Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 36
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-28-10-20.
Synopsis: School counselors. Provides that, for the 2025-2026 and
2026-2027 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 2027-2028 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.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Leising, Glick, Becker
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE BILL No. 36
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 20-28-10-20 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section,
4 "school" means the following:
5 (1) A school maintained by a school corporation.
6 (2) A charter school.
7 (3) A state accredited nonpublic school.
8 (b) If a school has a school counselor/student ratio that is not
9 more than one (1) school counselor to three hundred fifty (350)
10 students, the school is not required to comply with this section.
11 (c) For the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years, a school shall
12 ensure that at least sixty percent (60%) of a school counselor's
13 aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to
14 providing direct services to students as described in subsection (d).
15 This subsection expires July 1, 2027.
16 (d) Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, a school shall
17 ensure that at least eighty percent (80%) of a school counselor's
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1 aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to
2 providing direct services to students, including:
3 (1) classroom instruction;
4 (2) assisting in creating a plan for college and career
5 readiness;
6 (3) dropout prevention;
7 (4) social and emotional supports; and
8 (5) individual student planning.
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