Advocacy News

• The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act: Proposed Action Steps For School Psychologists
  March 2013
• NASP submits written testimony regarding ending the school-to-prison pipeline to hearing on Capitol Hill
  December 2012
• Tell our elected officials: No more cuts! Unless Congress acts, on January 2, 2013, federal education funding will be slashed by $4.1 billion, the largest education cut ever! Services to 7.5 million students will be cut and 51,000 educator jobs will be lost. Act now!
  May 2012
• The Department of Education announced this week that they are now accepting applications for the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSCP) awards. These grants can be used to increase the range, availability, quantity and quality of counseling services; expand counseling services through qualified school counselors, social works and school psychologists, and provide funding for in-service training for school personnel in appropriate identification and early intervention techniques.
  
  Additional Information and how to apply can be found athttp://www2.ed.gov/programs/elseccounseling/applicant.html.
  April 2012
• On November 17, 2011, NASP hosted a bipartisan, bicameral Congressional briefing on "Safe, Supportive Conditions for Learning: Making Connections for Student Success".
  November 2011
• Send a letter and help fight the termination or consolidation of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs (ESSCP)
  October 2011
• Resources from the IDEA Partnership and the IRIS Center to help school administrators, educators, students, and families better understand the role and value of Specialized Instructional Support Services and Personnel.
  September 2011
• Maine is the First State to Reference the NASP Practice Model in Statute. Maine school psychologists successfully advocate for improved title and practice.
  June 2011
• On May 12, 2011, a U.S. Senate bipartisan briefing was held as a collaborative activity of the National Association of School Psychologists, the Committee for Children, the Character Education Partnership, and the National School Climate Center.
  May 2011
• NASP hosts bipartisan, bicameral Congressional briefing on "Learning and Social-Emotional Supports for Students Experiencing Family Transitions: Meeting the Needs of Military, Foster, and Homeless Children".
  November 2010
• The House of Representatives passes a resolution honoring school psychologists and recognizing the 2nd week of November as National School Psychology week. Read the official proceedings and specific comments made by four Representatives on behalf of the resolution.
  November 2010
• U.S. Senators Lincoln (AR-D) and Cochran (MS-R) and U.S. House of Representatives Loebsack (IA-2-D) and Ehlers (MI-3-R), in collaboration with NASP, sponsor a Senate and House resolution recognizing the work of school psychologists and National School Psychology Week. Send a letter to your elected officials in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives asking them to cosponsor the resolution.
• NASP and UCLA Center for School Mental Health have released a joint document on the three-component approach to school improvement.
  
• The U.S. Secretary of Education has announced the establishment of an Equity and Excellence Commission to study how the federal government can increase educational opportunity by improving school funding equity. The Secretary is inviting nominations for individuals to serve on the Commission.
• NASP releases “School Psychologists: Improving Student and School Outcomes” document that aligns NASP policy, standards for practice, and improved student outcomes research.
• Information on the 2010 GWU/NASP Public Policy Institute
• NASP participates in a Senate briefing on the role of pupil services personnel in student success (May 12, 2010)
• Letter to Congress Calling for Ban on Corporal Punishment
• Learn how you can participate in National Children's Mental Health Day on May 6
• NASP Submits Comments on the Reauthorization of NCLB/ESEA to the U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Department of Education Blueprint for Reauthorization of ESEA
• NASP Press Release - School Psychologists Welcome Focus on Diverse Learners, Positive School Climate in Administration's Blueprint for Reforms of ESEA
• NASP participates in a U.S. Senate hearing on “Children and Disaster Recovery” on December 10, 2009
• Capitol Hill Recognizes National School Psychology Week and the Work of School Psychologists
• Send a personal invitation to your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative to attend a bipartisan bicameral briefing in honor of National School Psychology Awareness Week
• Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. representative asking for his/her support of “Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2009”
• Review the National School Psychology Week House Resolution and Senate Resolution recently introduced in Congress
• Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Senators and Representative asking them to sign on as a cosponsor of a resolution designating November 9-13, 2009 as National School Psychology Week
• Action Request: NASP needs you to call or e-mail your U.S. Senators to ask for their support restoring funding for school mental heath related programs
• NASP Advocacy Roadmap: School-Based Medicaid Reimbursement
• How to Promote School Psychological Services Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Advocacy Alert: Send a letter to the APA expressing your opposition to the proposed removal of the school psychologist exemption from the MLA
• NASP Response to APA's Model Act for State Licensure
• Information on the 2009 NASP Public Policy Institute
• NASP Advocacy Roadmap: Preserving and Promoting School Psychological Services
• Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Representative asking for his/her support of “Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act”
• Research on the relationship between mental health and academic achievement
• Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Senators and Representative asking to pass the “Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008”
• Ready to Learn, Empowered to Teach: Excellence in Education for the 21st Century - National Association of School Psychologists: Guiding Principles for Effective Education—August 2008
• Increased Student Achievement through Increased Student Support Act Introduced into the U.S. House and Senate, July 30, 2008
• Proposed Regulations to Strengthen NCLB Released for Public Comment, April 23, 2008
• Advocacy Alert: Participate in the National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, May 8, 2008
• Legislative Alert: Send a letter to your U.S. Representative asking for his/her support of HR 5613, the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
• Loan Forgiveness for School Psychologists
• The NASP Advocacy Roadmap for States: Navigating a State Level Response to the APA Model Act for the State Licensure of Psychologists
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's Mental Health Panel
• NASP Position on APA Model Act Revisions
• 2007 NASP/GWU Public Policy Institute
• NASP Advocates for School Psychology on Capitol Hill - 2007
• Legislative Alerts