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NY S 447

in committee

Relates to requiring guidance counselors in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high and senior high school

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 447 pass?

Not yet. NY S 447 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO EDUCATION

What is NY S 447 about?

Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.

Who sponsors NY S 447?

Andrew Gounardes is the primary sponsor of NY S 447, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Requires at least one full-time guidance counselor to be employed in each elementary, intermediate, middle, junior and senior high school throughout the state; sets duties of guidance counselors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew Gounardesprimary
  • Jeremy Cooneycosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • Jessica Ramoscosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8169not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5699not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 831not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 273not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 706

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S447?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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