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School Counseling Week in Texas was Feb 1-5!
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February 12, 2016 |
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LIMITED TIME to Comment: Proposed LPC Rules in TX
Deadline is THIS SUNDAY, 2/14
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New TEA Commissioner Applauds School Counselors
Morath Sends Support During National School Counseling Week
Mike Morath was recently appointed by Governor Abbott to serve as the Texas Education Commissioner. A former trustee with the Dallas Independent School District, Morath will oversee the Texas Education Agency and the more than 1,200 school districts and charter schools in the state. On Friday last week, Commissioner Morath issued a statement to school counselors across Texas thanking them for their hard work. In his letter, the commissioner recognized the dedication of Texas school counselors, and thanked the counseling community for their hard work, enthusiasm, and passion to help Texas students succeed. Read the commissioner's full letter. Read the proclamation by Governor Abbott declaring February 1-5, 2016 as School Counseling Week in Texas.
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TCA Member Interviewed by Austin's KXAN News on 2/11
Talks About the Importance of School Counselors in Texas
Some Texas High School students who need help dealing with life's problems aren't getting it because of a lack of trained school counselors. Watch TCA Public Policy and Advocacy Committee Member, Nancy Miloy, explain the shortage to Austin's KXAN News on behalf of the Texas Counseling Association. Miloy says there should be 1 school counselor per 250 students, but some areas in Texas have no school counselors whatsoever. Some Austin campuses have one school counselor for 750 students. House Bill 18 calls for assisting students with college and career readiness, something Miloy says counselors are especially trained to assist with and implement. Watch the full interview.
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Attn: School Counselors! Join Legislative Conversations
Help Advance School Counseling in Texas
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Nominations are Open for Student Heroes Program
Deadline is March 11, 2016
The State Board of Education (SBOE) is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Student Heroes Award. The Student Heroes awards program recognizes Texas public school students in prekindergarten through high school who do outstanding things to benefit their fellow Texas students. Nominations are urged for students who are shining examples of good character and citizenship for their communities. One student per each of the 15 State Board of Education districts will be recognized for this annual honor. Anyone may nominate a public school student for the award. Award requirements include:
1) The service or good deed must be voluntary and not part of any curriculum, graduation requirements or class or community project, 2) it must benefit other students in Texas, either individually or as a whole, and 3) the benefit may be to students of one campus, a district or a community. Recipients of the Student Heroes awards will be announced in May. The deadline for nominations is March 11, 2016. Complete details and n
omination forms are available on
TEA's Student Heroes Webpage
. For more information, email
heroes@tea.texas.gov.
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Provider Re-enrollment Deadline Extension
NEW Deadline is September 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the previous March 24, 2016 deadline for Medicaid Provider Re-enrollment has been extended to Sept. 25, 2016. If you plan to continue to accept Medicaid after September 2016 you MUST start the re-enrollment process NOW or risk being excluded from the Medicaid provider list. Re-enrollment is lengthy and it will take time for the state to process your paperwork. The deadline extension gives states additional time to ensure providers comply with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirements. Texas Medicaid encourages all providers who have not yet submitted a re-enrollment application to begin this process immediately to avoid potential payment disruptions. Help ensure the most vulnerable people in our communities have access to the important services you provide. For additional information check-out the re-enrollment FAQs as well as the Quick Start Reference Guide. This process applies only to current Medicaid providers and is required by the federal government. First time applicants to become a Medicaid provider should follow the normal application process.
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Call for Programs is Open! 60th Annual Professional Growth Conference
Submission Deadline is April 11, 2016
TCA is now accepting program proposals for our largest annual conference, the Professional Growth Conference. Join us as we celebrate TCA's 60th conference! This premiere professional development event attracts more than 2,000 professional counselors and features a diverse selection of 150+ programs. Persons in all areas of the counseling profession are invited to submit a proposal. Conference program lengths include 1.5 hour, 3.0 hour, Poster Displays, Learning Institute 6.5 hour, and Post-Conference programs. Students presenting must have a college professor as a co-presenter. All presenters must be members of TCA and register for the conference by July 1, 2016 unless they reside outside Texas or are not mental health professionals. Visit www.txca.org/CFP to submit your program proposals.
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