This bill amends existing education law (RCW 28A.230.215 and RCW 28A.230.212) to require the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to develop and transition school districts to a universal online "high school and beyond plan" platform. OSPI must inventory vendors and estimated statewide costs (reporting to the governor and legislative committees by January 1, 2024), select a vendor subject to appropriation (by June 1, 2024), and prepare an implementation plan by October 1, 2024. OSPI may partner with community and regional networks, adopt implementing rules, provide guidance, technical assistance, and statewide professional development, and ensure the platform can incorporate required transition plans without duplication. The universal platform requirement and related amendments create procedural and programmatic changes rather than new criminal penalties. The platform must meet specified functional requirements including student creation and long-term access to plans, privacy and opt-in controls for third-party sharing, automated import of course/grade data, multilingual access per state policy, embedded assessments to inform career/postsecondary goals, a vetted catalog of career exploration opportunities with registration and recommendation capabilities, employer/partner connection spaces, secure staff/parent/partner notes, accessibility accommodations, a student portfolio area with controlled access to higher education/military/employers, data reporting by demographic groups, and integration of Washington Student Achievement Council financial aid application progress data. The platform must send at least annual electronic notifications to College Bound Scholarship students (and parents/guardians if possible) about enrollment, eligibility, program requirements, and required postsecondary financial aid applications. The bill also tightens procedural requirements for individual student plans and district obligations: students must begin plan development by grade 8, take a career interest and skills inventory by grade 7, update plans annually with staff support, update plans in grade 10 to reflect assessment results and access to advanced courses, and include a postsecondary financial aid application element and a resume/activity log by the end of grade 12. Districts must notify families about interventions for students not meeting standards and are encouraged to partner with community organizations; the State Board of Education must adopt rules, and local districts retain authority to decide whether a student meets high school and beyond plan requirements. The provided text is incomplete in places. The chunked facts end mid-sentence, the content of RCW 28A.230.212 as amended is not fully shown, the referenced "new elements" from 2023 legislation are not described, specific appropriation amounts and the platform completion date that starts the two-year district access timeline are not specified, and the exact data elements to be imported from WSAC are not detailed. No changes to penalties or enforcement mechanisms are described in the extracted facts.

If enacted, the state will move most students onto a single online high school planning system that OSPI must choose, build, and help districts adopt. OSPI will need to produce vendor options, cost estimates, and an implementation timeline, provide technical assistance and statewide training, and ensure the platform links with financial aid data from WSAC and sends annual College Bound Scholarship reminders. School districts will have to give students access to the adopted platform within two years of its completion, keep students’ plans updated on required timelines (beginning career inventories in grade 7, start plans by grade 8, annual updates, a grade 10 review, and a resume by grade 12), offer interventions for students off track, involve families with language access, and may incur one-time and ongoing costs for technology, training, and local customization or hosting arrangements. The practical funding and timing effects are uncertain: vendor selection and rollout are explicitly subject to legislative appropriation, OSPI must recommend funding adjustments, and the bill does not specify appropriation amounts or the exact data elements WSAC will supply. That means districts and OSPI are likely to face planning and budget decisions soon but cannot finalize costs or host arrangements until the Legislature provides funds and OSPI completes its implementation plan.