# Virginia SB61: Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established.

Virginia SB61, Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Tammy Brankley Mulchi (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB61-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB61
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Tammy Brankley Mulchi (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program established; incorporation into National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund. Establishes the Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program and incorporates such program into the existing National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program. The bill also renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program Fund as the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program Fund (the Fund) and expands the purpose for which disbursements may be made from the Fund to include the award of incentive grants to school psychologists obtaining national certification from the National Association of School Psychologists consisting of an initial state-funded award of $5,000 and a subsequent award of $2,500 each year for the life of the certificate.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tammy Brankley Mulchi (Republican), Senate

## Actions (7)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB61) (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2025-12-09: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-12-09: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101297D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-12-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229368.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229367.PDF)

## Related bills

- SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. (in committee)
- HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements. (introduced)
- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229368.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229367.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB61-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).