North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 9 D cosponsors

SB 636 — School Psychologist Omnibus.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    2 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

14 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 636, some lines have been slightly reworded for clarity, but the core initiatives remain the same. The bill aims to enhance student safety and mental health by providing support and training programs, especially in schools that lack a full-time psychologist. This update is important because it reinforces the commitment to improve mental health resources for students, highlighting the importance of psychological support in education.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 25, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 636 Short Title:
636 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15193-MTa-60 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 March 26, 2025 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:
*DRS15193-MTa-60* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (3) Award of funds.
*S636-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (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 3.(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 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to establish and 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 3.(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 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to establish and implement the school psychologists internship program pursuant to G.S.
PART IV.FUNDS FORAVIRTUAL SCHOOLPSYCHOLOGYTRAINING PROGRAM SECTION4.
PART IV.FUNDS FOR A VIRTUAL SCHOOLPSYCHOLOGYTRAININGPROGRAM SECTION4.
ThereisappropriatedfromtheGeneralFundtotheBoardofGovernors of The University of North Carolina for the 2025-2026 fiscal year the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds to be allocated to Appalachian State University (ASU) to hostavirtualschoolpsychologytrainingprogramattheASUcampusinHickory,NorthCarolina.
ThereisappropriatedfromtheGeneralFundtotheBoardofGovernors of The University of North Carolina for the 2025-2026 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.
Page 2 DRS15193-MTa-60 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 PART V.
Page 2 Senate Bill 636-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 PART V.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

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

  3. Filed

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2 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 170 not signed on

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Not signed on (170)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 636?
SB 636 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Sophia Chitlik (Democratic), Jay J. Chaudhuri (Democratic), Lisa Grafstein (Democratic), Woodson Bradley (Democratic), Kandie D. Smith (Democratic), and Terence Everitt (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 636?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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