2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 391 - Personnel
NRS 391.293 - Duties, authority and supervision of school counselor.

1. A school counselor shall:

(a) Design and deliver a comprehensive program for school counseling that promotes achievement of pupils; and

(b) Devote not less than 80 percent of his or her time providing direct or indirect services to pupils.

2. A school counselor may, through consultation or collaboration with other educational personnel or by providing direct services:

(a) Analyze data concerning the academic, career, social and emotional development of pupils to identify issues, needs and challenges of pupils;

(b) Address needs relating to the academic, career, social and emotional development of all pupils;

(c) Advocate for equitable access to a rigorous education for all pupils and work to remove systemic barriers to such access;

(d) Deliver school counseling lessons through large-group, classroom, small-group and individual settings to promote pupil success;

(e) Provide to individual pupils services relating to academic planning and goal setting;

(f) Provide peer facilitation, crisis counseling and short-term counseling to pupils in individual and small-group settings;

(g) Provide referrals to a pupil and the parent or legal guardian of a pupil, as needed, for additional support services provided by the school or within the community;

(h) Participate on committees within the school and the school district, as appropriate; and

(i) Participate in planning for and implementing a response to a crisis at the school.

3. Each school counselor must be supervised by a licensed administrator.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3079)