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| You can help advance school counseling in Florida right now ...
Senate Bill 902
has been been filed! The purpose of this bill is to ensure that public
school students in this state have access to high-quality,
evidence-based school counseling programs. The bill establishes a Blue
Ribbon Panel Task Force that will study the impact school
counselors have on the classroom, and this bill supports a grant program
to help schools hire additional counselors. The purpose of the task
force is to study whether there is a demonstrable relationship between
expanding counseling resources in public schools
and early detection of mental health issues in students, improved
academic performance and student attendance, higher graduation rates,
and decreased behavioral disruptions on the part of students. The Blue
Ribbon Panel will also be tasked with making recommendations
for the Florida's School Counseling and Guidance Framework.
How You can Help.
The time is now to contact your Representatives
and Senators
and let them know that, as their elected officials, you expect them to
look
out for the new bill when it is introduced and that they should support
it. Let them know about how important school counseling is to student
success, graduation rates, school safety, and Florida's economic
future.
Download this handout on Effective
ways to Communicate with your Legislators.
Take a couple of minutes to thank Senator Detert for her unwavering support and sponsorship of this bill. Her
contact info is here.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Help advocate for School Counselors
Parents, Grandparents, Teachers, and Community Members,
This email was sent from Florida School Counselor Association to jenkinsb@duvalschools.org.
