2411 - GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

The Board requires that a planned program of guidance and counseling be an integral part of the educational program of the schools. Such a program must be found in the District's Comprehensive School Counselor Plan and may:

1. assist students in achieving their optimum growth;

2. enable students to obtain maximum benefit from the offerings of the instructional program of the schools;

3. aid students in identifying options and making choices in vocational and academic planning;

4. help integrate all the students’ experiences so that they can better relate school activity to life outside the school;

5. help students learn to make their own decisions and solve problems independently.

A program of guidance and/or counseling shall be offered to all students and shall:

1. be limited to the services of a professional guidance staff who have fully met State Department of Education certification requirements or are in a program that will meet those requirements;

2. include the services of other district and school staff members, as well as appropriate members of the community.

The Superintendent is directed to implement the adopted counseling and guidance program which carries out these purposes and:

1. involves appropriate staff members at every level;

2. honors the individuality of each student;

3. is integrated with the total educational program;

4. is coordinated with available resources of the community;

5. provides means for such sharing of information among such appropriate staff members as may be in the best interests of the student;

6. is available equally to all students;

7. establishes a referral system which utilizes all the aid the schools and community offer, guards the privacy of the student, and monitors the effectiveness of such referrals.

The Superintendent shall develop and update as needed administrative procedures to implement this policy.

Reviewed 4/25/23
Revised 4/22/25

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