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California College Guidance Initiative

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Website
https://www.cacollegeguidance.org/
Overview

The California College Guidance Initiative manages CaliforniaColleges.edu, the State of California's official college and career planning platform. It gives public-school students in grades 6–12 no-cost tools to explore careers and colleges, build academic and postsecondary plans, and launch college and financial-aid applications with information from their school records.

For participating districts, the platform also functions as statewide postsecondary data infrastructure. Course and transcript information can be used to show students their progress toward graduation and A–G requirements and to support data exchange with the California Community Colleges, California State University, University of California, and California Student Aid Commission.

Features
California planning platform
  • Provides career, major, college, training, and financial-aid exploration designed for California students.
  • Lets students save goals, complete planning activities, and maintain an individualized postsecondary plan.
Academic progress
  • Uses district-provided academic records to help students and educators review graduation and A–G progress.
  • Supports earlier identification of missing coursework or other barriers to a student's intended pathway.
Application launch and tracking
  • Connects students with California public college and financial-aid applications from a shared planning environment.
  • Helps educators monitor important completion milestones and direct support to students who have not finished required steps.
Educator and family visibility
  • Provides authorized educators with reports on student plans, progress, and postsecondary activities.
  • Offers family-facing information and tools for supporting college and career decisions.
Statewide data connections
  • Transfers authorized academic data to California public higher-education and financial-aid partners to reduce repeated entry and improve application accuracy.
  • Serves as a bridge among K–12 districts, statewide education systems, and postsecondary transition processes.
Company News
California's official source for college and career planning, CaliforniaColleges.edu, is a one-stop informational resource for students considering their post-secondary options.
The California College Guidance Initiative manages CaliforniaColleges.edu, the state of California’s official college and career planning platform, which is free to all California educators, students, and families.

The Initiative is a nonprofit, funded in part by the state of California, that partners with school districts across the state to advance local college and career readiness goals. Learn more about the Initiative’s mission, goals, and approach.

CCGI partners with K-12 school districts to support students, counselors, parents, and community-based organizations with technological tools that help guide the college and career planning and preparation process.

The same technological platform houses, audits and transmits student data to help ensure more accurate and efficient decisions regarding admissions, financial aid and course placement.
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Cal State Apply Partner Educator 2019
Welcome to the California College Guidance Initiative
Using CaliforniaColleges.edu to Implement AB 469
How CCGI Partner Districts can use CaliforniaColleges.edu
The California College Guidance Initiative: Smoothing the Path to College and Career
District Systems Initiative

School Districts that use this:

12 California school districts are currently associated with this product in the SDLA database.

Data comes from SDLA district surveys, public records, vendor information, and ongoing review.