The SY25-26 SAC annual report documents significant gaps and inequities in DC high school college and career readiness supports, including limited counselor access, uneven awareness of pathways, and demographic disparities in guidance and resources. The student research team recommends scaling up college/career preparation before senior year, increasing counselor-student meetings, expanding dual enrollment, AP, CTE and internships (including possible partnerships with MBSYEP), and delivering targeted teacher professional development on postsecondary advising. While no vendor is named, the report explicitly calls for piloting these recommendations at Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy HS and for further research and coverage programs/scholarships for AP/SAT costs, indicating a need for structured program design and implementation support.This creates a pre-RFP environment where the State Board, OSSE, and DCPS/charter LEAs may seek external partners for college and career advising platforms, data tools, counselor PD, internship brokering, and evaluation services aligned to the SAC’s findings.

Student report notes prior SAC recommendation on continuous counselor meetings was not yet addressed, signaling ongoing need and openness to new solutions.