Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Florida School Counselor Association Advocacy Committee members in Tallahassee today

Florida School Counselor Association Advocacy Committee members in Tallahassee today working for you!

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

You can help advance school counseling in Florida right now ...


February 12, 2014
 
You can help advance school counseling in Florida right now ...
Senate Bill 902 has been been filed! The purpose of this bill is to ensure that public school students in this state have access to high-quality, evidence-based school counseling programs. The bill establishes a Blue Ribbon Panel Task Force that will study the impact school counselors have on the classroom, and this bill supports a grant program to help schools hire additional counselors. The purpose of the task force is to study whether there is a demonstrable relationship between expanding counseling resources in public schools and early detection of mental health issues in students, improved academic performance and student attendance, higher graduation rates, and decreased behavioral disruptions on the part of students. The Blue Ribbon Panel will also be tasked with making recommendations for the Florida's School Counseling and Guidance Framework.

How You can Help.
The time is now to contact your Representatives and Senators and let them know that, as their elected officials, you expect them to look out for the new bill when it is introduced and that they should support it. Let them know about how important school counseling is to student success, graduation rates, school safety, and Florida's economic future. 
Download this handout on Effective ways to Communicate with your Legislators.
Take a couple of minutes to thank Senator Detert for her unwavering support and sponsorship of this bill. Her contact info is here.

Advocacy is very expensive. If you are currently a FSCA member, we thank you for your support, this work could not happen without you. However, we can do more. If you are receiving this and are not a current member, please enroll now. One hundred percent (100%) of member dues funds our mission and goals, a large part of which is advocacy. Click here to renew a membership or here to enroll as a new member. Also, we hope to see you at the 2014 Convention where we will have presentations about advocacy and, of course, much more.

Updated FSCA Advocacy Platform. FSCA maintains an Advocacy platform, take a few minutes to have a look.
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