S 3785: Directs the commissioner of education to study and report on the provision of services to public school students in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors.
The bill aims to direct the commissioner of education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations on the provision of services by public school guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through 12. The commissioner is required to study the ratio of guidance counselors to students, the amount of time spent with each student, the number of students each counselor interviews, and the services provided to students. The study should also consider the types and frequency of guidance counselor services that should be provided to public school students. The commissioner's findings, conclusions, and recommendations will be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on education. The report is due on January 1, 2027, and will include legislative proposals to implement the commissioner's r…
| May. 27, 2025 | RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3785 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to direct the commissioner of education to examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of services by public school guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through 12 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to exam- 2 ine, evaluate and make recommendations on the provision of services to 3 public school students in grades 8 through 12 by guidance counselors. 4 Such commissioner shall study, with particular care: 5 (a) the ratio of guidance counselors to students in grades 8 through 6 12, by public school, school district and statewide; 7 (b) the amount of time each guidance counselor spends with each 8 student in grades 8 through 12 during a school year, by public school, 9 school district and statewide; 10 (c) the number of students in grades 8 through 12 each guidance coun- 11 selor interviews during a school quarter, by public school, school 12 district and statewide; 13 (d) the number of students in each grade that are interviewed by a 14 guidance counselor during a school quarter, by public school, school 15 district and statewide; 16 (e) the services guidance counselors provide to students in grades 8 17 through 12, by public school and school district; 18 (f) the number of hours guidance counselors are available to students 19 in grades 8 through 12 each school day, by public school, school 20 district and statewide; 21 (g) the types and frequency of guidance counselor services that should 22 be provided to public school students in grades 8 through 12. 23 § 2. On or before January 1, 2027, the commissioner of education shall 24 submit a report of such commissioner's findings, conclusions and recom- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05535-01-5S. 3785 2 1 mendations to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 2 speaker of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and assembly 3 committees on education. Such report shall also include such legislative 4 proposals as the commissioner deems necessary to implement such commis- 5 sioner's recommendations. 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.