Put School Counselors Where They’re Needed Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3567 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3567 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2025 Ms. Sanchez (for herself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Smith of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act''. SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR ADDITIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS. Part D of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6421 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Subpart 4--Demonstration Project for Additional Secondary School Counselors ``SEC. 1441. FINDINGS. ``The Congress finds the following: ``(1) Nationally, only 86.5 percent of students graduate from high school with a regular high school diploma. ``(2) Every school year, around 520,000 American high school students drop out without earning a high school diploma or an alternative credential. ``(3) Only about 71 percent of American students with limited English proficiency graduated on time from high school. ``(4) Only about 80 percent of Black s