Bill Text: IA SF402 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to information school counselors make available as students develop and implement individual career and academic plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-02 - Subcommittee: Chelgren, C. Johnson, and Quirmbach. S.J. 457. [SF402 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF402-Introduced.html

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Senate File 402 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  HOGG

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to information school counselors make available
  2    as students develop and implement individual career and
  3    academic plans.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.61, subsection 3, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  The superintendent of each school district shall
  1  4 designate a team of education practitioners to carry out the
  1  5 duties assigned to the school district under this section.
  1  6 The team shall include but not be limited to a professional
  1  7  school counselor; teachers, including career and technical
  1  8 education teachers; and an individual responsible for
  1  9 coordinating work=based learning activities. The team shall
  1 10 regularly consult with representatives of employers, state
  1 11 and local workforce systems and centers, higher education
  1 12 institutions, and postsecondary career training programs.
  1 13 A professional school counselor shall make available to
  1 14 a student and the student's parent or guardian, as the
  1 15 student develops and implements a plan under this section,
  1 16 information on apprenticeships, including but not limited to
  1 17 local apprenticeship opportunities and programs leading to a
  1 18 credential certifying occupational proficiency. 
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 22    This bill requires that a school district's professional
  1 23 school counselor make available to a student and a student's
  1 24 parent or guardian, as the student develops and implements
  1 25 an individual career and academic plan, information on
  1 26 apprenticeships, including local opportunities and programs
  1 27 leading to a credential certifying occupational proficiency.
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