College & career readiness in South Dakota
South Dakota expects personal learning plans tied to graduation requirements and runs SDMyLife for career exploration; endorsements (advanced, career, honors) shape course planning.
Work-based learning & financial aid in South Dakota
Work-based learning
Capstone experiences and youth internships count toward the career endorsement — a concrete WBL hook.
FAFSA & financial aid
No FAFSA graduation mandate.
What Atlara does for South Dakota 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 South Dakota Department of Education.