What's happening
This bill directs the commissioner of education to study and recommend improvements for public school guidance counselor services for grades 8-12.
Why it matters
Provides a detailed look at guidance counselor workloads and availability. , including ratios of counselors to students and how much time counselors actually spend with each student—potentially highlighting areas where students aren’t getting enough support.
Examines disparities in counseling services across schools and districts. , which could reveal inequities in how guidance resources are distributed and inform efforts to address them.
Requires analysis of the types and frequency of services provided. , encouraging a closer look at what guidance counselors actually do for students and whether those activities align with student needs for academic, college, and career planning, as well as social-emotional support.
Could drive future legislative or policy changes. by mandating that the commissioner suggest new laws or reforms based on the study’s findings, which may lead to improved support systems for students in critical middle and high school years.
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Study School Counselor Services
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- Print number 6373a
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Study School Guidance Services
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Simcha Felder
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6373--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of services by public school guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through 12
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of services to public school students in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors. Such commissioner shall study, with particular care:
(a) the ratio of guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through 12, by public school, school district and statewide;
(b) the amount of time each guidance counselor spends with each student in grades 8 through 12 during a school year, by public school, school district and statewide;
(c) the number of students in grades 8 through 12 each guidance counselor interviews during a school quarter, by public school, school district and statewide;
(d) the number of students in each grade that are interviewed by a guidance counselor during a school quarter, by public school, school district and statewide;
(e) the services guidance counselors provide to students in grades 8 through 12, by public school and school district;
(f) the number of hours guidance counselors are available to students in grades 8 through 12 each school day, by public school, school district and statewide;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04804-03-8
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(g) the types and frequency of guidance counselor services that should be provided to public school students in grades 8 through 12.
§ 2. On or before January 1, 2020, the commissioner of education shall submit a report of his or her findings, conclusions and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education. Such report shall also include such legislative proposals as the commissioner deems necessary to implement his or her recommendations.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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