HB2384 Summary

• School districts shall (rather than may) employ sufficient school counselors to maintain a 250:1 student-to-counselor ratio.

• School counselors must spend at least 80% of work time in direct contact with students and meet with assigned students at least once each month.

• Changes "national and State recommended" language to establish a fixed student-counselor ratio requirement in the School Code.

• Adds minor technical corrections, including changing "culturally-sensitive" to "culturally sensitive" and "literary" to "literacy" throughout the statute.