Bill Text: IA HF2178 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 146. [HF2178 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2178-Introduced.html
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BY
LEVIN
,
KURTH
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
STAED
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
EHLERT
,
SRINIVAS
,
CAHILL
,
WILBURN
,
FORBES
,
MADISON
,
JAMES
,
SCHOLTEN
,
and
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
required
guidance
counselor
staffing
in
1
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
9A,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
9A.
Beginning
July
1,
2007,
each
Each
school
district
shall
3
have
a
qualified
guidance
counselor
who
shall
be
licensed
4
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
under
subchapter
VII,
5
part
3
.
Each
school
district
shall
work
toward
the
goal
of
6
having
have
one
qualified
guidance
counselor
for
every
three
7
two
hundred
fifty
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district.
8
The
state
board
shall
establish
in
rule
a
definition
of
and
9
standards
for
an
articulated
sequential
kindergarten
through
10
grade
twelve
guidance
and
counseling
program.
The
program
11
shall
be
designed
to
ensure
that
the
guidance
counselor
can
12
work
collaboratively
with
students,
teachers,
support
staff,
13
and
administrators
to
support
the
curricular
goals
of
the
14
school
by
offering
responsive
services
that
address
the
growth
15
and
development
needs
of
students
and
the
attainment
of
student
16
competencies
in
academic,
career,
and
social
areas.
17
Sec.
2.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
18
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
19
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
20
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
21
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
22
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
23
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
24
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
25
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
26
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
27
districts.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
strikes
a
directive
for
each
school
district
to
32
work
toward
the
goal
of
having
one
qualified
guidance
counselor
33
for
every
350
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
and
34
instead
requires
each
school
district
to
have
one
qualified
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guidance
counselor
for
every
250
students
enrolled
in
the
1
school
district.
2
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
3
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
4
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
5
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
6
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
7
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
8
mandate
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
9
The
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
10
the
requirement
of
school
districts
to
comply
with
any
state
11
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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