STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Singleton
SYNOPSIS
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of school psychologists.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning school psychologists and supplementing chapter 27 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The board of education of a school district shall, at a minimum, employ and assign on a fulltime basis to each school within the school district at least one school psychologist. The maximum student to school psychologist ratio per school in a school district shall be 500:1.
b. A school district shall apply for any federal funds which may be available to implement, or to aid in implementing, the provisions of this section.
c. As used in this section, “school psychologist” means a person who holds a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a school psychologist endorsement.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply in the second full school year next following the date of enactment.