By: Lucio S.B. No. 518
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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;
1-20 (2) a responsive services component to intervene on
1-21 behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems
1-22 put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or
1-23 social development at risk;
1-24 (3) an individual planning system to guide a student
1-25 as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own
2-1 educational, career, personal, and social development; and
2-2 (4) system support to support the efforts of teachers,
2-3 staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the
2-4 educational, career, personal, and social development of students.
2-5 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-6 school year.
2-7 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-8 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-9 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-10 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-11 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-12 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-13 Amend S.B. No. 518 by inserting the following new SECTION
2-14 between existing SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill (Senate Engrossment
2-15 page 2, between lines 4 and 5) and renumbering existing SECTIONS 3
2-16 and 4 of the bill as SECTIONS 4 and 5:
2-17 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 33.006, Education Code, is
2-18 amended to read as follows:
2-19 (b) In addition to a school counselor's responsibility under
2-20 Subsection (a), the counselor shall:
2-21 (1) participate in planning, implementing, and
2-22 evaluating a comprehensive developmental guidance program to serve
2-23 all students and to address the special needs of students [who
2-24 are]:
2-25 (A) who are at risk of dropping out of school,
2-26 becoming substance abusers, participating in gang activity, or
3-1 committing suicide; [or]
3-2 (B) who are in need of modified instructional
3-3 strategies; or
3-4 (C) who are gifted and talented, with emphasis
3-5 on identifying and serving gifted and talented students who are
3-6 educationally disadvantaged;
3-7 (2) consult with a student's parent or guardian and
3-8 make referrals as appropriate in consultation with the student's
3-9 parent or guardian;
3-10 (3) consult with school staff, parents, and other
3-11 community members to help them increase the effectiveness of
3-12 student education and promote student success;
3-13 (4) coordinate people and resources in the school,
3-14 home, and community;
3-15 (5) with the assistance of school staff, interpret
3-16 standardized test results and other assessment data that help a
3-17 student make educational and career plans; and
3-18 (6) deliver classroom guidance activities or serve as
3-19 a consultant to teachers conducting lessons based on the school's
3-20 guidance curriculum.
3-21 77R14716 CAS-F Oliveira
3-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2
3-23 Amend SB 518 as follows:
3-24 On page 1, line 19, after the word, "potential", insert,
3-25 including the student's interests and career objectives.
3-26 Oliveira