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04.23.2008 NCSP Parity in Kansas

 

A KASP committee worked hard to get a bill before the Kansas legislature this spring, to provide stipends for school psychologists with the NCSP. An identical bill for board-certified teachers passed recently, so this attempts to establish parity for our profession. As of 2/14/08 it had sponsorship by education committee member Barbara Craft (Kansas House Republican District 65), to go up for a vote this session. Click here to see HB2869. Unfortunately, Chairman Aurand did not bring the bill up for a hearing this session. As we'd been advised, the fiscal note for the bill ((approximately
$90,000) is a problem. It had been foreshadowed to us that
there's VERY LITTLE discretionary money for new spending this year, so
legislators are being very selective in the bills that are moved forward if there's a fiscal impact to the state. For 2008, there were higher priority bills; We'll try to get it introduced again at a more opportune time.
 
 

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Whether activating a new membership or renewing a new one, it's preferred if you fill out this online form on this page.  It will give you a statement which you can print out and mail in with a check, or you can use a provided link to pay via credit card through a secure site.  It will save many hours of volunteer staff time each year if most use the new online form.

 

We know there are circumstances where it works out better logistically to instead access a form which you can fill out by hand and mail in.  So if needed, skip the online form and click here to download a membership application in Adobe acrobat (.pdf) format or here to download in Microsoft Word (.doc) format.  Right click the link and save to your computer.

Though most continuous KASP members have provided the following information in the past, there are formatting issues involved with a switch to an online database.  So please provide all of the following, and in future years you'll only need to update those things in your membership file which have changed!  If a line doesn't apply to you or you prefer not to give the information, simply leave it blank.

Remember that upon submitting your information, you'll then have the option of printing out a statement and mailing in a check, or paying online via a credit card through a secure site.

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NASP's professional conduct and ethics manual

                                 

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