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2024 SESSION
SB 127 School counselors; public school staffing ratios, increases specialized student support positions.
Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public school staffing ratios; school counselors; specialized student support positions. Decreases from one to 325 to one to 250 the ratio of full-time equivalent school counselors required to be employed by each local school board per student enrolled in the local school division. The bill also increases the number of specialized student support positions required to be employed by each local school board from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students in the local school division. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions. This bill was incorporated into SB 105.
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HISTORY
- 01/05/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102209D
- 01/05/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/10/24 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/18/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/24 Senate: Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB105-Lucas) (15-Y 0-N)