Assembly Bill A6433

2019-2020 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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  • 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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2019-A6433 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S311
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8077, S5369
2015-2016: A6844, S2866
2017-2018: A6373, S2105
2021-2022: S3682
2023-2024: S2358

2019-A6433 (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.

2019-A6433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6433
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
   RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
   tion
 
 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.
                                                            LBD02619-01-9

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