Superintendent Chris Brewster said the decision was made on the advice of attorneys and with the support of many parents who send their children to the Oklahoma
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To help Oklahoma schools meet the needs of children in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oklahoma State Department of Education is awarding grants to 181 school districts across the state, including local schools in western Oklahoma, to hire school counselors and school-based mental health professionals. OSDE is using $35.7 million in federal relief to fund the grant program called the Oklahoma School Counselor Corps.
According to a press release from the OSDE, Oklahoma’s current student-to-school counselor ratio is 411-to-1, but the American School Counselor Association recommends a ratio of 250-to-1.
Districts applied for Oklahoma School Counselor Corps grants to fund approximately 50% of the cost of the salary and benefits of qualified positions. In the application, districts were able to specify exact needs for school counselors, licensed school-based mental health professionals, social workers, recreational therapists and/or contract for eli
More than $35 million in funding will be going to school districts across the state.
The Oklahoma School Counselor Corps will focus on the mental health of students. The Oklahoma State Department of Education will be using $35.7 million dollars in federal relief money to fund the Oklahoma School Counselor Corps.
“We will be studying the impact of the pandemic for years to come, says state superintendent Joy Hofmeister.
The grant was given to 181 school districts across the state to hire counselors and other mental health professionals. State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister says something like this is needed even more because of the pandemic.
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