Texas Education Code

§ 33.006 — SCHOOL COUNSELORS; GENERAL DUTIES

ED § 33.006Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Art. A. SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS

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(a)The primary responsibility of a school counselor is to counsel students to fully develop each student's academic, career, personal, and social abilities.

(b)In addition to a school counselor's responsibility under Subsection (a), the school counselor shall:

(1)participate in planning, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive developmental guidance program to serve all students and to address the special needs of students:

(A)who are at risk of dropping out of school, becoming substance abusers, participating in gang activity, or committing suicide;

(B)who are in need of modified instructional strategies; or

(C)who are gifted and talented, with emphasis on identifying and serving gifted and talented students who are educationally disadvantaged;

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 443 (S.B. 715), Sec. 30, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 443 (S.B. 715), Sec. 31, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 179), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 938 (S.B. 179), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.