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Senate Bill 179 |
Senate Author: Lucio et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Huberty et al. |
Senate Bill 179 amends the Education Code to require each public school district to adopt, and each of a district's schools to implement, a policy requiring a school counselor to spend at least 80 percent of the counselor's total work time on duties that are components of the school's comprehensive school counseling program. The bill prohibits a district from including a provision in a counselor's employment contract that conflicts with the policy or that has the effect of authorizing a principal or superintendent to require a counselor to generally perform duties not primarily related to a counseling function. The bill creates certain alternate policy requirements for a district whose district or school staffing needs constitute grounds for a counselor to spend less than the prescribed portion of work time on applicable duties. The bill provides for an annual compliance assessment.