Pennsylvania HB 2107: An Act 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.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2726
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2107
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS, MAYES, BURGOS, DONAHUE,
SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, RIVERA, STEELE, NEILSON AND HADDOCK,
DECEMBER 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
DECEMBER 18, 2025
AN ACT
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Interstate
Compact for School Psychologists Act.
Section 2. Authority to execute compact.
The Governor of Pennsylvania, on behalf of this State, is
hereby authorized to execute a compact in substantially the
following form with any one or more of the states of the United
States and the General Assembly hereby signifies in advance its
approval and ratification of such compact:
INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
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The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate
practice of School Psychology in educational or school settings,
and in so doing to improve the availability of School
Psychological Services to the public. This Compact is intended
to establish a pathway to allow School Psychologists to obtain
equivalent licenses to provide School Psychological Services in
any Member State. In this way, this Compact shall enable the
Member States to ensure that safe and effective School
Psychological Services are available and delivered by
appropriately qualified professionals in their educational
settings. To facilitate the objectives described above, this
Compact:
A. Enables School Psychologists who qualify for receipt of an
Equivalent License to practice in other Member States without
first satisfying burdensome and duplicative requirements;
B. Promotes the mobility of School Psychologists between and
among the Member States in order to address workforce shortages
and to ensure that safe and reliable School Psychological
Services are available in each Member State;
C. Enhances the public accessibility of School Psychological
Services by increasing the availability of qualified, licensed
School Psychologists through the establishment of an efficient
and streamlined pathway for Licensees to practice in other
Member States;
D. Preserves and respects the authority of each Member State
to protect the health and safety of its residents by ensuring
that only qualified, licensed professionals are authorized to
provide School Psychological Services within that State;
E. Requires School Psychologists practicing within a Member
State to comply with the Scope of Practice laws present in the
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State where the School Psychological Services are being
provided;
F. Promotes cooperation between the Member States in
regulating the practice of School Psychology within those
States; and
G. Facilitates the relocation of military members and their
spouses who are licensed to provide School Psychological
Services.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
A. "Active Military Member" means any person with full-time
duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including
members of the National Guard and Reserve.
B. "Adverse Action" means disciplinary action or encumbrance
imposed on a License by a State Licensing Authority.
C. "Alternative Program" means a non-disciplinary,
prosecutorial diversion, monitoring, or practice remediation
process entered into in lieu of an Adverse Action which is
applicable to a School Psychologist and approved by the State
Licensing Authority of a Member State in which the participating
School Psychologist is licensed. This includes, but is not
limited to, programs to which Licensees with substance abuse or
addiction issues may be referred in lieu of an Adverse Action.
D. "Commissioner" means the individual appointed by a Member
State to serve as the representative to the Commission for that
Member State.
E. "Compact" means this School Psychologist Interstate
Licensure Compact.
F. "Continuing Professional Education" means a requirement,
imposed by a Member State as a condition of License renewal to
provide evidence of successful participation in professional
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educational activities relevant to the provision of School
Psychological Services.
G. "Criminal Background Check" means the submission of
fingerprints or other biometric- information for a License
applicant for the purpose of obtaining that applicant's criminal
history record information, as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 20.3(d),
and the State's criminal history record repository as defined in
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