Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must employ a sufficient number of school nurses to address the needs of the school district's students, but no less than a student-to-nurse ratio of 750 to 1. Provides that consideration for school nurse staffing should include the complex health needs of students, needs for continuous professional nursing services, the number of free and reduced lunch students in a school building, and the average number of medical emergencies at a school per year. Provides that a school district must employ a sufficient number of school psychologists to address the needs of the school district's students and schools, but no less than a student-to-social worker ratio of 500 to 1. Effective June 30, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2238 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Meg Loughran Cappel [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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