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115 STAT. 1816 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 "(I) involve community groups, social service agencies, or other public or private entities in collaborative efforts to enhance the program and promote school-linked integration of services; "(J) evaluate annually the effectiveness and outcomes of the counseling services and activities assisted under this section; "(K) ensure a team approach to school counseling in the schools served by the local educational agency by working toward ratios recommended by the American School Health Association of one school counselor to 250 students, one school social worker to 800 students, and one school psychologist to 1,000 students; and "(L) ensure that school counselors, school psychologists, other qualified psychologists, school social workers, or child and adolescent psychiatrists paid from funds made available under this section spend a majority of their time counseling students or in other activities directly related to the counseling process. "(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— Not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available under this section for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs to carry out this section. "(e) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of this section— "(1) the term 'child and adolescent psychiatrist' means an individual who— "(A) possesses State medical licensure; and "(B) has completed residency training programs in both general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry; "(2) the term 'other qualified psychologist' means an individual who has demonstrated competence in counseling children in a school setting and who— "(A) is licensed in psychology by the State in which the individual works; and "(B) practices in the scope of the individual's education, training, and experience with children in school settings; "(3) the term 'school counselor' means an individual who has documented competence in counseling children and adolescents in a school setting and who— "(A) is licensed by the State or certified by an independent professional regulatory authority; "(B) in the absence of such State licensure or certification, possesses national certification in school counseling or a specialty of counseling granted by an independent professional organization; or "(C) holds a minimum of a master's degree in school counseling from a program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs or the equivalent; "(4) the term 'school psychologist' means an individual who— "(A) has completed a minimum of 60 graduate semester hours in school psychology from an institution of higher education and has completed 1,200 clock hours in a supervised school psychology internship, of which 600 hours are in the school setting;