/ICAP_Brief.pdf
Free Resources
Colorado Community College System – Comprehensive Guidance Resources & Tools
www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.htm
Colorado Department of Education – Charles Dukes mailto:[email protected]
and www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives
College in Colorado – ICAP Grade level Guideways/Milestones
www.collegeincolorado.org
http://cicpartnernetwork.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=100&Itemid=59
Link to ICAP legislation
http://www.collegeincolorado.org/Images/CiC/pdfs/final_ICAP_rules.pdf
Background
During the 2009 Colorado Legislative Session SENATE BILL 09‐256 was enacted into law with a requirement that by September 2011 all students grades 9-12 would have access to a system within their high school to create and manage an Individual Career & Academic Plan (ICAP.) The legislation also authorized the State Board of Education to adopt rules to define the requirements and processes for districts to accomplish this task. Final rules were adopted on January 14, 2010.
Districts must provide ICAP access and assistance for every student (9‐12) by September 30, 2011.
Specifically:
- ICAP access and assistance shall be provided, at a minimum, annually in grades nine through twelve and should include participation by the student, parents or legal guardian, school counselors, school administrators, school personnel and/or Approved Postsecondary Service Providers as applicable.
- Each year’s ICAP review shall indicate any differences from the previous year’s ICAP including but not limited to: goal revision, new postsecondary career and educational plans, financial aid opportunities and changes in academic courses.
- School counselors, school administrators, school personnel and/or Approved Postsecondary Service Providers at middle schools and high schools shall collaborate to ensure that each student and their parents or legal guardians receive information and advisement regarding a student's ICAP and their postsecondary goals and expectations.
- The ICAP and ICAP related data shall be available upon request to the student, parents or legal guardian, educators, and/or Approved Postsecondary Service Providers and in both electronic and printable form.
Each student’s ICAP must include a career planning, guidance and tracking component and a portfolio that reflects, at a minimum:
- Documentation of the student’s efforts in exploring careers, including: a written postsecondary and workforce goal for the student; yearly benchmarks for reaching that goal; interest surveys that the student completes; and anticipated postsecondary studies
- The student’s academic progress including the courses taken, any remediation or credit recovery and any concurrent enrollment credits earned
- An intentional sequence of courses reflecting progress toward accomplishment of the student’s postsecondary and workforce objectives
- Relevant assessment scores
- The student’s plans for and experiences in Contextual and Service Learning, if applicable
- A record of the student’s college applications or alternative applications as they are prepared and
submitted - The student’s postsecondary studies as the student progresses through high school
- The student’s progress toward securing scholarships, work‐study, student loans and grants
- Other data reflecting student progress toward postsecondary and workforce readiness, including the
student’s understanding of the financial impact of postsecondary education
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/Counseling/ICAP_Brief.pdf
Free Resources
Colorado Community College System – Comprehensive Guidance Resources & Tools
www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.htm
Colorado Department of Education – Charles Dukes mailto:[email protected]
and www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives
College in Colorado – ICAP Grade level Guideways/Milestones
www.collegeincolorado.org
http://cicpartnernetwork.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=100&Itemid=59
Link to ICAP legislation
http://www.collegeincolorado.org/Images/CiC/pdfs/final_ICAP_rules.pdf