Section 115C-316.1 - Duties of school counselors(a) School counselors shall implement a comprehensive developmental school counseling program in their schools. Counselors shall spend at least eighty percent (80%) of their work time providing direct services to students. Direct services shall consist of: (1) Delivering the school guidance curriculum through large group guidance, interdisciplinary curriculum development, group activities, and parent workshops.(2) Guiding individual student planning through individual or small group assistance and individual or small group advisement.(3) Providing responsive services through consultation with students, families, and staff; individual and small group counseling; crisis counseling; referrals; and peer facilitation.(4) Performing other student services listed in the Department of Public Instruction school counselor job description that has been approved by the State Board of Education.(b) School counselors shall not assist with the coordination or administration of standardized testing.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-316.1
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 7.27-e, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 78,s. 3-b, eff. 7/7/2023 , applicable beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Section 3(c) provides: Local boards of education are encouraged to establish peer-to-peer support groups, as identified in G.S. 115C-47(68) and G.S. 115C-316.1(a), as amended by this act, by the 2023-2024 school year and shall establish peer-to-peer support groups by the 2024-2025 school year..Amended by 2014 N.C. Sess. Laws 100, s. 8.33-a, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360, s. 8.35-a, eff. 7/1/2013.