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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    10-22.24a and adding Section 10-22.24b.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 22.24a and adding Section 22.24b as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
 8        Sec.  10-22.24a.   School  counselor.  To  employ  school
 9    counselors   certified   as   such   by   the  State  Teacher
10    Certification  Board,  and  to  supervise  school   counselor
11    interns  enrolled  in a school counseling program approved by
12    the State Teacher Certification Board.  A school counselor is
13    a qualified guidance specialist who holds or is qualified for
14    an elementary, secondary, or special K-12 certificate  issued
15    by the State Teacher Certification Board and a School Service
16    Personnel  certificate  endorsed  in  guidance  issued by the
17    State Teacher  Certification  Board.   Individuals  who  have
18    completed  approved  programs in other states may apply for a
19    School Service Personnel certificate endorsed in guidance  if
20    a  review  of  their  credentials indicates that they hold or
21    qualify  for  an  elementary,   high   school,   or   special
22    certificate in their own state.
23    (Source: P.A. 82-998.)

24        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24b new)
25        Sec.   10-22.24b.  School  counseling  services.   School
26    counseling services in the public schools may be provided  by
27    school  counselors  as  defined in Section 10-22.24a.  School
28    counseling services include but  are  not  limited  to:   (1)
29    educational  planning; (2) career development and counseling;
30    (3)  college  counseling;  (4)  developing  and  facilitating
 
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 1    anti-violence education or conflict resolution  programs,  or
 2    both;  (5)  providing crisis intervention programs within the
 3    school setting; (6) making appropriate referrals  to  outside
 4    agencies;   (7)   interpreting   achievement,   career,   and
 5    vocational test information; (8) developing individual career
 6    plans  for  all  students; (9) providing individual and small
 7    group counseling; (10) addressing the developmental needs  of
 8    students  by designing curricula for classroom counseling and
 9    guidance; (11) consulting and counseling with parents for the
10    academic, career, and personal  success  of  their  children;
11    (12)  facilitating  school  to  work transition programs; and
12    (13) supervising school counseling interns enrolled in school
13    counseling programs that meet  the  standards  of  the  State
14    Board  of Education.  Nothing in this Section prohibits other
15    qualified professionals, including other certificated  school
16    personnel,  from  providing  those  services  listed  in this
17    Section.

18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.

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