Section 3319.2213 - School counselor professional development in building trades(A) The state board of education shall enter into an agreement with a construction trade organization located in this state, such as affiliated construction trades (ACT) Ohio, or its successor organization, to develop a training program to educate school counselors about building and construction trades career pathways. A training program developed under this section shall be completed at a building and construction trades training facility and include information about both of the following:
(1) The pay and benefits available to people who work in the building and construction trades;(2) Job opportunities and available apprenticeships for boilermakers, electrical workers, bricklayers, insulators, laborers, iron workers, plumbers and pipefitters, roofers, plasterers and cement masons, sheet metal workers, painters and glazers, elevator constructors, operating engineers, carpenters, and teamsters.(B)(1) A licensed school counselor serving students in any of grades seven through twelve shall complete four hours of training developed under this section every five years. This training shall qualify toward meeting professional development activity requirements for the renewal of a pupil services license in school counseling. An individual who begins working with students in any of grades seven through twelve in the last two years of the individual's five-year renewal cycle shall complete this requirement during the following license renewal cycle.(2) Local professional development committees established under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall incorporate this training as part of the independent professional development programs for school counselors that serve students in any of grades seven through twelve.(C) Participating building and construction trades shall ensure ample opportunities for school counselors to complete the training prescribed under this section during each renewal cycle for licensure. Participating building and construction trades training facilities or the entity with which the state board enters into an agreement under this section shall bear all costs associated with this training.Added by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§101.01, eff. 10/3/2023.