North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee 3 R cosponsors

SB 504 — School Psychologist Omnibus.

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This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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In the revised version of Senate Bill 504, a specific reference to a training program for virtual school psychologists has been added. This change emphasizes the importance of providing training opportunities for school psychologists in areas where schools currently lack full-time staff. By enhancing the availability of qualified mental health professionals for students, this amendment aims to improve the overall safety and well-being of students.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Apr 3, 2023 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 S 1 SENATE BILL 504 Short Title:
504 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15199-MTa-134 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT PROVISIONS RELATED TO IMPROVING THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 4, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT PROVISIONS RELATED TO IMPROVING THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
(a) The Department of Public Instruction shall establish the School Psychologists Grant Program (Program) to improve the safety, mental health, and well-being of students by providing grants to public school units to recruit school psychologists, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, as follows:
(a) The Department of Public Instruction shall establish the School Psychologists Grant Program (Program) to improve the safety, mental health, and well-beingof students byproviding grants to public school units to recruit school psychologists, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, as follows:
*DRS15199-MTa-134* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (3) Award of funds.
*S504-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (3) Award of funds.
The Department shall prioritize the award of funds to public school units that do not employ a full-time school psychologist at the time the application is submitted.
The Department shall prioritize the award of funds to public school units that do not employa full-time school psychologist at the time the application is submitted.
(b) Field supervisors in public school units providing instruction to school psychology interns receiving stipends in accordance with this section shall be eligible to receive one lump sum salary supplement of between five hundred dollars ($500.00) and one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) in an amount to be determined by the public school unit." SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in recurring funds to establish and Page 2 DRS15199-MTa-134 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 implement the school psychologists internship program pursuant to G.S.
(b) Field supervisors in public school units providing instruction to school psychology interns receiving stipends in accordance with this section shall be eligible to receive one lump sum salarysupplement of between five hundred dollars ($500.00) and one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) in an amount to be determined by the public school unit." SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in recurring funds to establish and Page 2 Senate Bill 504-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 implement the school psychologists internship program pursuant to G.S.
ThereisappropriatedfromtheGeneralFundtotheBoardofGovernors of The University of North Carolina for the 2023-2024 fiscal year the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds to be allocated to Appalachian State University (ASU) to hostavirtualschoolpsychologytrainingprogramattheASUcampusinHickory,North Carolina.
ThereisappropriatedfromtheGeneralFundtotheBoardofGovernors of The University of North Carolina for the 2023-2024 fiscal year the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds to be allocated to Appalachian State University (ASU) to hostavirtualschoolpsychologytrainingprogram attheASUcampusinHickory,NorthCarolina.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Withdrawn From Com

  4. Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  5. Filed

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 504?
SB 504 is sponsored by Norman W. Sanderson (Republican), Krawiec, Tom McInnis (Republican), and Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 504?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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