Bill Text: TX HB154 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of a public school counselor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-16 - Filed [HB154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB154-Introduced.html
| By: Lopez of Cameron | H.B. No. 154 | |
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| relating to the duties of a public school counselor. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 33.006(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The primary responsibility of a school counselor is to | ||
| counsel students to fully develop each student's academic, career, | ||
| and personal[ |
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| (b) In addition to a school counselor's responsibility | ||
| under Subsection (a), the school counselor shall: | ||
| (1) participate in planning, implementing, and | ||
| evaluating a comprehensive developmental school counseling | ||
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| needs of students: | ||
| (A) who are at risk of dropping out of school, | ||
| becoming substance abusers, participating in gang activity, or | ||
| committing suicide; | ||
| (B) who are at risk of: | ||
| (i) choosing an unhealthy or inappropriate | ||
| solution to a problem; or | ||
| (ii) engaging in harmful behavior toward | ||
| the student's self or others; | ||
| (C) who are in need of modified instructional | ||
| strategies; or | ||
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| emphasis on identifying and serving gifted and talented students | ||
| who are educationally disadvantaged; | ||
| (2) consult with a student's parent or guardian and | ||
| make referrals as appropriate in consultation with the student's | ||
| parent or guardian; | ||
| (3) consult with school staff, parents, and other | ||
| community members to help them increase the effectiveness of | ||
| student education and promote student success; | ||
| (4) coordinate people and resources in the school, | ||
| home, and community; | ||
| (5) with the assistance of school staff, interpret | ||
| standardized test results and other assessment data that help a | ||
| student make educational and career plans; | ||
| (6) deliver classroom guidance activities or serve as | ||
| a consultant to teachers conducting lessons based on the school's | ||
| guidance curriculum; and | ||
| (7) serve as an impartial, nonreporting resource for | ||
| interpersonal conflicts and discord involving two or more students, | ||
| including accusations of bullying under Section 37.0832. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
