Bill Text: IL SB3990 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that school counseling services may include the promotion of career and technical education by assisting each student to determine an appropriate postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, strengths, and goals and assisting the student to implement the best practices that improve career or workforce readiness after high school.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-3)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0876 [SB3990 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3990-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
10-22.24b as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b)
Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School
counseling services in public schools may be provided by
school counselors as defined in Section 10-22.24a of this Code
or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License
with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of
school counseling under Section 21B-25 of this Code.
School counseling services may include, but are not
limited to:
(1) designing and delivering a comprehensive school
counseling program that promotes student achievement and
wellness;
(2) incorporating the common core language into the
school counselor's work and role;
(3) school counselors working as culturally skilled
professionals who act sensitively to promote social
justice and equity in a pluralistic society;
(4) providing individual and group counseling;

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(5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves
all students and addresses the knowledge and skills
appropriate to their developmental level through a
collaborative model of delivery involving the school
counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate
education professionals, and including prevention and
pre-referral activities;
(6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate
offices or outside agencies;
(7) providing college and career development
activities and counseling;
(8) developing individual career plans with students,
which includes planning for post-secondary education, as
appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career
and technical education coursework in high school as
described in paragraph (55);
(9) assisting all students with a college or
post-secondary education plan, which must include a
discussion on all post-secondary education options,
including 4-year colleges or universities, community
colleges, and vocational schools, and includes planning
for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging
in related and relevant career and technical education
coursework in high school as described in paragraph (55);
(10) intentionally addressing the career and college
needs of first generation students;

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(11) educating all students on scholarships, financial
aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for
Federal Student Aid;
(12) collaborating with institutions of higher
education and local community colleges so that students
understand post-secondary education options and are ready
to transition successfully;
(13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to
the development of a specific crisis plan within the
school setting in collaboration with multiple
stakeholders;
(14) educating students, teachers, and parents on
anxiety, depression, cutting, and suicide issues and
intervening with students who present with these issues;
(15) providing counseling and other resources to
students who are in crisis;
(16) providing resources for those students who do not
have access to mental health services;
(17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with
all students;
(18) teaching communication skills and helping
students develop positive relationships;
(19) using culturally-sensitive skills in working with
all students to promote wellness;
(20) addressing the needs of undocumented students in
the school, as well as students who are legally in the

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United States, but whose parents are undocumented;
(21) contributing to a student's functional behavioral
assessment, as well as assisting in the development of
non-aversive behavioral intervention strategies;
(22) (i) assisting students in need of special
education services by implementing the academic supports
and social-emotional and college or career development
counseling services or interventions per a student's
individualized education program (IEP); (ii) participating
in or contributing to a student's IEP and completing a
social-developmental history; or (iii) providing services
to a student with a disability under the student's IEP or
federal Section 504 plan, as recommended by the student's
IEP team or Section 504 plan team and in compliance with
federal and State laws and rules governing the provision
of educational and related services and school-based
accommodations to students with disabilities and the
qualifications of school personnel to provide such
services and accommodations;
(23) assisting in the development of a personal
educational plan with each student;
(24) educating students on dual credit and learning
opportunities on the Internet;
(25) providing information for all students in the
selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary
education opportunities toward a successful career;

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(26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding
students in appropriate directions;
(27) counseling with students, families, and teachers,
in compliance with federal and State laws;
(28) providing families with opportunities for
education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the
student's educational assessment;
(29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and
other school personnel regarding behavior management and
intervention plans and inclusion in support of students;
(30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents,
businesses, and community organizations to support student
achievement and social-emotional learning standards for
all students;
(31) developing and implementing school-based
prevention programs, including, but not limited to,
mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and
emotional education programs and services, and
establishing and implementing bullying prevention and
intervention programs;
(32) developing culturally-sensitive assessment
instruments for measuring school counseling prevention and
intervention effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and
interpreting data;
(33) participating on school and district committees
to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as

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establishing a school counseling advisory council that
includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to
review and advise on the implementation of the school
counseling program;
(34) acting as a liaison between the public schools
and community resources and building relationships with
important stakeholders, such as families, administrators,
teachers, and board members;
(35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records
in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the
Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;
(36) presenting an annual agreement to the
administration, including a formal discussion of the
alignment of school and school counseling program missions
and goals and detailing specific school counselor
responsibilities;
(37) identifying and implementing
culturally-sensitive measures of success for student
competencies in each of the 3 domains of academic, social
and emotional, and college and career learning based on
planned and periodic assessment of the comprehensive
developmental school counseling program;
(38) collaborating as a team member in Response to
Intervention (RtI) and other school initiatives;

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(39) conducting observations and participating in
recommendations or interventions regarding the placement
of children in educational programs or special education
classes;
(40) analyzing data and results of school counseling
program assessments, including curriculum, small-group,
and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing
strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness;
(41) analyzing data and results of school counselor
competency assessments;
(42) following American School Counselor Association
Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate
high standards of integrity, leadership, and
professionalism;
(43) knowing and embracing common core standards by
using common core language;
(44) practicing as a culturally-skilled school
counselor by infusing the multicultural competencies
within the role of the school counselor, including the
practice of culturally-sensitive attitudes and beliefs,
knowledge, and skills;
(45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as
presented in the State Board of Education standards,
across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways
that empower and enable students to achieve academic
success across all grade levels;

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(46) providing services only in areas in which the
school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as
well as only providing counseling or consulting services
within his or her employment to any student in the
district or districts which employ such school counselor,
in accordance with professional ethics;
(47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge
and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns
enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs
that meet the standards established by the State Board of
Education;
(48) being involved with State and national
professional associations;
(49) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an
in-service training program for school counselors
conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and sexual
violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth,
which shall include training concerning (i) communicating
with and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual
violence and expectant and parenting youth, (ii)
connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate in-school
services and other agencies, programs, and services as
needed, and (iii) implementing the school district's
policies, procedures, and protocols with regard to such
youth, including confidentiality; at a minimum, school

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personnel must be trained to understand, provide
information and referrals, and address issues pertaining
to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of
domestic or sexual violence;
(50) participating, at least every 2 years, in an
in-service training program for school counselors
conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic
reactions and management;
(51) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an
in-service training on educator ethics, teacher-student
conduct, and school employee-student conduct for all
personnel;
(52) participating, in addition to other topics at
in-service training programs, in training to identify the
warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in
adolescents and teenagers and learning appropriate
intervention and referral techniques;
(53) obtaining training to have a basic knowledge of
matters relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS), including the nature of the disease, its causes
and effects, the means of detecting it and preventing its
transmission, and the availability of appropriate sources
of counseling and referral and any other information that
may be appropriate considering the age and grade level of
the pupils; the school board shall supervise such training
and the State Board of Education and the Department of

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Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
training; and
(54) participating in mandates from the State Board of
Education for bullying education and social-emotional
literary; and .
(55) promoting career and technical education by
assisting each student to determine an appropriate
postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills,
strengths, and goals and assisting the student to
implement the best practices that improve career or
workforce readiness after high school.
School districts may employ a sufficient number of school
counselors to maintain the national and State recommended
student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School districts may have
school counselors spend at least 80% of his or her work time in
direct contact with students.
Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified
professionals, including other endorsed school support
personnel, from providing the services listed in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-290, eff. 8-9-19.)