Tennessee Senate Bill 7016

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 21 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-08-23 - Lay on the Table
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the department of education to allocate to each local education agency sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor position for every 250 student members of the LEA or one full-time position for the LEA and for each public charter school within the LEA, whichever is greater; requires each LEA and public charter school to employ a licensed professional school counselor for each position funded. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school counselors.

Sen. Heidi Campbell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-23	Senate	Lay on the Table
2023-08-22	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-08-21	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 8/23/2023
2023-08-21	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-08-21	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB7076 (Crossfiled) 2023-08-23 - Sponsor(s) Added.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7016&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB7016.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB7076.pdf