College & career readiness in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Chapter 339 requires district K–12 career guidance plans, and the Future Ready Index tracks career readiness evidence for every student by grades 5, 8, and 11 — artifacts most districts manage by hand today.
Work-based learning & financial aid in Pennsylvania
Work-based learning
Career-ready artifacts include WBL experiences; PA's industry-recognized credentials and pre-apprenticeships grow yearly.
FAFSA & financial aid
No FAFSA graduation mandate (proposed); PHEAA runs completion campaigns.
What Atlara does for Pennsylvania districts
Plans that track themselves
Readiness Plans auto-complete requirements from real activity — course plans, assessments, applications, FAFSA — so compliance reporting is a byproduct, not a project.
Career + college exploration built in
Interest inventories, a 900+ career library with real O*NET and BLS wage/outlook data, 3,200+ colleges with U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard data, and majors exploration cover the exploration expectations most state frameworks start with.
Work-based learning tracking
Employer partners, placements, hour logs, and competencies — with student portfolios and resumes that assemble themselves.
Counselor + family visibility
Caseload dashboards with early-warning flags, printable conference one-pagers, and a family portal with its own logins and approvals.
Policy details above are a planning summary, not legal guidance — confirm current requirements with the Pennsylvania Department of Education.