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HOUSE BILL NO. 2623 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on January 28, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Ransone) A BILL to direct the Board of Education to develop a model policy for the provision of counseling services in public schools.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall develop a model policy for the provision of counseling services in public schools. Such model policy shall include provisions for parental consent, written parental notification, parental involvement, as appropriate, confidentiality, procedures by which a parent may limit or prohibit his child's participation, appropriate exceptions such as imminent need, health, or safety or maintaining order in the school, and other necessary provisions as determined by the Board. In developing such model policy, the Board shall seek to balance the needs of students with the rights of parents.