Lawmakers told school guidance counselor reforms needed to ‘finally bring Pennsylvania into the 21st century’
January 19, 2024
Please Note: The PA Principals Association participated in this meeting. Dr. Harrison Bailey III, principal at Liberty High School in the Bethlehem Area School District, was part of a panel who presented testimony to the House Education Committee on issues related to student mental health needs.
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During a legislative committee meeting in the Capitol Wednesday, counselor Adam Oldham said the use of school counselors is far less effective than in other states and a new law is needed that would “finally bring Pennsylvania into the 21st century.”
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Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 18, 2024.