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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky Adopts School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact and Sets Professional Credentialing Rules
Last action · March 18, 2026: to Education (S)Sponsors: Steve Riley and 11 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky joins the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, establishing an equivalent licensing pathway to enable qualified school psychologists to practice across member states, while updating teacher and personnel certification requirements under the Education Professional Standards Board.
School psychologists and educators face modified credentialing pathways and interstate practice rules, while the state licensing board is authorized to participate in a multi-state commission without obligating the state general fund.
- The General Assembly of Kentucky is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutes and participating in interstate compacts. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
school psychologists
School psychologists gain a streamlined pathway to obtain equivalent licenses and practice across member states under the compact.
Education Professional Standards Board
The board is authorized to implement the compact, issue equivalent licenses, and review commission-promulgated rules under administrative regulation procedures.
active military members and their spouses
Military members and their spouses are deemed to hold a home state license in their permanent residence, primary practice state, or permanent change of station location.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the primary goal of the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact?
What requirements must an applicant meet to obtain a home state license under the compact?
How are compact operations financed in Kentucky?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Mar 18, 2026SenateCommitteeto Education (S)
- Mar 10, 2026SenateIntroducedreceived in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
- Mar 9, 2026HouseFloor3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- Mar 6, 2026Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- Mar 5, 2026HouseFloor2nd reading, to Rules floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
- Mar 4, 2026Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
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- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeto Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- Feb 19, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Adoption of Interstate Licensure Compact
Kentucky joins other states in creating a formalized cross-state credentialing mechanism for school psychologists.
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Sources
apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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