Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-462 - School Counseling Program
Section R277-462-6 - School Counselor to Student Ratios
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(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:
(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 June 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 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.