Bill Text: NY A06433 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to study and report on the provision of services to public school students in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06433-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6433
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
          RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
          tion
        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  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The commissioner of education is hereby directed to exam-
     2  ine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of  services  to
     3  public  school  students  in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors.
     4  Such commissioner shall study, with particular care:
     5    (a) the ratio of guidance counselors to students in grades  8  through
     6  12, by public school, school district and statewide;
     7    (b)  the  amount  of  time  each  guidance  counselor spends with each
     8  student in grades 8 through 12 during a school year, by  public  school,
     9  school district and statewide;
    10    (c)  the number of students in grades 8 through 12 each guidance coun-
    11  selor interviews during a  school  quarter,  by  public  school,  school
    12  district and statewide;
    13    (d)  the  number  of  students in each grade that are interviewed by a
    14  guidance counselor during a school quarter,  by  public  school,  school
    15  district and statewide;
    16    (e)  the  services guidance counselors provide to students in grades 8
    17  through 12, by public school and school district;
    18    (f) the number of hours guidance counselors are available to  students
    19  in  grades  8  through  12  each  school  day,  by public school, school
    20  district and statewide;
    21    (g) the types and frequency of guidance counselor services that should
    22  be provided to public school students in grades 8 through 12.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02619-01-9
        A. 6433                             2
     1    § 2. On or before January 1, 2021, the commissioner of education shall
     2  submit a report of his or her findings, conclusions and  recommendations
     3  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
     4  the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and  assembly  committees  on
     5  education.  Such report shall also include such legislative proposals as
     6  the commissioner deems necessary to implement  his  or  her  recommenda-
     7  tions.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.