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Senate Bill 715 |
Senate Author: Lucio et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Farney |
Senate Bill 715 amends the Education Code to change various references to a counselor, guidance counselor, high school counselor, or high school guidance counselor to a uniform reference to a school counselor. The bill prohibits a person from being employed by a school district as a licensed professional counselor unless the person is licensed by the state agency that licenses that profession. The bill authorizes a person employed as a licensed professional counselor to perform specific services within that profession for a school district only if the person holds the appropriate credential from the appropriate state agency. The bill makes a conforming change to the Occupations Code.