Education; provide pay increases, revise counseling ethical requirements, and reform school attendance law.

Summary

The bill increases the state minimum salary for teachers and assistant teachers, adds annual $2,000 supplements for special‑education teachers, occupational therapists and school psychologists, and creates a new salary schedule for school attendance officers. It also removes the requirement that counselors follow the ASCA code, directing the State Department of Education to set its own ethics regulations, and expands the attendance officer workforce and duties. These changes aim to improve educator compensation, clarify counseling standards, and strengthen attendance enforcement.

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