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S00376 Summary:

BILL NOS00376 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08390

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, MATTERA, RIVERA, ROLISON, SALAZAR,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SUTTON, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§305 & 3602, Ed L

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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.

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BILL NOS00376 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 376

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ASHBY, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the depart-
 ment of education to report information regarding counselors, social
 workers and psychologists in schools

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
 3 63. a. The commissioner shall submit to the governor, the temporary
 4 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, a report
 5 regarding school counselors, school social workers and school psychol-
 6 ogists for the current school year. Such report shall include, but not
 7 be limited to: (i) the number of full and part-time school counselors,
 8 school social workers and school psychologists in each school, (ii) the
 9 ratio of students to the number of school counselors, the ratio of
 10 students to the number of school social workers, and the ratio of
 11 students to the number of school psychologists in each school, and (iii)
 12 whether the school counselor, school social worker or school psychol-
 13 ogist is providing counseling assistance to more than one school.
 14 b. After such report is issued, the commissioner shall prepare a
 15 proposal on how to increase the number of school counselors, school
 16 social workers and school psychologists to meet the nationally accepted
 17 ratio of students to the number of school counselors, ratio of students
 18 to the number of school social workers, and ratio of students to the
 19 number of school psychologists within New York state such as those
 20 recommended by the school social work association of America, the Ameri-
 21 can school counselors association and the national association of school
 22 psychologists. When preparing such proposal, the commissioner shall take

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01200-01-5

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 1 into consideration the specific needs of individual school districts and
 2 the region in which such school district is located.
 3 c. For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms shall have
 4 the following meanings:
 5 (i) "school counselor" shall mean any personnel, licensed and certi-
 6 fied by New York state as school counselor, hired to provide individual
 7 or group counseling assistance to students in the elementary, middle, or
 8 high school grades;
 9 (ii) "school social worker" shall mean any personnel, licensed and
 10 certified by New York state as a school social worker, hired to provide
 11 individual or group counseling assistance to students in the elementary,
 12 middle, or high school grades; and
 13 (iii) "school psychologist" shall mean any personnel, licensed and
 14 certified by New York state as a school psychologist, hired to provide
 15 individual or group counseling assistance to students in the elementary,
 16 middle, or high school grades.
 17 § 2. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 18 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
 19 21. In addition to the apportionm