High School & Beyond Plan

Completion of the High School and Beyond Plan is a Washington State Graduation requirement. The HSBP provides an opportunity for you to examine your skills and abilities as well as articulate your plans for your future after graduation.

 

Students who have not taken (or successfully completed) a Careers and Financial Literacy class are required to complete the High School and Beyond Plan.  The Career Center is here to help guide you through the process.  A Canvas course has been added to your RHS Canvas to help you complete the HSBP in 5 steps.  Please refer to the Canvas course titled Case Management – Schirm.  Under the Modules tab you will find all of the tasks that need to be submitted to receive a Complete status.  

Your HSBP should be completed by the end of 1st Semester.

The State of Washington has updated the requirements for the High School & Beyond Plan (HSBP) as of 2025-26 School Year.

The HSBP is a graduation requirement that helps students think about three big questions each year: Who am I? What can I become? And how do I become that? As part of Senate Bill 5243 (passed in 2023), all Washington public schools will be moving to a single statewide platform called SchooLinks by the 2026–27 school year.  SchooLinks is accessible to students through Launchpad on their school Chromebooks.

Here are the main updates for the 2025/26 School Year:

• Grades 7–12 will now complete HSBP activities every year. These annual goals and reflections are required by the state (RCW 28A.230.212 and 28A.230.215).
   

• 10th-grade HSBP tasks will be completed through the Careers & Financial Literacy (CFL) course. Students enrolling in CFL over the summer prior to their 10th grade year will also have the opportunity to meet all 10th grade requirements during the course.  Students who are not enrolled in CFL in 10th grade will still receive support to finish all required checkpoints by the end of the year.
   

• HSBP completion is verified in 12th grade. Students are marked as “Met” only after they submit all requirements during their senior year and those items are approved by school staff. This includes our current 11th graders, who will have additional activities to complete this year and next. Please note that this new requirement for HSBPs pertains to ALL current 11th-grade (As of the 2025/26) students, including those who previously had this requirement marked as “Met.”

• Current seniors who have already completed their HSBP are all set—their graduation requirement is already marked as “Met.”

We will continue to guide students through each step of this process and keep families updated along the way, as needed.

If you’d like a deeper look at the state’s transition to SchooLinks, OSPI provides helpful background information and short videos here:

https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/graduation/high-school-and-beyond-plan

Thank you, as always, for partnering with us to support your student’s path to graduation and beyond. If you have any questions, please reach out to your student’s school counselor. 

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