0001| SENATE BILL 17 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PHILLIP J. MALOOF | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR GUIDANCE | 0012| COUNSELORS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the | 0016| "Guidance Counselor Act". | 0017| Section 2. PURPOSE OF ACT.--The purpose of the Guidance | 0018| Counselor Act is to require public school guidance counselors | 0019| to spend most of their work time at their public school working | 0020| with the individual student to address academic and personal | 0021| problems which interfere with student achievement or cause high | 0022| truancy and drop-out rates. | 0023| Section 3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Guidance | 0024| Counselor Act: | 0025| A. "guidance counselor" means a guidance counselor | 0001| who provides counseling and non-counseling services in public | 0002| schools; | 0003| B. "counseling services" means the providing of | 0004| counsel, advice, direction and assistance to individual | 0005| students on school and personal matters that affect the | 0006| student's academic achievement as well as those additional | 0007| counseling services defined by the local school board; and | 0008| C. "non-counseling services" are all other services | 0009| in the public school performed by the guidance counselor which | 0010| are not counseling services, such as classroom instruction. | 0011| Section 4. REQUIREMENTS.--Guidance counselors shall spend | 0012| eighty percent of their scheduled work time on providing | 0013| counseling services to students at their public school. Non- | 0014| counseling services may be performed by guidance counselors | 0015| during that portion of their scheduled work time not required | 0016| to be spent on counseling services. | 0017| Section 5. LOCAL BOARDS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.--Local | 0018| school boards and school principals in the school district | 0019| shall oversee and review the work assignments of the guidance | 0020| counselors employed by their schools to assure compliance with | 0021| the provisions of the Guidance Counselor Act. | 0022|  | 0023| | 0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| March 5, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| Mr. President: | 0006| | 0007| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| SENATE BILL 17 | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0013| | 0014| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0015| SENATE BILL 17 | 0016| | 0017| DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0018| | 0019| Respectfully submitted, | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| __________________________________ | 0024| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0004| | 0005| Date ________________________ | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 4 For 2 Against | 0009| Yes: 4 | 0010| No: Boitano, Rawson | 0011| Excused: Duran, Garcia, Gorham, Pinto | 0012| Absent: None | 0013| | 0014| S0017ED1 | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 5, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| SENATE BILL 17 | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0004| that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0005| | 0006| SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0007| SENATE BILL 17 | 0008| | 0009| DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| __________________________________ | 0016| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date ________________________ | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 4 For 2 Against | 0001| Yes: 4 | 0002| No: Boitano, Rawson | 0003| Excused: Duran, Garcia, Gorham, Pinto | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| S0017ED1 | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 17, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| Mr. President: | 0015| | 0016| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE BILL 17, as amended | 0019| | 0020| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0021| that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE | 0022| COMMITTEE. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| __________________________________ | 0004| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0009| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Date ________________________ | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0016| Yes: 7 | 0017| No: 0 | 0018| Excused: Stockard | 0019| Absent: None | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| H0017JU1 | 0023| |