MN HF1808

Requires school districts and charter schools to employ at least one full-time equivalent licensed school counselor in each building to provide counseling services promoting academic and mental health.

Specifies 12 appropriate duties for school counselors including academic planning, test interpretation, short-term counseling, curriculum development, and data analysis.

Lists 13 inappropriate duties for school counselors including administrative tasks, disciplinary actions, long-term psychological counseling, and clerical work.

Requires school administrators renewing licenses to complete at least two hours of mental illness training, including one hour of nationally recognized evidence-based suicide prevention training per renewal period.

Appropriates funds from the general fund to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2023 to provide aid to school districts and charter schools based on statewide average school counselor salary multiplied by the number of school sites.