Board of Education
Board of Educational Examiners licensure
(called "certification" prior to October 1988)
Licensing Board: Educational Examiners
Applicability: required for all individuals engaged in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology in the schools.
Note: Persons holding only the Board of Educational Examiners license are not licensed to practice outside the school setting. Department of Public Health licensure is required for all private practice.
Requirements for Board of Educational Examiners licensure:
- Possess a master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology from an accredited college or university.
- Complete at least 20 semester hours of coursework in the professional education sequence, including student teaching/internship as a school speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
Cost: $15 for initial application; $15 for renewal every 5 years.
Renewal requirements: a minimum of 6 renewal credits (college credit, staff development credit, or other activities meeting Board of Educational Examiners' criteria) in the five years preceding renewal.
Alternative means of authorization (Statement of Professional Recognition, or SPR) to practice as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in the schools.
For those who have completed the master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology but have not completed the education sequence or choose not to be licensed by the Board of Educational Examiners, a Statement of Professional Recognition (SPR) must be obtained from the Board of Educational Examiners. To obtain the SPR, the Director of Special Education of the area education agency wishing to employ the speech-language pathologist or audiologist must submit a letter requesting that the SPR be issued, and the speech-language pathologist or audiologist must have a current DPH license. For the SPR to continue to be valid, the DPH license must be maintained and the speech-language pathologist or audiologist must complete an approved course in human relations before the start of the next school year.
This information is intended as a summary rather than a comprehensive review of the two types of Iowa licensure in speech pathology and audiology. If a conflict is shown to exist between this document and the relevant Iowa Code or Rules, the Code or Rules would take precedence.
Board of Educational Examiners
Jane Heinsen, Consultant
Special Education Licensure
Iowa Board of Educational Examiners
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
515/281-3437
email:
jane.heinsen@ed.state.ia.us
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