07-R 067

2007 -- S 0355

Enacted 02/13/07

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 5-9, 2007 AS "SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Introduced By: Senator Stephen D. Alves

Date Introduced: February 13, 2007

     WHEREAS, School counselors are employed in public and private schools to help

students reach their full potential; and

     WHEREAS, School counselors are actively committed to helping students explore their

abilities, strengths, interests and talents as these traits relate to career awareness and development;

and

     WHEREAS, School counselors help parents focus on ways to further the educational,

personal and social growth of their children; and

     WHEREAS, School counselors work with teachers and other educators to help students

explore their potential and set realistic goals for themselves; and

     WHEREAS, School counselors seek to identify and utilize community resources that can

enhance and compliment comprehensive school programs and help students become productive

members of society; and

     WHEREAS, Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs are considered

an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school;

and

     WHEREAS, In Rhode Island, the Board of Regents for the Rhode Island Department of

Elementary and Secondary Education has endorsed the "RI Framework for Comprehensive K-12

School Counseling Programs." These guidelines will help Rhode Island's school districts develop

pro-active school counseling programs that will support the academic, career, and personal-social

needs of all students; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby proclaims February 5-9, 2007 to be "School Counseling Week" in the state of Rhode

Island. We urge the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and all the citizens of

Rhode Island to continue to appreciate, promote and advocate for school counseling, and the

myriad of benefits counseling bestows on the children of our state; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of Elementary and

Secondary Education and the State of Rhode Island Counselor Association.

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