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senate Bill S5699
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 22nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
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Gustavo Rivera
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
S5699 (ACTIVE) - Details
S5699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5699 SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: 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 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: This bill adds a new section 803-b to the Education Law to require at least one full-time certified or licensed school guidance counselor in any elementary, intermediate, middle or junior high school exclusive of any school guidance counselors funded or mandated through special educa- tion funding, aid, regulation, or statute and delineates some of their responsibilities. Section 2 establishes that this act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION:: Schoolchildren in New York face numerous challenges both in and out of
S5699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5699 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 803-b to read as follows: § 803-B. FULL-TIME SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS REQUIRED IN ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE, MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE SHALL ON AND AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY EMPLOY AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED OR LICENSED SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE OF ANY SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS FUNDED OR MANDATED THROUGH ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, AID, REGULATION OR STAT- UTE. SUCH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR SHALL PERFORM SUCH DUTIES INCLUD- ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: COORDINATING WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR CURRENT AND FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, HELPING STUDENTS WHO EXHIBIT ANY ATTENDANCE, ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL OR ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS, EDUCATING STUDENTS CONCERN- ING AVOIDANCE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND ENCOURAGING PARENTAL INVOLVE- MENT. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07364-01-9
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