Legislative record

SB 61STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

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. 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.

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Action history

  1. 7/21/2026Continued from last session
  2. 2/10/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. 2/4/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB61)
  4. 1/29/2026Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
  5. 1/15/2026Assigned Education sub: Public Education
  6. 12/9/2025Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101297D
  7. 12/9/2025Referred to Committee on Education and Health