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PA HB2107

PA HB2107
Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; providing for form of compact; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Compact.


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Introduced
12/18/2025
In Committee
12/18/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; providing for form of compact; and imposing additional powers and duties on the Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Compact.

AI Summary

This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists, a comprehensive agreement designed to facilitate the interstate practicerocof by creating a streamlined licensing process. The compact establishes a framework for help allows school psychoneologists equivalent professional licenses across member states, states, with the primary goals of addressing workforce shortages, improving public accessibility to school services, and ensuring that only qualified professionals provide these services. educational and compact a-overseing the compact a unified set of professionalificationsn standards, including requiring a qualifying national exam, minimum education standards education program, and a supervised internship. The compact allows for easier license portability for school psychologists, with special provisions for active military membersouses and includes robust mechanisms for sharing information sharing disciplinary actions, resolution, and maintaining professional standards. The bill createsishes PsychIzersure compact to administer the compact, with detailed provisions for governance, rulemaking, financing, and potential, and includes protections for member states and individual licensees. such as comprehensive criminal background checks and maintaining professional conduct standards Human malp. effective once seven member stateseless have enacted it, and it provides for specific potential withdrawal and amendment processes.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (11)

Last Action

Referred to Professional Licensure (on 12/18/2025)

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