Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB238: School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact FOR the purpose of entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and generally relating to the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact FOR the purpose of entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and generally relating to the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact. BY adding to Article - Education Section 25-401 and 25-402 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact" Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Education SUBTITLE 4. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACT. 25-401. THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACT IS HEREBY ENACTED INTO LAW AND ENTERED INTO LAW BY THIS STATE WITH ALL STATES LEGALLY JOINING IT, IN THE FORM SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT APPEARS IN § 25-402 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 25-402. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACT. SECTION 1. PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT IS TO FACILITATE THE INTERSTATE PRACTICE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL OR SCHOOL SETTINGS, AND IN SO DOING TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL Ch. 616 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. THIS …