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This bill aims to improve the number and quality of school psychologists in North Carolina. Key provisions include: 1. Providing salary supplements for school psychologists, including a $650 monthly supplement and an additional 12% supplement for those with a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) credential. 2. Establishing the School Psychologists Grant Program to provide grants to public school units to recruit school psychologists, with priority given to units without a full-time school psychologist. 3. Creating a school psychologist recruitment and retention coordinator position within the Department of Public Instruction to effectively recruit school psychologists to North Carolina. 4. Establishing a school psychologists internship program, providing stipends for interns and salary supplements for field supervisors. 5. Appropriating funds to Appalachian State University to host a virtual school psychology training program and to various UNC constituent institutions to support and expand their school psychology programs. The overall goal of this bill is to address the shortage of school psychologists in North Carolina and improve the mental health and well-being of students by increasing the availability and quality of these vital professionals.

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https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S448