Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior, and senior high school in New York.

New York Assembly Bill A00706 mandates that each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior, and senior high school in the state must employ at least one full-time guidance counselor. These counselors must be certified or licensed and are to be employed by the board of education or trustees of each school district. The bill specifies that these counselors should not be funded or mandated through special education funding, aid, regulation, or statute.

Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior, and senior high school in New York.

New York Assembly Bill A00706 mandates that each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior, and senior high school in the state must employ at least one full-time guidance counselor. These counselors must be certified or licensed and are to be employed by the board of education or trustees of each school district. The bill specifies that these counselors should not be funded or mandated through special education funding, aid, regulation, or statute.