ENROLLED
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
ACT No. 704
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 486
BY REPRESENTATIVES HARRISON, ARNOLD, BALDONE, HENRY BURNS,
CARMODY, CARTER, ELLINGTON, GISCLAIR, HARDY, GARY SMITH,
PATRICIA SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, STIAES, TEMPLET, TUCKER, AND
WILLIAMS
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 using LA ePortal,12
or any other appropriate web-based student guidance system. The profile shall13
include but not be limited to the student's academic and personal goals, planning for14
college, exploring careers, participation in extracurricular activities, and other skills15
and interests. All information contained in the profile also shall be included in the16
student's individual graduation plan developed pursuant to R.S. 17:183.2 and 2925.17
The counselor shall involve the student and the student's parent or legal guardian in18
completing the student's profile and shall meet with the student and his parent or19 ENROLLEDHB NO. 486
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
legal guardian to review and revise the profile accordingly each year that the student1
is enrolled in the school.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: