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House bill would join Georgia to interstate compact for school psychologists
Summary
Representative Balak told the Senate Rules Committee that House Bill 81 would enact the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists in Georgia to reduce certification barriers and authorize qualified professionals to serve students across state lines.
Representative Balak presented House Bill 81 to the Georgia Senate Rules Committee on March 11, 2025, telling senators that the bill would join Georgia to the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists and reduce barriers to certification for those professionals.
"This bill will enter Georgia into the interstate compact for school psychologists and will reduce barriers to certification, and it's gonna ensure that only qualified professionals are authorized to provide services to our kids," Representative Balak said during her presentation. She also provided an administrative identifier for the bill: LC610036.
Committee members asked procedural and policy questions. A senator asked which states have enacted or introduced the compact; Representative Balak said West Virginia and Colorado had joined, and that the compact was being considered in multiple states this session including Oregon, Nevada, North Dakota, Kansas, Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Vermont, Nebraska and New Jersey; she said it takes seven states to form the compact.
Senators praised the sponsor’s work and asked clarifying questions about scope and implementation. No committee vote on the compact itself was recorded during the Rules Committee meeting; later in the session the committee adopted a motion to make a set of bills available, which included HB 81.
The presentation focused on certification portability and protecting qualified practice in schools; the transcript did not include detailed statutory text of the compact or implementation timelines for Georgia.
