Bill Text: NY J00107 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 6-10, 2023, as School Counseling Week in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-01-10 - ADOPTED [J00107 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00107-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 107

BY: Senator PARKER

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        February 6-10, 2023, as School  Counseling  Week  in
        the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  School  counselors  and  school  counseling programs are a
vital and integral part of the educational process; and

  WHEREAS, School counselors provide a  broad  array  of  services  in
public and private schools throughout the State and Nation which benefit
students, parents, faculty, administrators and the community alike; and

  WHEREAS,   School   counselors   provide   counseling,  information,
developmental guidance, and educational and career planning; and

  WHEREAS, School counselors are actively involved in helping students
explore their abilities, strengths, interests and talents; and

  WHEREAS, School counselors help parents focus on ways to further the
educational, personal, and social growth of their children; and

  WHEREAS, School counselors work with teachers and other educators to
help students explore  their  potential  and  set  realistic  goals  for
themselves,  on dropout prevention, and on conflict resolution programs;
and

  WHEREAS, School counselors help students develop  or  improve  their
study habits and decision-making and leadership skills; and

  WHEREAS,   School   counselors  identify  and  work  with  community
resources  which  can  enhance  and  complement   comprehensive   school
counseling  programs  and  help  students  become  productive members of
society; and

  WHEREAS, School counselors help students solve problems,  deal  with
conflict  and,  sometimes, make themselves available just to listen; the
value of their ongoing contributions following local and national tragic
events exemplifies the important role they play in today's schools; and

  WHEREAS, New York's School Counseling Week, held in conjunction with
the observance of National School  Counseling  Week,  sponsored  by  the
American  School  Counselor  Association,  provides  an  opportunity  to
increase awareness of school counseling programs and services,  to  note
the  significant  role  school counselors play in our schools and in the
lives of our children, and to recognize and commend the  dedication  and
unique  contribution  of professional school counselors; now, therefore,
be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim February 6-10, 2023, as
School Counseling Week in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York; and the New York State School Counselor Association.