H.F. No. 4201 Summary

• Requires every school district building serving kindergarten through grade 12 to have at least one school counselor beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.

• School counselors must assist students with high school graduation requirements, college and career exploration, college affordability planning, and transitions to postsecondary education or training.

• Appropriates unspecified funds from the general fund in fiscal year 2019 to the commissioner of education to reimburse school districts for planning, hiring, and training school counselors.

• Appropriation for fiscal year 2019 is available until June 30, 2020, with an unspecified base appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2020 and later.