News & Updates

The CSSP Board of Directors is pleased to present the updated legislative priorities for CSSP. A big thank you to our GPR Chair, Brittany Greiert and our Legislative Chair, Alison Hargarten, as well as our GPR committee for all of their hard work on this!

CSSP Policy Platform 2019.pdf

Below are the results of the votes by membership regarding proposed bylaws changes. All proposals passed.

1)      Bylaws change proposal: To officially add a 6^th level of membership: Early Career membership for early career school psychologists at a reduced membership rate as described on ballot. Rationale: provide a more affordable level of membership for early career school psychologists. Vote: 157 Yes  -  0 No

2) Bylaws change proposal: To remove mention of “mail ballot” to “electronic ballot” as described on ballot. Rationale: increased access and efficiency for membership votes.
Vote: 145 Yes  -  8 No

3) Bylaws change proposal: To change wording to requirements for executive council vote as described on ballot.  Rationale: ensure adequate representation of EC for all votes.
Vote: 156 Yes  -  0 No 

 4) Bylaws change proposal: To change the structure of the executive council from four program areas to three program areas described on the ballot. Rationale: decrease the size of the board and increase efficiency to better align with current professional standards.
Vote:  146 Yes  -  7 No

Thanks to the 280+ attendees of our 2019 fall conference! Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Attendees attended sessions related to crisis planning, autism identification and intervention, self care, executive functioning, early childhood and much, much more! Our fishbowl raffle was tons of fun and several thousands of dollars were raised to fund student scholarships and early career mini-grants. 

Save the dates for future fall conferences at the Vail Mountain Marriott:
Fall 2020: November 11-14, 2020 
Fall 2021: November 10-13, 2021

HB19-1036 is officially a law!

Amazing grassroots advocacy work by CSSP board members Melanie Potyondy and Sacha Mittelman, along with Brittany Vervalin, and Brad Reimers to get this bill passed.

This bill ensures that National Certified School Psychologists (NCSP) across our beautiful state will receive an annual stipend that recognizes the high level training and professional development needed to maintain this distinction.

Big thanks to Representative Jeni James Arndt for this amazing opportunity for school psychologists.

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1036

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