Assembly Bill A8077A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8077 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5369
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6844, S2866
2017-2018: A6373, S2105
2019-2020: A6433, S311
2021-2022: S3682
2023-2024: S2358

2013-A8077 - Summary

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.

2013-A8077 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8077

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CRESPO,  RAMOS,  RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, SEPULVEDA,
  ARROYO, RIVERA, ROSA, ESPINAL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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:

  Section  1.  The commissioner of education is hereby directed to exam-
ine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of  services  to
public  school  students  in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors.
Such commissioner shall study, with particular care:
  (a) the ratio of guidance counselors to students in grades  8  through
12, by public school, school district and statewide;
  (b)  the  amount  of  time  each  guidance  counselor spends with each
student in grades 8 through 12 during a school year, by  public  school,
school district and statewide;
  (c)  the number of students in grades 8 through 12 each guidance coun-
selor interviews during a  school  quarter,  by  public  school,  school
district and statewide;
  (d)  the  number  of  students in each grade that are interviewed by a
guidance counselor during a school quarter,  by  public  school,  school
district and statewide;
  (e)  the  services guidance counselors provide to students in grades 8
through 12, by public school and school district;
  (f) the number of hours guidance counselors are available to  students
in  grades  8  through  12  each  school  day,  by public school, school
district and statewide;
  (g) the types and frequency of guidance counselor services that should
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.
                                                           LBD11039-03-3

              

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2013-A8077A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5369
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6844, S2866
2017-2018: A6373, S2105
2019-2020: A6433, S311
2021-2022: S3682
2023-2024: S2358

2013-A8077A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2013-A8077A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8077--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CRESPO,  RAMOS,  RODRIGUEZ, MOYA, SEPULVEDA,
  ARROYO, RIVERA, ROSA -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Education  --  recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance
  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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:

  Section 1. The commissioner of education is hereby directed  to  exam-
ine,  evaluate  and make recommendations on the provision of services to
public school students in grades 8 through 12  by  guidance  counselors.
Such commissioner shall study, with particular care:
  (a)  the  ratio of guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through
12, by public school, school district and statewide;
  (b) the amount of  time  each  guidance  counselor  spends  with  each
student  in  grades 8 through 12 during a school year, by public school,
school district and statewide;
  (c) the number of students in grades 8 through 12 each guidance  coun-
selor  interviews  during  a  school  quarter,  by public school, school
district and statewide;
  (d) the number of students in each grade that  are  interviewed  by  a
guidance  counselor  during  a  school quarter, by public school, school
district and statewide;
  (e) the services guidance counselors provide to students in  grades  8
through 12, by public school and school district;
  (f)  the number of hours guidance counselors are available to students
in grades 8 through  12  each  school  day,  by  public  school,  school
district and statewide;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11039-05-4

              

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