SENATE BILL 348
By Campbell HOUSE BILL 364
By Love AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to school counselors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) The TISA shall fund one (1) full-time licensed professional school counselor position for every two hundred fifty (250) student members of the LEA or one (1) full-time position for each LEA and public charter school within the LEA, whichever is greater.
(b) Each LEA and public charter school shall employ a licensed professional school counselor for each position funded pursuant to subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2023, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to the 2023-2024 school year and each school year thereafter.
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