Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting the following:-
“Each public school district shall develop and implement a comprehensive school counseling program that adheres to the Massachusetts Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs and ensures all pre-K to grade twelve (12) students will receive school counseling services from licensed school counselors. In accordance with the Model, each school counselor is to spend at least eighty percent (80%) of that school counselor’s time providing direct or indirect services to students. To maintain equity in student access to a school counselor, each district shall provide one (1) school counselor for a maximum of two hundred fifty (250) students, the nationally recommended average.”
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