GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1826

Short Title:  School Counselors/Legislative Study.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Insko; Earle and Luebke.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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May 30, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO  STUDY ISSUES RELATED TO COUNSELORS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE STUDY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the issues related to counselors in the public schools. In the course of the study, the Committee shall consider:
(1)	Whether the counselor-student ratio should be reduced from 1:450 to 1:250 and the cost of implementing this reduction;
(2)	Whether counselors should be paid on the school psychologist salary schedule and the cost of implementing this salary increase; and
(3)	Other issues related to counselors in the public schools.
The Committee shall report the results of its study to the 2001 General Assembly.
Section 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year for the study established in Section 1 of this act.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.