Tex. Education Code § 33.005
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 33.005, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 33.005. COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS.
Official statutory text
(a) A school counselor shall work with the school faculty and staff, students, parents, and the community to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program that conforms to the most recent edition of the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs developed by the Texas Counseling Association.
(b) The school counselor shall design the program to include:
(1) a guidance curriculum to help students develop their full educational potential, including the student's interests and career objectives;
(2) a responsive services component to intervene on behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or social development at risk;
(3) an individual planning system to guide a student as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own educational, career, personal, and social development; and
(4) system support to support the efforts of teachers, staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the educational, career, personal, and social development of students.
(b) The school counselor shall design the program to include:
(1) a guidance curriculum to help students develop their full educational potential, including the student's interests and career objectives;
(2) a responsive services component to intervene on behalf of any student whose immediate personal concerns or problems put the student's continued educational, career, personal, or social development at risk;
(3) an individual planning system to guide a student as the student plans, monitors, and manages the student's own educational, career, personal, and social development; and
(4) system support to support the efforts of teachers, staff, parents, and other members of the community in promoting the educational, career, personal, and social development of students.
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