BP 6164.2
Instruction
Guidance/Counseling
Services
The Governing Board
recognizes that a comprehensive counseling program can help promote academic
and career technical achievement and serve the diverse needs of district
students. Students shall be encouraged
to arrange a meeting with counseling staff to discuss academic, career
technical, social or personal problems, and other issues that may impact
student learning.
Academic and
Career Counseling
The district's academic
counseling program shall help students establish immediate
and long-range educational plans, achieve academic standards, prepare
for the high school exit examination, and complete the required curriculum in
accordance with their individual needs, abilities, and interests. Insofar
as possible, parents/guardians shall be included when making educational plans.
Counseling staff shall help
students plan for the future and become aware of their career potential. Academic planning for higher education shall
include information about courses needed for admission to colleges and
universities, standardized admission tests, financial aid, and scholarships.
Colleges and prospective
employers, including military recruiters, shall not have access to students for
recruiting purposes. (10 USC 503;
Education Code 49603)
Personal Counseling
Counseling staff shall
identify and work with students whose personal problems may prevent them from
functioning up to their potential. As appropriate, students shall be informed
about agencies that offer qualified professional assistance with substance
abuse, physical or emotional problems, or other personal problems.
Counselors shall respect
student confidentiality as appropriate and shall consult with the
Superintendent or designee or with the district's legal counsel whenever unsure
of how to respond to a student's personal problem. Parent/guardian consultation and consent
shall be obtained as appropriate.
Crisis Counseling
The Board recognizes the need
for a prompt and effective response when students are confronted with a
traumatic incident. School counselors
shall be informed of the comprehensive school safety plan, emergency and
disaster preparedness plan, and other prevention and
intervention practices designed to assist students before and after a crisis.
In addition, the
Superintendent or designee shall identify crisis counseling resources to train
district staff in appropriate response techniques and/or to directly help students
cope with such crises if they occur.
Early identification and
intervention plans shall be developed to help identify those students who may
be at risk for violence so that support may be provided before they engage in
violent or disruptive behavior.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
221.5
Prohibited
sex discrimination
41505-41508
Pupil Retention Block Grant
48431
Establishing
and maintaining high school guidance and placement program
49600-49604 Educational counseling
51513
Personal beliefs
REPEALED EDUCATION CODE FOR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS
PENAL CODE
11166-11170 Reporting known or suspected cases of
child abuse
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
4930-4931 Counseling
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 10
503 Military
recruiter access to directory information
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
1232g Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
7908 Armed forces recruiter access to
students and student recruiting information
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34
99.1-99.67 Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Adopted:
Revised: