Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1130 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 341
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1130
6	6	By Farmer
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9	9	HB1130
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
14	14	relative to school counselors.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1, is amended by
18	18	adding the following as a new section:
19	19	(a)
20	20	(1) Subject to appropriation, the department shall allocate to each LEA
21	21	sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one (1) full-time licensed professional
22	22	school counselor position at each high school in the LEA that enrolls at least six
23	23	hundred (600) students in grades ten through twelve (10-12).
24	24	(2) If an LEA employs one (1) or more part-time licensed professional
25	25	school counselors at a high school that enrolls at least six hundred (600)
26	26	students in grades ten through twelve (10-12), then the LEA may use any funds
27	27	received pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) to employ the part-time licensed
28	28	professional school counselor on a full-time basis. An LEA that converts a part-
29	29	time licensed professional school counselor position to a full-time position
30	30	pursuant to this subdivision (a)(2) satisfies the requirement in subsection (b).
31	31	(3) If an LEA employs one (1) full-time licensed professional school
32	32	counselor for every two hundred fifty (250) student members of the LEA, then the
33	33	LEA may use any funds received pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) to supplant the
34	34	cost to the LEA of employing the number of full-time licensed professional school
35	35	counselors required to meet the specified ratio.
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40	40	(b) Each LEA shall employ one (1) full-time licensed professional school
41	41	counselor at each high school for which the LEA receives funding pursuant to this
42	42	section. This subsection (b) does not require an LEA that employs one (1) full-time
43	43	licensed professional school counselor position for every two hundred fifty (250) student
44	44	members of the LEA to employ any additional full-time licensed professional school
45	45	counselor positions beyond the number required for the LEA to meet the specified ratio.
46	46	(c) The funds allocated to an LEA pursuant to this section are in addition to the
47	47	funds allocated to the LEA for purposes of the TISA.
48	48	(d)
49	49	(1) The state board may promulgate rules, in consultation with the
50	50	department, to establish the roles and responsibilities required of a full-time
51	51	licensed professional school counselor whose position is funded pursuant to this
52	52	section that exceed those required of school counselors in § 49-6-303.
53	53	(2) The state board shall promulgate rules, in consultation with the
54	54	department, to establish the amount of time each full-time licensed professional
55	55	school counselor whose position is funded pursuant to this section must dedicate
56	56	to providing high school students the preventative and developmental counseling
57	57	services required in § 49-6-303(b), one (1) or more of the counseling and
58	58	guidance services listed in § 49-5-302(b), and any of the services required to
59	59	comply with any additional roles and responsibilities established by the state
60	60	board pursuant to subdivision (d)(1); provided, that each full-time licensed
61	61	professional school counselor must dedicate at least seventy percent (70%) of
62	62	the counselor's time to working directly with high school students.
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67	67	SECTION 2. This act is not an appropriation of funds, and funds shall not be obligated
68	68	or expended pursuant to this act unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general
69	69	assembly.
70	70	SECTION 3. For purposes of promulgating rules, this act takes effect upon becoming a
71	71	law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act takes effect July 1, 2025, the
72	72	public welfare requiring it, and applies to the 2025-2026 school year and each school year
73	73	thereafter.