Bill Text: NY S00273 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00273 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00273-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           273

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. GOUNARDES, COONEY, JACKSON, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Education

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a guidance
          counselor in each elementary, intermediate, middle,  junior  high  and
          senior high school

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  803-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  803-c. Full-time school guidance counselors required in elementary,
     4  intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high schools.  The board of
     5  education or trustees of every school district in the state shall on and
     6  after July first, two thousand twenty-four employ at least one certified
     7  or licensed school guidance counselor in each of the schools under their
     8  jurisdiction exclusive of  any  school  guidance  counselors  funded  or
     9  mandated through any special education funding, aid, regulation or stat-
    10  ute.    Such school guidance counselor shall perform such duties includ-
    11  ing, but not limited to:  coordinating with the instructional  staff  to
    12  prepare  students to participate effectively in their current and future
    13  educational programs,  helping  students  who  exhibit  any  attendance,
    14  academic, behavioral or adjustment problems, educating students concern-
    15  ing  avoidance  of child sexual abuse, and encouraging parental involve-
    16  ment.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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