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2020 SESSION

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HB 1653 School counselors; staffing ratios, report.

Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Department of Education; data collection; school counselor positions. Requires the Department of Education to collect data from school boards regarding their ability to fill school counselor positions, including (i) the number of school counselors employed in elementary, middle, and high schools in the local school division; (ii) the number and duration of school counselor vacancies; (iii) the number, role, and license type of other licensed counseling professionals employed by the school board; and (iv) information about their preferences for meeting updated school counselor to student ratios with other licensed counseling professionals. The bill requires the Department to report the results of such data collection to the Governor, the Secretary of Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than June 30, 2021.

FULL TEXT

• 01/17/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20105372D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107128D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1653ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/02/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/17/20  House: Presented and ordered printed 20105372D
• 01/17/20  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/21/20  House: Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
• 02/03/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/03/20  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/05/20  House: Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
• 02/05/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107128D-H1
• 02/05/20  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/05/20  House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
• 02/07/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/20  House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/20  House: Read first time
• 02/10/20  House: Read second time
• 02/10/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107128D-H1
• 02/10/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1653H1
• 02/11/20  House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N)
• 02/11/20  House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N)
• 02/12/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/18/20  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 02/27/20  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/20  Senate: Read third time
• 03/02/20  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/02/20  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/02/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/02/20  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/03/20  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N)
• 03/03/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 2-N)
• 03/06/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/06/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1653ER)
• 03/06/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 03/12/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/02/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/02/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641)