Outline of the state of Rhode Island
State
Rhode Island
Required

Category
School Counseling Secondary Grade Levels—9-12

Category
School Counseling Secondary Grade Levels—9-12

State law requires the provision of school counseling or guidance services in secondary grade levels (9-12).

200-RICR-20-10-1.3.1 Academic Supports and Intervention

C. Personalized Learning Environment

    1. Each LEA shall ensure that schools will implement strategies for creating personalized environments to optimize learning. Each LEA shall:
  • a. Establish PK-12 protocols for communication and record sharing that will facilitate successful transition from grade to grade, school to school, district to district, and high school to postsecondary opportunities;
  • b. Establish structures by which every student is assigned a responsible adult, in addition to a school counselor (where applicable), who is knowledgeable about that student's academic, career, and social and personal goals; and
  • c. Establish protocols for the development, implementation and student-based monitoring of Individual Learning Plans.

D. Comprehensive Guidance.

    1. Each LEA shall establish and maintain a Comprehensive School Counseling Guidance (CSC) Program, including guidance and counseling services, available to all students in grades K-12. Each LEA shall ensure that the CSC Guidance program shall:
  • a. Be developed and delivered in accordance with the Rhode Island Framework for Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Programs;
  • b. Support each student in meeting the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Standard in the academic, career, and personal and social domains;
  • c. Be a coordinated effort among the professional counseling staff and the rest of the educational community; and
  • d. Include services to be provided to students at each developmental stage and specify how the services will be provided to all students.
Policy Type
Regulation

The Rhode Island Framework for Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Programs

This framework lays out Rhode Island’s commitment to school counseling and proivdes resources on how to promote comprehensive, developmental K-12 school counseling programs that create opportunities for all students.

Policy Type
Non-codified