1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to public school counselors.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 33.001, Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 33.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
1-7 applies only to a school district that receives funds as provided
1-8 by Section 42.152(i), except that Sections 33.003-33.006 apply to
1-9 all school districts.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 33.005, Education Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 33.005. DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS.
1-13 A school counselor [person employed as required by Section 33.002]
1-14 shall work with the school faculty and staff, students, parents,
1-15 and the community to plan, implement, and evaluate a developmental
1-16 guidance and counseling program. The counselor shall design the
1-17 program to include:
1-18 (1) a guidance curriculum to help students develop
1-19 their full educational potential, including the student's interests
1-20 and career objectives;
1-21 (2) a responsive services component to intervene on
1-22 behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems
1-23 put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or
1-24 social development at risk;
1-25 (3) an individual planning system to guide a student
2-1 as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own
2-2 educational, career, personal, and social development; and
2-3 (4) system support to support the efforts of teachers,
2-4 staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the
2-5 educational, career, personal, and social development of students.
2-6 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 33.006, Education Code,
2-7 is amended to read as follows:
2-8 (b) In addition to a school counselor's responsibility under
2-9 Subsection (a), the counselor shall:
2-10 (1) participate in planning, implementing, and
2-11 evaluating a comprehensive developmental guidance program to serve
2-12 all students and to address the special needs of students [who
2-13 are]:
2-14 (A) who are at risk of dropping out of school,
2-15 becoming substance abusers, participating in gang activity, or
2-16 committing suicide; [or]
2-17 (B) who are in need of modified instructional
2-18 strategies; or
2-19 (C) who are gifted and talented, with emphasis
2-20 on identifying and serving gifted and talented students who are
2-21 educationally disadvantaged;
2-22 (2) consult with a student's parent or guardian and
2-23 make referrals as appropriate in consultation with the student's
2-24 parent or guardian;
2-25 (3) consult with school staff, parents, and other
2-26 community members to help them increase the effectiveness of
3-1 student education and promote student success;
3-2 (4) coordinate people and resources in the school,
3-3 home, and community;
3-4 (5) with the assistance of school staff, interpret
3-5 standardized test results and other assessment data that help a
3-6 student make educational and career plans; and
3-7 (6) deliver classroom guidance activities or serve as
3-8 a consultant to teachers conducting lessons based on the school's
3-9 guidance curriculum.
3-10 SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
3-11 school year.
3-12 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 518 passed the Senate on
March 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, one
present, not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
amendments on May 24, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30,
Nays 0, one present, not voting.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 518 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 0, two present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor