SB 141 IN

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Provides that, for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Provides that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, a school shall ensure that at least 80% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students. Exempts schools that have a school counselor/student ratio that is not more than one school counselor to 350 students from the school counselor time requirement provisions. Allows school corporations to provide certain notices regarding expulsion meetings by electronic mail.

• Jean Leising Republican · author
• Stacey Donato Republican · author
• Jake Teshka Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 8, 2024 Authored by Senator Leising · upper
2. Jan 8, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
3. Feb 1, 2024 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
4. Feb 1, 2024 Senator Donato added as second author · upper
5. Feb 5, 2024 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
6. Feb 5, 2024 Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; Roll Call 92: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
7. Feb 6, 2024 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 1 · upper
8. Feb 6, 2024 House sponsor: Representative Teshka · upper
9. Feb 6, 2024 Cosponsors: Representatives Behning, McGuire, Davis · upper
10. Feb 7, 2024 Referred to the House · upper
11. Feb 12, 2024 First reading: referred to Committee on Education · lower