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Senate committees back creating a credentialing work group for school psychologists; DOE supports bill

2688604 · March 19, 2025
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Senators voted to pass House Bill 624, HD1, to create a working group to study credentialing for school psychologists — a step toward establishing state credentialing for the profession. The Department of Education and the Hawaii Association of School Psychologists testified in support.

The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Education voted to pass House Bill 624, House Draft 1, to establish a work group to evaluate credentialing for school psychologists in Hawaii.

The Department of Education told the committees it stands on its written testimony in support. Leslie Bonnick, legislative chair for the Hawaii Association of School Psychologists, said…

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