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Bill would let behavioral health graduates satisfy school supervision while working in K–12 settings
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House Bill 1259 would direct higher‑education programs and the Washington Student Achievement Council to work with OSPI to create standards allowing behavioral health graduates to fulfill supervision requirements while working in K–12 schools, sponsors said Jan. 22.
House Bill 1259 would direct the Washington Student Achievement Council and institutions with behavioral health programs to collaborate with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish standards by which behavioral health graduates could satisfy licensing supervision requirements while serving as behavioral health professionals in K–12 public schools, witnesses said at the Jan. 22 committee hearing.
Elizabeth Allison, committee staff, summarized the bill: “House Bill 1259 directs the Washington Student Achievement Council and public institutions of higher education that have behavioral health programs to collaborate with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction…
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