0001|              SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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0002|                            SENATE BILL 17
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0003|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0011|                                AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL
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0013|     COUNSELORS.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0017|     "School Counselor Act".
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0018|          Section 2.  PURPOSE OF ACT.--The purpose of the School
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0019|     Counselor Act is to require public school counselors to spend
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0020|     their work time at their public school counseling students to
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0021|     address academic and personal problems that interfere with
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0022|     student achievement or cause high truancy and drop-out rates.
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0023|          Section 3.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the School Counselor
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0024|     Act:
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0025|               A.  "school counselor" means a school counselor who
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0001|     is licensed by the state department of public education to
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0002|     provide counseling services in public schools; and
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0003|               B.  "counseling services" means those services
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0004|     established by the state board of education as competencies for
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0005|     school counselors, including all subsequent amendments to those
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0006|     competencies.
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0007|          Section 4.  REQUIREMENTS.--School counselors shall provide
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0008|     counseling services during the student's school day in
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0009|     accordance with Section 22-2-8.1 NMSA 1978.
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0010|          Section 5.  PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.--School principals,
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0011|     at a minimum, shall conduct performance evaluations of the
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0012|     school counselors employed by the school district to assure
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0013|     compliance with established state counselor competencies and
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0014|     provisions of the School Counselor Act.
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