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Existing law requires a public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, to employ a school counselor on a full-time basis and provide for a comprehensive program for school counseling developed by a school counselor only to the extent that money is available for that purpose. (NRS 388.055) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the provision which makes these requirements contingent upon the availability of money for that purpose, thereby requiring each public school to employ a school counselor on a full-time basis and provide for a comprehensive program for school counseling developed by a school counselor. To conform with the change in section 1 requiring each public school to employ a school counselor on a full-time basis, sections 2 and 3 of this bill eliminate language which makes the appointment of certain persons, including a school counselor, school psychologist or social worker, to teams involved in the provision of a safe and respectful learning environment at a school contingent upon the school employing such a person on a full-time basis. Close digest Existing law requires a public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, to employ a school counselor on a full-time basis and provide for a comprehensive program for school counseling developed by a school counselor only to the extent that money is available for that purpose. (NRS 388.055) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the provision which makes these requirements contingent upon the av

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