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SB 259 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

School Psychologist Omnibus.

SB 259, the School Psychologist Omnibus, aims to improve the number and quality of school psychologists in North Carolina public schools. It provides $8.1 million for 2025-2026 to increase school psychologists' salaries by $650 monthly plus 12% for those with NCSP credentials, and allocates $5 million for a grant program offering signing bonuses (up to $5,000) to recruit psychologists, requiring a one-year commitment. Another $5 million funds an internship program with stipends for psychology students and supervisor bonuses, while $5 million supports a virtual training program at Appalachian State University. These provisions directly affect school psychologists, school districts, and psychology training programs across North Carolina.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationAllocates $8.1M for salary increases and $10M for recruitment/internships to boost school psychologist staffing, directly supporting mental health services and educational access in K-12 schools.90% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025
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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits
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The bill underwent technical formatting changes during its transition from filing to first edition, primarily updating header information and bill identifiers. The substantive policy content regarding school psychologist provisions remains unchanged in this version.
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Header information was updated to include the bill number (S.B. 259) and session year (2025) in the main title section, replacing the original filing date and document identifier.

Added the bill's committee referral information, directing it to the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee with a date of March 11, 2025.

Updated the internal bill identifier from DRS45134-MTa-28 to S259-v-1 to reflect the official Senate version number.

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Committee
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Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 21 co-sponsors

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