Full Text of SB3990 102nd General Assembly
SB3990eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 10-22.24b as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-22.24b. School counseling services. School | 8 | | counseling services in public schools may be provided by | 9 | | school counselors as defined in Section 10-22.24a of this Code | 10 | | or by individuals who hold a Professional Educator License | 11 | | with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of | 12 | | school counseling under Section 21B-25 of this Code. | 13 | | School counseling services may include, but are not | 14 | | limited to: | 15 | | (1) designing and delivering a comprehensive school | 16 | | counseling program that promotes student achievement and | 17 | | wellness; | 18 | | (2) incorporating the common core language into the | 19 | | school counselor's work and role; | 20 | | (3) school counselors working as culturally skilled | 21 | | professionals who act sensitively to promote social | 22 | | justice and equity in a pluralistic society; | 23 | | (4) providing individual and group counseling; |
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| 1 | | (5) providing a core counseling curriculum that serves | 2 | | all students and addresses the knowledge and skills | 3 | | appropriate to their developmental level through a | 4 | | collaborative model of delivery involving the school | 5 | | counselor, classroom teachers, and other appropriate | 6 | | education professionals, and including prevention and | 7 | | pre-referral activities; | 8 | | (6) making referrals when necessary to appropriate | 9 | | offices or outside agencies; | 10 | | (7) providing college and career development | 11 | | activities and counseling; | 12 | | (8) developing individual career plans with students , | 13 | | which includes planning for post-secondary education, as | 14 | | appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career | 15 | | and technical education coursework in high school as | 16 | | described in paragraph (55) ; | 17 | | (9) assisting all students with a college or | 18 | | post-secondary education plan, which must include a | 19 | | discussion on all post-secondary education options, | 20 | | including 4-year colleges or universities, community | 21 | | colleges, and vocational schools , and includes planning | 22 | | for post-secondary education, as appropriate, and engaging | 23 | | in related and relevant career and technical education | 24 | | coursework in high school as described in paragraph (55) ; | 25 | | (10) intentionally addressing the career and college | 26 | | needs of first generation students; |
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| 1 | | (11) educating all students on scholarships, financial | 2 | | aid, and preparation of the Federal Application for | 3 | | Federal Student Aid; | 4 | | (12) collaborating with institutions of higher | 5 | | education and local community colleges so that students | 6 | | understand post-secondary education options and are ready | 7 | | to transition successfully; | 8 | | (13) providing crisis intervention and contributing to | 9 | | the development of a specific crisis plan within the | 10 | | school setting in collaboration with multiple | 11 | | stakeholders; | 12 | | (14) educating students, teachers, and parents on | 13 | | anxiety, depression, cutting, and suicide issues and | 14 | | intervening with students who present with these issues; | 15 | | (15) providing counseling and other resources to | 16 | | students who are in crisis; | 17 | | (16) providing resources for those students who do not | 18 | | have access to mental health services; | 19 | | (17) addressing bullying and conflict resolution with | 20 | | all students; | 21 | | (18) teaching communication skills and helping | 22 | | students develop positive relationships; | 23 | | (19) using culturally-sensitive skills in working with | 24 | | all students to promote wellness; | 25 | | (20) addressing the needs of undocumented students in | 26 | | the school, as well as students who are legally in the |
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| 1 | | United States, but whose parents are undocumented; | 2 | | (21) contributing to a student's functional behavioral | 3 | | assessment, as well as assisting in the development of | 4 | | non-aversive behavioral intervention strategies; | 5 | | (22) (i) assisting students in need of special | 6 | | education services by implementing the academic supports | 7 | | and social-emotional and college or career development | 8 | | counseling services or interventions per a student's | 9 | | individualized education program (IEP); (ii) participating | 10 | | in or contributing to a student's IEP and completing a | 11 | | social-developmental history; or (iii) providing services | 12 | | to a student with a disability under the student's IEP or | 13 | | federal Section 504 plan, as recommended by the student's | 14 | | IEP team or Section 504 plan team and in compliance with | 15 | | federal and State laws and rules governing the provision | 16 | | of educational and related services and school-based | 17 | | accommodations to students with
disabilities and the | 18 | | qualifications of school personnel to provide such | 19 | | services and accommodations; | 20 | | (23) assisting in the development of a personal | 21 | | educational plan with each student; | 22 | | (24) educating students on dual credit and learning | 23 | | opportunities on the Internet; | 24 | | (25) providing information for all students in the | 25 | | selection of courses that will lead to post-secondary | 26 | | education opportunities toward a successful career; |
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| 1 | | (26) interpreting achievement test results and guiding | 2 | | students in appropriate directions; | 3 | | (27) counseling with students, families, and teachers, | 4 | | in compliance with federal and State laws; | 5 | | (28) providing families with opportunities for | 6 | | education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the | 7 | | student's educational assessment; | 8 | | (29) consulting and collaborating with teachers and | 9 | | other school personnel regarding behavior management and | 10 | | intervention plans and inclusion in support of students; | 11 | | (30) teaming and partnering with staff, parents, | 12 | | businesses, and community organizations to support student | 13 | | achievement and social-emotional learning standards for | 14 | | all students; | 15 | | (31) developing and implementing school-based | 16 | | prevention programs, including, but not limited to, | 17 | | mediation and violence prevention, implementing social and | 18 | | emotional education programs and services, and | 19 | | establishing and implementing bullying prevention and | 20 | | intervention programs; | 21 | | (32) developing culturally-sensitive assessment | 22 | | instruments for measuring school counseling prevention and | 23 | | intervention effectiveness and collecting, analyzing, and | 24 | | interpreting data; | 25 | | (33) participating on school and district committees | 26 | | to advocate for student programs and resources, as well as |
