Senate Bill S7838A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools

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

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2017-S7838 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10387
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§305 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1409, A3576
2021-2022: A63
2023-2024: A902

2017-S7838 - Summary

Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such.

2017-S7838 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7838 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7838
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the  depart-
   ment  of  education to report information regarding counselors, social
   workers and psychologists in schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  A  REPORT
 REGARDING  SCHOOL  COUNSELORS, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOL-
 OGISTS FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT
 BE  LIMITED  TO: (I) THE NUMBER OF FULL AND PART-TIME SCHOOL COUNSELORS,
 SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EACH SCHOOL, (II)  THE
 RATIO  OF  STUDENTS  TO  THE  NUMBER  OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THE RATIO OF
 STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER OF  SCHOOL  SOCIAL  WORKERS,  AND  THE  RATIO  OF
 STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EACH SCHOOL, AND (III)
 WHETHER  THE  SCHOOL  COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER OR SCHOOL PSYCHOL-
 OGIST IS PROVIDING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.
   B. AFTER SUCH REPORT IS  ISSUED,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PREPARE  A
 PROPOSAL  ON  HOW  TO  INCREASE  THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SCHOOL
 SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MEET THE NATIONALLY  ACCEPTED
 RATIO  OF STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS, RATIO OF STUDENTS
 TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, AND RATIO  OF  STUDENTS  TO  THE
 NUMBER  OF  SCHOOL  PSYCHOLOGISTS  WITHIN  NEW  YORK STATE SUCH AS THOSE
 RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, THE AMERI-
 CAN SCHOOL COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL
 PSYCHIATRISTS. WHEN PREPARING SUCH PROPOSAL, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TAKE
 INTO CONSIDERATION THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
 THE REGION IN WHICH SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
   C. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-S7838A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10387
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§305 & 3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1409, A3576
2021-2022: A63
2023-2024: A902

2017-S7838A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such.

2017-S7838A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7838A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7838--A
     Cal. No. 554
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, AKSHAR, BONACIC, FUNKE, GOLDEN, HAMILTON,
   HELMING, JACOBS, LARKIN, MARCELLINO, MARCHIONE,  MURPHY,  ORTT,  PHIL-
   LIPS,  RANZENHOFER, ROBACH, SEWARD, TEDISCO, VALESKY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Education  --  committee  discharged  and  said  bill committed to the
   Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered
   to  a  third  reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly,
   recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,  amended  and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the depart-
   ment of education to report information regarding  counselors,  social
   workers and psychologists in schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  THE  SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, A REPORT
 REGARDING SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AND  SCHOOL  PSYCHOL-
 OGISTS  FOR  THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO: (I) THE NUMBER OF FULL AND PART-TIME  SCHOOL  COUNSELORS,
 SCHOOL  SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EACH SCHOOL, (II) THE
 RATIO OF STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER  OF  SCHOOL  COUNSELORS,  THE  RATIO  OF
 STUDENTS  TO  THE  NUMBER  OF  SCHOOL  SOCIAL  WORKERS, AND THE RATIO OF
 STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EACH SCHOOL, AND (III)
 WHETHER THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER  OR  SCHOOL  PSYCHOL-
 OGIST IS PROVIDING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL.
   B.  AFTER  SUCH  REPORT  IS  ISSUED,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A
 PROPOSAL ON HOW TO INCREASE THE  NUMBER  OF  SCHOOL  COUNSELORS,  SCHOOL
 SOCIAL  WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO MEET THE NATIONALLY ACCEPTED
 RATIO OF STUDENTS TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS, RATIO OF  STUDENTS
 TO  THE  NUMBER  OF  SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, AND RATIO OF STUDENTS TO THE
 NUMBER OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WITHIN  NEW  YORK  STATE  SUCH  AS  THOSE
 RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, THE AMERI-

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