BILL NUMBER: AB 1338	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 49600 of the Education Code, relating to
educational counseling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1338, as introduced, Buchanan. Educational counseling.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district
to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all
pupils enrolled in the schools of the district.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 49600 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   49600.  (a) The governing board of  any   a
 school district may provide a comprehensive educational
counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the schools of the 
school  district. 
   For 
    (b)     For  purposes of this section,
"educational counseling" means specialized services provided by a
school counselor possessing a valid credential with a specialization
in pupil personnel services who is assigned specific times to
directly counsel  pupils. 
    (b)    Educational
  pupils. Educational  counseling shall include,
but  not be   is not  limited to, all of
the following:
   (1) Academic counseling, in which pupils receive counseling in the
following areas:
   (A) Establishment and implementation  ,  with parental
involvement  ,  of the pupil's immediate and long-range
educational plans.
   (B) Optimizing progress towards achievement of proficiency
standards.
   (C) Completion of the required curriculum in accordance with the
pupil's needs, abilities, interests, and aptitudes.
   (D) Academic planning for access and success in higher education
programs including advisement on courses needed for admission to
public colleges and universities, standarized admissions tests, and
financial aid.
   (2) Career and vocational counseling, in which pupils are assisted
in doing all of the following:
   (A) Planning for the future.
   (B) Becoming aware of their career potential.
   (C) Developing realistic perceptions of work.
   (D) Relating to the work world.
   (3) Personal and social counseling, in which pupils receive
counseling pertaining to interpersonal relationships for the purpose
of promoting the development of their academic abilities, careers and
vocations, personalities, and social skills.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
persons participating in an organized advisory program approved by
the governing board of a school district, and supervised by a school
district counselor, from advising pupils pursuant to the organized
advisory program.
   (d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the
contrary, any person who is performing these counseling services
pursuant to law authorizing the performance thereof in effect before
January 1, 1987, shall be authorized to continue to perform those
services on and after that date without compliance with the
additional requirements imposed by this section.