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Board discusses 'responsive mental‑health counseling' language; staff to add legal citations and clarify protocols
Summary
Board members and district staff discussed how the policy phrase “responsive mental‑health counseling services” should be understood in practice and asked staff and legal counsel to add statutory citations and written protocols.
Board members raised concerns about a phrase in the district’s school counseling policy that says school counselors shall “provide responsive mental health counseling services to students.” Members and staff sought to clarify the scope of that wording and how parental notification and consent are handled.
District counsel and staff told the board that the wording in the policy echoes state board language (F.A.C. 6A‑5.09) and that the phrase is not unique to Clay County. Counseling specialists explained that school counselors are certified…
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