Virginia Senate Bill 786

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-16 - Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Pending: Senate Education: Public Education Committee
Hearing: Jan 16 @ 7:00 pm in Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program established; incorporation into National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund. Establishes the Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program and incorporates such program into the existing National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program, collectively referred to as the Programs. The bill also renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program Fund as the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program Fund (the Fund) and expands the purpose for which disbursements may be made from the Fund to include the award of incentive grants to school psychologists obtaining national certification from the National Association of School Psychologists consisting of an initial state-funded award of $5,000 and a subsequent award of $2,500 each year for the life of the certificate.

Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established.

Sen. Tammy Brankley Mulchi [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-16	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2025-01-13	Senate	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB786)
2024-12-27	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-12-27	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102338D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB786
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB786/text/SB786
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019805.PDF