Bill
Number: S.B. 1519
Mendez
#1 Floor Amendment
Reference
to: COMMERCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Committee
amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg. Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Establishes
the Counselors on Campus program at the Department of Education to support the
cost of placing counselors and social workers on school campuses for five
fiscal years.
2. Allows
school districts, districts schools and charter schools to submit program
proposals to participate in the program.
3. Directs
the department to administer the program and review program proposals and in
collaboration with the State Board of Education, select program participants.
4. Requires
the department to annually report on the effectiveness of the program on or
before November 1, of each year.
5. Instructs
the department to allocate monies in proportion to the total number of
applications received for the school safety program and the counselors on
campus program.
Page 27, between lines 21 and 22, insert:
"Sec. 9. Title
15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 15-249.12, to read:
START_STATUTE15-249.12. Counselors
on campus program; program proposals; distribution of monies; annual report; exemption;
program termination
A. THE
COUNSELORS ON CAMPUS PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TO SUPPORT THE COST OF PLACING COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ON SCHOOL
CAMPUSES. A SCHOOL DISTRICT, a SCHOOL operated by a school district OR a
CHARTER SCHOOL MAY submit a program PROPOSAL on or before April 15 of the
current fiscal year to the department TO apply to PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION FOR UP TO the next FIVE FISCAL years. THE PROGRAM
PROPOSAL SHALL CONTAIN both:
1. INFORMATION
ON THE SCHOOL's OR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S current COUNSELOR‑TO‑STUDENT
RATIO.
2. A
PLAN that describes HOW A COUNSELOR OR SOCIAL WORKER WOULD SERVE THE SCHOOL OR
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NEEDS.
B. THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADMINISTER THE counselors on campus PROGRAM. THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSESS THE NEEDS OF EACH PROGRAM PROPOSAL submitted pursuant
to subsection A of this section AND VISIT the applicable SCHOOL SITES IN ORDER
TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM PROPOSALS.
C. THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and the state board of education SHALL REVIEW program
proposals SUBMITTED AND SHALL SELECT for program participation school SITES TO
RECEIVE FUNDING pursuant to this section BASED ON the SCHOOL's OR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
COUNSELOR‑TO‑STUDENT RATIO AND OVERALL NEED for counselors or
social workers. THE DEPARTMENT, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL by
THE STATE BOARD, SHALL DISTRIBUTE MONIES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS THAT
comply WITH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS if the department and STATE BOARD have
approved the school district's or school's program proposal. THE department
and STATE BOARD SHALL REVIEW AND APPROVE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR UP TO AN
ADDITIONAL THREE FISCAL YEARS FROM PARTICIPATING SCHOOL districts and schools.
D. On
or before November 1, tHE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL submit an annual report
TO the governor, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE and THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES that evaluates the effectiveness of the counselors on campus
program and that includes SURVEY RESULTS FROM program PARTICIPANTS. The
department shall PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
E. MONIES
distributed to A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL pursuant to this section shall be
used to HIRe EITHER A COUNSELOR OR SOCIAL WORKER.
F. Any
appropriations made to the department of education for the purposes of this
section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to the
lapsing of appropriations. All monies that are not used during the fiscal year
for which the monies were appropriated revert to the department for
distribution in the following fiscal year.
G. The
program established by this section ends on July 1, 2028 pursuant to section 41‑3102." END_STATUTE
Renumber to
conform
Page 80,
line 21, after "officers" insert ", counselors and social workers; allocation"
Line 22,
before "The" insert "A."
Line 25,
after "act" insert ",and to allow school districts and charter
schools that participate in the counselors on campus program established by
section 15‑249.12, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to
hire counselors and social workers"
Page 80, between
lines 25 and 26, insert:
"B. A
school district or charter school may apply for distributions of monies
appropriated in subsection A of this section to hire a school resource officer
and a counselor or a social worker. The department of education
shall allocate the monies appropriated in subsection A of this section in
proportion to the total number of applications it receives for the school
safety program and the counselors on campus program, but the department may not
distribute monies to the same school district or charter school to hire both a
school resource officer and a counselor or social worker."
Amend title to conform