FYI Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S Associate Professor Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education 205 McCracken Hall Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 Phone: 740-593-0846 E-mail: leinbaug at ohio.edu Show, by your actions, that you choose peace over war, freedom over oppression, voice over silence, service over self-interest, respect over advantage, cooperation over competition, action over passivity, diversity over uniformity, and justice over all. _____ From: owner-OHCOUNSED at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto: owner-OHCOUNSED at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu ] On Behalf Of jprotivnak at yahoo.com Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:25 PM To: OCA Listserv Subject: Victory for Counselors in Ohio - School Counselor Ratios / Definition OCA Members, School Counselors in Ohio had a significant victory on Friday, July 17th. The Ohio General Assembly adopted the Governor's evidenced-based model of school funding/reform and the Governor signed the bill into law. The bill established a formula for school districts to follow; which included a school counselor to student ratio of 1 to 250 for grades 6 - 12 beginning in 2012. This is the first ratio for school counselors, since the early 1980's. In addition, counselors have been advocating for a definition of the role of a school counselor in the law, and this bill also provides a definition for school counselors. If you would like to see the actual copy of the bill, click on http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_1 (pg. 1065) Definition of a School Counselor (pg. 1088) 1:250 School Counselor to Student Ratio Be sure to congratulate the work done by counselors across the state, in particular the work by the Ohio School Counselor Association and by the Towner Policy Group, as well as the counselors, students, and counselor educators who sent letters, met with their representatives, and traveled to Columbus to provide testimony. This is truly a significant accomplishment for counseling in Ohio! Sincerely, Jake J. Protivnak, Ph.D. Ohio Counseling Association - President Jake J. Protivnak, Ph.D., PCC-S, LSC Counseling Program Coordinator / Assistant Professor Dept of Counseling & Special Ed. Youngstown State University One University Plaza Youngstown, OH 44555-0001 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/counselor_educ/attachments/20090720/4e53794a/attachment.html
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