Relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill strikes a directive for each school district to work toward the goal of having one qualified guidance counselor for every 350 students enrolled in the school district and instead requires each school district to have one qualified guidance counselor for every 250 students enrolled in the school district.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of school districts to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256.11

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