Section 44046 Of Article 2. Rights And Duties From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
44046
. (a) The governing board of a small school district, which
does not employ persons charged with school-community duties of
counseling students and parents or guardians in their homes, may
contract with any qualified social service agency or organization to
secure the services, on a part-time or full-time basis, of qualified
social workers as counselors in schools and in the homes of pupils.
The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations for
the implementation of this section, but such social workers shall not
be required to hold credentials or certification documents otherwise
required under this code for service in the public schools.
(b) Social workers authorized to serve under this section, as well
as credentialed school social workers in districts other than small
school districts, may perform, but are not limited to, the
performance of the following service to children, parents, school
personnel, and community agencies:
(1) Group and individual counseling and casework with parents and
children relating to learning and adjustment problems of children,
including parent education.
(2) Liaison with community resources offering services to
schoolchildren and their families.
(3) Consultation with parents and others in crisis situations,
such as truancy, drug abuse, suicide threats, assaults, and child
abuse.
(4) Assessment of social and behavioral disabilities affecting
learning, including but not limited to case study evaluation,
recommendations for remediation or placement, and periodic
reevaluation.
(5) Participation in and coordination of staff development
programs for professional, paraprofessional, and classified school
staff and supervision of pupil personnel services workers.
(6) Coordination of social service and mental health components of
children's centers and other early childhood development programs in
the public schools.
(7) Consultation and collaboration with school personnel to
promote a school environment responsive to the needs of children and
the planning of educational programs which will prepare children to
function in a culturally diversified society.
(c) As used in this section "small school district" means any of
the following school districts:
(1) A unified school district having an average daily attendance
of less than 1,501.
(2) A high school district having an average daily attendance of
less than 301.
(3) An elementary school district having an average daily
attendance of less than 901.