Tony Wilt
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 34
Primary
Department of Education; data collection; school counselor positions. Requires the Department of Education to collect data from school boards regarding their ability to fill school counselor positions, including (i) the number of school counselors employed in elementary, middle, and high schools in the local school division; (ii) the number and duration of school counselor vacancies; (iii) the number, role, and license type of other licensed counseling professionals employed by the school board; and (iv) information about their preferences for meeting updated school counselor to student ratios with other licensed counseling professionals. The bill requires the Department to report the results of such data collection to the Governor, the Secretary of Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than June 30, 2021.
Department of Education; data collection; school counselor positions. Requires the Department of Education to collect data from school boards regarding their ability to fill school counselor positions, including (i) the number of school counselors employed in elementary, middle, and high schools in the local school division; (ii) the number and duration of school counselor vacancies; (iii) the number, role, and license type of other licensed counseling professionals employed by the school board; and (iv) information about their preferences for meeting updated school counselor to student ratios with other licensed counseling professionals. The bill requires the Department to report the results of such data collection to the Governor, the Secretary of Education, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2020.
School counselors; staffing ratios; flexibility.Permits school boards to fulfill the staffing ratio requirementsfor school counselors by employing other licensed counseling professionalsor providing other licensed counseling professionals through contractedservices.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 641 (effective 7/1/20)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB1653ER)
Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N)
VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 2-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read third time
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Committee amendment agreed to
Reading of amendment waived
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Constitutional reading dispensed
Impact statement from DPB (HB1653H1)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N)
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1653H1
Committee substitute agreed to 20107128D-H1
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 20107128D-H1
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Impact statement from DPB (HB1653)
Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
Presented and ordered printed 20105372D
Referred to Committee on Education
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Impact statement from DPB (HB1653) | HTML |
| Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1653H1 | HTML |
| Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1653ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0641) | HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| Amendment: HB1653ASE | HTML |
| Amendment: HB1653AS | HTML |
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