Bill Text: NY S00311 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 311 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-24 - referred to education [S00311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00311-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           311
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        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
        S. 311                              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.