Loading chat...
NY S01577
Bill
Status
6/6/2023
Primary Sponsor
Samra Brouk
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Department of Education must submit an annual report to the Governor, Senate President, and Assembly Speaker detailing the number of full and part-time school counselors, social workers, and psychologists in each school.
-
Report must include student-to-counselor, student-to-social worker, and student-to-psychologist ratios for each school, and identify professionals serving multiple schools.
-
Commissioner must develop a proposal to increase these professionals to meet nationally accepted ratios as recommended by the School Social Work Association of America, American School Counselors Association, and National Association of School Psychologists, accounting for regional and district-specific needs.
-
School districts are authorized to receive additional state aid for approved expenditures on employing school counselors, social workers, and psychologists, with the commissioner establishing annual cost allowances.
-
Act takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools and to implement a plan to increase the school counselor, school social worker and school psychologist to student ratio to nationally accepted standards and provide funding for such.
Last Action
REFERRED TO EDUCATION
1/3/2024