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Relating to required guidance counselor staffing in school districts
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa school districts would be required to have one qualified guidance counselor for every 250 students instead of every 350 students. To pay for this change, school districts would use money from the state school foundation aid they already receive.1
Read the official explanation
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.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 879 Providing that the United States history unit requirement under the state’s educational st…89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 2385 Requiring that the United States history unit requirement under the state’s educational st…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.