No. CS/CS/HB 753
Filed under Education.
School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCertified school counselors are now exempt from two specific state educator certification requirements when seeking employment. This removes a mandatory barrier to hiring for this profession.
School districts retain the authority to require these certifications as a condition of employment. This allows local boards to maintain their own hiring standards despite the state-level exemption.
Evaluation criteria for certified school counselors must now be based on the Florida School Counseling Standards. This replaces the previous general educator standards for this specific role.
AIRequires that annual evaluation criteria for certified school counselors be based on the Florida School Counseling Standards, rather than the general educator practices used for other staff.
AIRemoves the requirement for persons seeking employment as school counselors to hold the specific educator certifications listed in s. 1012.56(2)(g) and (i).
AIPermits school districts to require a certified school counselor to satisfy the previously exempted certification requirements as a condition of employment.
AIRequires that evaluation criteria for instructional personnel who are not classroom teachers or certified school counselors be based on Florida Educator Accomplished Practices and may include student support expectations.