School counselors and social workers; student to position ratio, certain schools.
Summary
School counselors and social workers; student to position ratio; certain schools. Requires school boards to employ one school counselor and one social worker for every 250 students in each elementary school, middle school, and high school in which at least 50 percent of the students are eligible for federal free lunch. This bill was incorporated into HB 1508.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2020
Last action Jan 29, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Jan 27, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1508-McQuinn)
Jan 13, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
Jan 2, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education
Jan 2, 2020
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104142D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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