Utah Admin. Code R277-462-6 - School Counselor to Student Ratios
(1) To qualify for funding described in
Section R277-462-4 an LEA shall have at
least one school counselor for every 350 students.
(2) For purposes of counting toward
fulfillment of this ratio, a school counselor shall be:
(a) a full-time equivalent within an LEA;
and
(b) Board certified and
licensed as a school counselor.
(3) An LEA may be considered compliant with
Subsection (1) if less than .25 school counselors would be needed for the LEA
to meet the required ratio.
(4) No
later than October 1 of each year an LEA shall certify to the Superintendent
the school counselor to student ratio.
(5) No later than May 1 from submitting the
LEA's certified ratio, an LEA that does not meet the required ratio in
Subsection (1) shall submit to the Board a plan outlining a reasonable timeline
and method for achieving compliance.
(6) If an LEA fails to fulfill the plan
described in Subsection (5), the LEA may be placed on a corrective action plan
described in Rule R277-114.
(7) If
an LEA fails to complete the corrective action plan described in Subsection
(6), the LEA shall be referred to the Board for further corrective action
including loss of distributed funds.
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