Education matters.
Summary
Provides that, for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, a school shall ensure that at least 80% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Exempts schools that have a school counselor/student ratio that is not more than one school counselor to 350 students from the school counselor time requirement provisions. Allows school corporations to provide certain notices regarding expulsion meetings by electronic mail.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Feb 12, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2024
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Feb 5, 2024
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 1
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-0-1)
senate
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; Roll Call 92: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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