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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 381 

Designating the week of February 1 through February 5, 2010, as ‘‘National 

School Counseling Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 18, 2009 

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JANUARY 22, 2010 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of February 1 through February 5, 

2010, as ‘‘National School Counseling Week’’. 

Whereas the American School Counselor Association has declared the week of February 1 through February 5, 

2010, as ‘‘National School Counseling Week’’; 

Whereas the Senate has recognized the importance of school 

counseling through the inclusion of elementary and secondary school counseling programs in the reauthorization 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

Whereas school counselors have long advocated that the education system of the United States must leave no child 

behind and must provide opportunities for every student; 

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Whereas personal and social growth results in increased academic achievement; 

Whereas school counselors help develop well-rounded students 

by guiding the students through their academic, personal, 

social, and career development; 

Whereas school counselors have been instrumental in helping 

students, teachers, and parents deal with the trauma that 

was inflicted upon them by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and 

Wilma, and other recent natural disasters; 

Whereas students face a myriad of challenges every day, including peer pressure, depression, the deployment of family members to serve in conflicts overseas, and school violence; 

Whereas school counselors are usually the only professionals 

in a school building who are trained in both education 

and mental health matters; 

Whereas the roles and responsibilities of school counselors are 

often misunderstood, and the school counselor position is 

often among the first to be eliminated in order to meet 

budgetary constraints; 

Whereas the national average ratio of students to school 

counselors of 475-to-1 is almost twice the 250-to-1 ratio 

recommended by the American School Counselor Association, the American Counseling Association, the American 

Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and other organizations; and 

Whereas the celebration of National School Counseling Week 

would increase awareness of the important and necessary 

role school counselors play in the lives of students in the 

United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

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1 (1) designates the week of February 1 through 

2 February 5, 2010, as ‘‘National School Counseling 

3 Week’’; and 

4 (2) encourages the people of the United States 

5 to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies and 

6 activities that promote awareness of the role school 

7 counselors perform in the school and the community 

8 at large in preparing students for fulfilling lives as 

9 contributing members of society. 

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