Education matters. 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.
| Authored by Senator Leising |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Senate - Third reading | PASS | |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Senate - Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed | PASS |
| Title | Description | Date | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #2: Senate Engrossed | 2024-02-06 | Click To View |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: Senate Engrossed | 2024-02-05 | Click To View |
| Committee Report | Senate Committee Report | 2024-02-01 | Click To View |
| Vote Sheet | Vote Sheet January 31, 2024 | 2024-01-31 | Click To View |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: Senate Comm Sub | 2024-02-01 | Click To View |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note #1: Introduced | 2024-01-08 | Click To View |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-12 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, McGuire, Davis |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Teshka |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 1 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; Roll Call 92: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Senator Donato added as second author |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Authored by Senator Leising |