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The House Education Committee advanced SB26-153, which would set a 48-credit-hour minimum plus a master's degree for a school counselor license after the State Board of Education eliminated the credit requirement in February — sending it to the floor over a lone dissent.
Key Actions
·Licensed School Counselor Credit Hour RequirementsPassed
Notable Quotes
“We definitely heard about the shortage of folks in this role, but we don't want to confuse quality for quantity here.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (12)Jennifer Bacon, Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Anthony Hartsook, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens
No (1)Ron Weinberg
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Will come to order. Mr. Beck, please call the roll. Representative Bacon? Here. Bradfield Flinell. Here. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist? Here. Hamrick? Here. Hartsuk? Yep. Phillips? Yes. Stuart K. Here. Story? Excused. Weinberg. He subbed on for. Okay. Martinez? Excused. Madam Chair? Here. Okay. We will be hearing Senate Bill 153 and a bill's sponsor is here. And I'm stating for the record that Rep. Story is also here. AML Bacon, tell us about Senate Bill 153. Thank you. Members. Today we're going to hear a bill brought forward by actual practitioners. Ultimately, here in Colorado we faced a situation where, where the State Board of Education eliminated a certain portion of requirements that are needed in order to earn your school counseling license. Ultimately, In February of 2026, the state board of Ed changed the licensing rules for school counselors by eliminating the amount of credit hours that you need to be able to qualify for the license. If anybody in here is familiar with with getting an educator license or any other special services licenses, you know, you hear of these terms SSPs and whatnot. The state particularly CDE is the licensing authority for those who want to work…
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