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State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Joint Memorial 9 directs the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) to study the development and implementation of licensure qualifications for the endorsement of school-based bilingual practitioners in speech and language pathology and audiology.
Significant
Issues
According to SDE, the LESC is directed to coordinate the effort between the SDE and the Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Board to establish criteria for bilingual endorsement on such a license.
The LESC is directed to present its findings by
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Joint Memorial 9
does not contain an appropriation.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The SDE indicates that
they could absorb the administrative impact of participating in the study.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to SDE, the
State Board of Education (SBE) no longer licenses speech language pathologists.
When the Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Board was created by the Legislature, the decision was made no to require
additional licensure by the SBE in order for speech language pathologists to
work in the schools.
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