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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 486
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Requires school guidance counselors to complete academic
profiles for ninth grade students
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3006, relative to school guidance counselors; to require school guidance2
counselors employed in public high schools to complete an academic profile for each3
student in the ninth grade; to provide for information to be included in the profile;4
to provide for student and parental involvement in completing the profile; to provide5
for annual review of the profile; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:3006 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง3006. School guidance counselors; academic profiles; public high schools;9
required10
Each school guidance counselor employed in a public high school shall11
complete an academic profile for each student in the ninth grade. The profile shall12
include but not be limited to the student's academic and personal goals, planning for13
college, exploring careers, participation in extracurricular activities, and other skills14
and interests. All information contained in the profile also shall be included in the15
student's individual graduation plan developed pursuant to R.S. 17:183.2 and R.S.16
17:2925. The counselor shall involve the student and the student's parent or legal17
guardian in completing the student's profile and shall meet with the student and his18
parent or legal guardian to review and revise the profile accordingly each year that19
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Harrison HB No. 486
Abstract: Requires school guidance counselors to complete academic profiles for each ninth
grade student and specifies certain information to be included in the profiles.
Provides for student and parental involvement.
Proposed law requires each high school guidance counselor to complete an academic profile
for each ninth grade student. Provides that the profile shall include but not be limited to the
student's academic and personal goals, planning for college, exploring careers, participation
in extracurricular activities, and other skills and interests. Requires all information
contained in the profile to be included in the student's individual graduation plan. Requires
student and parental involvement in completing the profile and in the annual review and
revision of the profile.
(Adds R.S. 17:3006)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original
bill.
1. Added requirement that information contained in the profile be included in the
student's individual graduation plan developed pursuant to present law.