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| 1 | | establishing a school counseling advisory council that | 2 | | includes representatives of key stakeholders selected to | 3 | | review and advise on the implementation of the school | 4 | | counseling program; | 5 | | (34) acting as a liaison between the public schools | 6 | | and community resources and building relationships with | 7 | | important stakeholders, such as families, administrators, | 8 | | teachers, and board members; | 9 | | (35) maintaining organized, clear, and useful records | 10 | | in a confidential manner consistent with Section 5 of the | 11 | | Illinois School Student Records Act, the Family | 12 | | Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and the Health | 13 | | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; | 14 | | (36) presenting an annual agreement to the | 15 | | administration, including a formal discussion of the | 16 | | alignment of school and school counseling program missions | 17 | | and goals and detailing specific school counselor | 18 | | responsibilities; | 19 | | (37) identifying and implementing | 20 | | culturally-sensitive measures of success for student | 21 | | competencies in each of the 3 domains of academic, social | 22 | | and emotional, and college and career learning based on | 23 | | planned and periodic assessment of the comprehensive | 24 | | developmental school counseling program; | 25 | | (38) collaborating as a team member in Response to | 26 | | Intervention (RtI) and other school initiatives; |
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| 1 | | (39) conducting observations and participating in | 2 | | recommendations or interventions regarding the placement | 3 | | of children in educational programs or special education | 4 | | classes; | 5 | | (40) analyzing data and results of school counseling | 6 | | program assessments, including curriculum, small-group, | 7 | | and closing-the-gap results reports, and designing | 8 | | strategies to continue to improve program effectiveness; | 9 | | (41) analyzing data and results of school counselor | 10 | | competency assessments; | 11 | | (42) following American School Counselor Association | 12 | | Ethical Standards for School Counselors to demonstrate | 13 | | high standards of integrity, leadership, and | 14 | | professionalism; | 15 | | (43) knowing and embracing common core standards by | 16 | | using common core language; | 17 | | (44) practicing as a culturally-skilled school | 18 | | counselor by infusing the multicultural competencies | 19 | | within the role of the school counselor, including the | 20 | | practice of culturally-sensitive attitudes and beliefs, | 21 | | knowledge, and skills; | 22 | | (45) infusing the Social-Emotional Standards, as | 23 | | presented in the State Board of Education standards, | 24 | | across the curriculum and in the counselor's role in ways | 25 | | that empower and enable students to achieve academic | 26 | | success across all grade levels; |
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| 1 | | (46) providing services only in areas in which the | 2 | | school counselor has appropriate training or expertise, as | 3 | | well as only providing counseling or consulting services | 4 | | within his or her employment to any student in the | 5 | | district or districts which employ such school counselor, | 6 | | in accordance with professional ethics; | 7 | | (47) having adequate training in supervision knowledge | 8 | | and skills in order to supervise school counseling interns | 9 | | enrolled in graduate school counselor preparation programs | 10 | | that meet the standards established by the State Board of | 11 | | Education; | 12 | | (48) being involved with State and national | 13 | | professional associations; | 14 | | (49) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an | 15 | | in-service training program for school counselors | 16 | | conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and sexual | 17 | | violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth, | 18 | | which shall include training concerning (i) communicating | 19 | | with and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual | 20 | | violence and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) | 21 | | connecting youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | 22 | | and expectant and parenting youth to appropriate in-school | 23 | | services and other agencies, programs, and services as | 24 | | needed, and (iii) implementing the school district's | 25 | | policies, procedures, and protocols with regard to such | 26 | | youth, including confidentiality; at a minimum, school |
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| 1 | | personnel must be trained to understand, provide | 2 | | information and referrals, and address issues pertaining | 3 | | to youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of | 4 | | domestic or sexual violence; | 5 | | (50) participating, at least every 2 years, in an | 6 | | in-service training program for school counselors | 7 | | conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic | 8 | | reactions and management; | 9 | | (51) participating, at least once every 2 years, in an | 10 | | in-service training on educator ethics, teacher-student | 11 | | conduct, and school employee-student conduct for all | 12 | | personnel; | 13 | | (52) participating, in addition to other topics at | 14 | | in-service training programs, in training to identify the | 15 | | warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in | 16 | | adolescents and teenagers and learning appropriate | 17 | | intervention and referral techniques; | 18 | | (53) obtaining training to have a basic knowledge of | 19 | | matters relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | 20 | | (AIDS), including the nature of the disease, its causes | 21 | | and effects, the means of detecting it and preventing its | 22 | | transmission, and the availability of appropriate sources | 23 | | of counseling and referral and any other information that | 24 | | may be appropriate considering the age and grade level of | 25 | | the pupils; the school board shall supervise such training | 26 | | and the State Board of Education and the Department of |
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| 1 | | Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | 2 | | training; and | 3 | | (54) participating in mandates from the State Board of | 4 | | Education for bullying education and social-emotional | 5 | | literary ; and . | 6 | | (55) promoting career and technical education by | 7 | | assisting each student to determine an appropriate | 8 | | postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, | 9 | | strengths, and goals and assisting the student to | 10 | | implement the best practices that improve career or | 11 | | workforce readiness after high school. | 12 | | School districts may employ a sufficient number of school | 13 | | counselors to maintain the national and State recommended | 14 | | student-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. School districts may have | 15 | | school counselors spend at least 80% of his or her work time in | 16 | | direct contact with students. | 17 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits other qualified | 18 | | professionals, including other endorsed school support | 19 | | personnel, from providing the services listed in this Section.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 101-290, eff. 8-9-19.)
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