[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 19 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to S. Res. 27.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 27) designating the week of February 
     4 through 8, 2013, as ``National School Counseling Week.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, before I ask unanimous consent to pass this, 
I would just say it is extremely important this be brought to the 
attention of the Senate. Around the country we have about 1 school 
counselor for every 1,400 students. The Presiding Officer and I 
attended a number of meetings in the last couple days and that is the 
information we got there.
  That is terribly troubling, with all the problems we have with these 
boys and girls, to think they would have to win some kind of lottery 
before they could see a counselor. We know class sizes are too big, and 
we need to do something about that, but we truly should do something 
about mandating more counselors for our schools.
  I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the 
preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 27) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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